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"On February 14, the New York Senate passed S2339, which allows mechanical voting machines to be used for local elections during 2011. Some years ago, Congress outlawed these machines for federal elections."

http://www.ballot-access.org/2011/02/15/new-york-senate-passes-bill-to-permit-mechanical-voting-machines-during-2011/

New York has not been using electronic voting machines, as opposed to most of the other states.