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Associated Press - October 1, 2009 3:55 PM ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Advocacy group Common Cause is suing Secretary of State Tre Hargett over his refusal to immediately implement a state law requiring paper trails for voting machines in time for next year's elections.
The lawsuit filed in Nashville on Thursday asks the judge to order Hargett and elections officials to begin putting the optical scan voting machines into operation.
Hargett has argued that no machines meet 2005 standards envisioned by the law. But the Common Cause lawsuit claims that the law would allow voting machines meeting the most recent federal standards from 2002.
A legislative proposal to delay the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act until 2012 narrowly failed earlier this year. Republican leaders have pledged to renew their postponement efforts next year.
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