The Plain Dealer reports that Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has ordered Cuyahoga County to use paper ballots by the March 2008 Presidential primary. Although Cuyahoga County spent about $21 million within the last 2 years to buy touch-screen machines, recurring problems, including 2 computer crashes in the recent November elections, caused the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to reconsider its decision. On Thursday, the BOE vote deadlocked, and Brunner broke the tie Friday. Apparently, the Cuyahoga BOE is already gearing up to bring in optical scanners in January at a cost of up to $9 million dollars to count the print ballots. Will the optical scanners be optimal for the upcoming elections? Only time will tell.