RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - A federal judge in North Carolina says voters must be warned that touch-screen voting machines are sensitive and poll workers will need to keep detailed records of complaints about the machines during next week's elections.
The ruling issued Saturday stems from a lawsuit filed by the state Republican Party against the State Board of Elections a day earlier. The lawsuit alleges touch-screen machines were thwarting voters trying to cast early ballots for GOP candidates.
In his temporary order, Judge Malcolm Howard also requires that records from the iVotronic Voting Machines be preserved.
Thirty-five counties use the machines for one-stop voting and 23 use them on Election Day. Early voting ended Saturday.
State officials dispute Republican contentions that the machines are flawed.
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