Pennsylvania requires paper trail on all new voting machines

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Pennsylvania has taken a leaf out of Virginia's book (https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/09/virginia-replaces-voting-machines-over-hacking-concerns/) and is now looking to replace its obsolete and vulnerable voting machines with more secure ones. A new directive requires (http://www.wtae.com/article/pennsylvania-to-require-voting-machines-with-paper-backup/16867967) counties planning to replace their voting machines with new ones that have paper backups -- problem is, the state doesn't have the budget for them. Most of the 20,000 machines Pennsylvania has been using the past decade are purely digital, so the state will need around $60 million to replace them with systems that cost $3,000 each.

More at: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pennsylvania-requires-paper-trail-voting-023200571.html