The proposed solution of using paper ballots faced immediate and stiff opposition from county clerks, who administer the elections and who said the logistics of a one-year transformation were insurmountable.
"It is clear that mail-in balloting faces administrative questions before we can be confident that it is as reliable as the in-person voting methods," explains the Caltech-MIT Voting Technology Preport report.
Election rules require a candidate to have more than 50percentt of the vote to win on a first ballot, or face a runoff.
In Australia, you have weeks to mail in your ballot, or face a thirty dollar fine if you don't vote.
Here in Scappoose, some voters defended the crammed ballot they face this fall.
Lt. Gov. Cruz M. Bustamante, the top Democrat on the ballot, would face his own set of problems if he became governor, Dr. Hodson said.
Lawyers for the voters say they will argue that many of the 3,407 votes cast for the Reform Party candidate, Patrick J. Buchanan, were intended for Mr. Gore, whose name was on the opposite half of the ballot's face.
SACRAMENTO -- Advocates trying to place initiatives on California's ballot may face new requirements under a bill approved by the Legislature this month.
And with the possibility of an early election, those planning to mark a ballot could face a tighter timeline to make sure they can prove their current address.
The decision will come down to the Constitutional Court, which is appointed by a complex three five-part electoral college that many fear is open to nobbling.Opinion polls suggest that even if Ms Torres manages to make it onto the ballot, she faces stiff competition from Otto Pérez Molina, a former general who now leads the right-wing Patriot Party.
