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COPYRIGHT 2001 The Miami Herald
Byline: Mark Silva
Apr. 26--TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--With the turmoil of Florida's presidential election still on lawmakers' minds, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to abandon the punch-card ballots that foiled the vote count and to embrace a modern statewide system of casting and counting ballots.
The House's 114-3 vote on the bill, likely to be passed by a large margin in the Senate as well, will lead to a new way of voting from South Florida to the Panhandle next year. Gov. Jeb Bush, who sought the reform, supports the bills.
Most counties will be forced by September 2002 to adopt the optical scanning of ink-marked ballots that 26 of Florida's 67 counties already use. With counting required in each voting precinct, the scanners must offer...
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