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Thursday, December 30, 2010  The League of Women Voters finds New York's new machines are fine, but says they could use some improvements.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010  Two weeks after the Nov. 2 elections, two House races and three state Senate contests across New York remain too close to call.

Wednesday, November 03, 2010  Vote counting is a lot more complicated with the optical scan machines

Tuesday, November 02, 2010  Trying to find out where your polling station is? Want to see a sample ballot?

Thursday, October 07, 2010  New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli reported Thursday that there were problems with new voting machines in most counties during last month's primary elections.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010  Some lessons were learned Primary Day and some changes will be made so that Election Day can go more smoothly.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010  There have been reports from around the State that some of the new optical scan machines have had a tough time reading voter ballots.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010  New York's new electronic voting machines made their debut in Tuesday's statewide primary with scattered hiccups, including reports of non-working machines that resulted in long lines at a few polling sites.

Monday, June 28, 2010  A legal complaint claims that new electronic voting machines to be used in New York State this year have a design flaw that could lead to thousands of votes being thrown out.

Friday, May 22, 2009  It's similar to filling out a lottery ticket or an absentee ballot.