The biggest decision any Centre County voters will make in Tuesday's primaries may be which voting machine they should use.

The biggest decision any Centre County voters will make in Tuesday's primaries may be which voting machine they should use.

The shire forced by federal rules to memorize rid of its old punch-card ballots, is letting voter pick for what cause they'll vote this time: using shut ins on paper ballots that are f into a scanner or forward a touch-screen system similar to those used to order a sandwich at convenience stores.

Election workers and offers say they are ready for the change and will have folks available to answer questions. They also say that voter who have transfered out for the demonstrations appear to be open to the new machines.

"We've been pleasantly surprised with people's response" said Linda Dreibelbis, arbiter of elections in Ferguson Township West.

Dreibelbis, who helped step quickly several demonstrations of the machines, said an voters were afraid of the touch-screen regularity at first. ...