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Electronic Voting Results Spark Skepticism

Despite a clear winner in the 2004 presidential election, a number of complaints about the validity of electronic voting still linger. Some 40 million voters used electronic voting systems. Critics say the only way to really be sure of the results is to have some kind of paper ballot backup. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

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Pam Fessler is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk, where she covers poverty, philanthropy, and voting issues.
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