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It’s the foundation of American democracy: voting.Depending on where you are in the U.S., though, your election experience could look very different from that in your neighboring state or even just your neighbor.“It really does depend on where you are in the country,” said Marian Schneider, who heads up Verified Voting, a non-profit, non-partisan group that advocates for better election security.In particular, the group takes a closer look at when it comes to the use of computers in elections.“We use computers in every aspect of election administration in this country,” Schneider said. “We have also historically underfunded our elections and not put the money into them that we need in order to run a computerized operation.”So, what might voters encounter on election day? There are a few possibilities.- A paper ballot, where a voter uses a pen or paper to mark their choices and that paper is then scanned and counted by a computer.- A computerized device, where a voter presses a touchscreen to mark an electronic ballot, which then prints out a paper version that is scanned and counted.- And there are paperless electronic machines, which have a completely computerized ballot, with no paper trail.It is the last one, Schneider said, which raises big concerns because they are the most vulnerable to hacking. “First of all, they make it difficult to discover if something has gone wrong,” she said. “And then, even if you are able to discover it, you can't recover from it.”It can’t be recovered because there is no paper trail to serve as a backup. It’s a type of ballot currently used in all elections held in Louisiana, as well as some jurisdictions in nearly a dozen other states: Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Tennessee. Some of those are now in the process of phasing out the paperless devices, but upgrading election security is costly.“What you just saw most recently is bipartisan agreement to fund elections at the state level, so Congress just agreed to provide 5 million, in addition to 5 million they allocated in 2018,” said Liz Howard, with the Brennan Center for Justice. “So, we’re getting close to billion from the federal government to improve election security across the country."While states continue grapple with the cost of replacing vulnerable and aging voting machines, Schneider said voters still need to do their part.“There's only one surefire way to make sure your vote is not counted,” she said, “and that's if you don't show up at the polls.” 2590

INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department detectives and officials say the investigation into a missing 8-month-old is a homicide investigation.Amiah Robertson was reported missing on March 16 and police issued a statewide Silver Alert for her on Tuesday. The investigation is a homicide investigation, IMPD Chief Bryan Roach said.Investigators are asking for anyone who saw Robert Lyons, the boyfriend of Robertson's mother, and/or Amiah on March 9, or any day after, in the area of Rockville Road and South Mickley Avenue to contact investigators. Lyons is believed to have traveled in a 1996 maroon Isuzu Rodeo in poor condition. 661

Kansas health officials confirm the death of a person in connection with an outbreak of a lung disease related to the use of e-cigarettes. It’s the sixth death reported nationwide that’s connected to vaping.Other deaths have been reported in California, Illinois, Indiana, Oregon and Minnesota.The U.S Food and Drug Administration is being urged to take action on vaping, especially when it comes to teen use.Phillip Furman knows the teen vaping epidemic first hand."I liked the cool feeling in my throat, and the feeling that it gave me,” he says.The 16-year-old teen is part of Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes and testified before Congress this year. He claims he bought e-cigarettes on websites without age restrictions or in stores that didn't ask his age.“I realized it was hurting my body, and I couldn't play sports as well or just walk down the street as well,” he says.Now, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is donating 0 million to stop teen vaping.“Unless we do something very rapidly, it threatens to erode decades of progress of reducing smoking amongst our kids,” says Matthew Myers, president of Tobacco Free Kids.Myers and Bloomberg want to get flavored e-cigarettes off the market."We know kids who start using e-cigarettes, who have never smoked before, are far more likely to become cigarette smokers,” Myers says.They're also want the FDA to take a closer look at vape products before they're sold.Last week, Michigan became the first state to ban flavored e-cigs. This summer, San Francisco became the first city to ban the sale of all e-cigarettes.But Boston University School of Public Health's Dr. Michael Siegel says a ban isn't the answer."We need to be encouraging adult smokers, if they are unable to quit, [to use] other methods to consider, using e-cigarettes as an alternative,” Dr. Siegel says.However, when it comes to flavored e-cigs, Myers says there's no evidence they can help smokers quit. 1952

In recent weeks, the fast food breakfast wars have heated up as Wendy's is opening most of its locations for breakfast. McDonald's is hoping to combat Wendy's foray into the breakfast market by starting a holiday called "National Egg McMuffin Day."On March 2, at participating McDonald's nationwide, customers can redeem a free Egg McMuffin by downloading the restaurant's 385

JCPenney's holiday stretch wasn't as bad as some feared, an encouraging sign for the troubled retailer.Sales at stores open at least a year fell only 4 percent during the holiday quarter compared with a year earlier. Investors had expected worse.JCPenney said it got a boost from its women's clothing business and toys during the holidays. It posted a million profit for the quarter. JCPenney's stock jumped 27 percent Thursday. Its stock rebounded somewhat this year after falling under for the first time in the company's 90-year history in December, because of uncertainty about its long term future. It's currently trading around .57."This is not business as usual," CEO Jill Soltau told analysts on Thursday. "We are taking deliberate actions to improve."Soltau, who took over last year, previously pledged "quick action" to put JCPenney on the path to profitability. She installed a new management team and on Thursday brought in a new chief merchant from Target.But the picture for JCPenney remains grim: The company said it lost 5 million for the full year.The company plans to close 18 under-performing department stores in 2019, as well as nine home and furniture stores. But it still has more than 800 stores around the country.In a strategy shift, JCPenney recently said it would 1316