Paper ballots come around again -- as cutting-edge way to vote [View all]

TRENTON — An old technology is new again, as paper ballots are making a big comeback thanks to fears about Russia — and others — hacking U.S. elections.

Voting machines on display at the first-ever Election Technology for New Jersey Now and Tomorrow trade show, held by the Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey and the New Jersey Association of Election Officials, virtually all incorporated paper ballots, even when the votes were cast electronically.

“Voters continue to want a secure paper trail,” said Cape May County Clerk Rita Marie Fulginiti.

That’s something New Jersey voters don’t yet have, except for those in Warren County.

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