WASHINGTON—Punch card voting machines that caused chaos in the 2000 presidential election have been replaced by high-tech touch screen balloting in some places, but critics warn the new technology could cause even greater mayhem.

Election observers hope that the November 2 balloting will avoid a repeat of the 2000 election debacle, when officials in Florida had to hand-inspect ballots partially perforated with “chads” created by aging manual voting machines.

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