Old-fashioned lever machines remain popular in the Northeast, but may be nearing retirement.

About 20 percent of voters still use mechanical lever machines.

Ms. Reeves said she wasn't going to miss the 900-pound lever machines, which have been in use in the state since the 1930's.

The mechanical lever machines were designed to accommodate large ballots.

The suit focuses on accessibility for the disabled, which the old lever machines fail to provide.

"The lever machine was not a perfect machine for everyone."

Moreover, it was during this period that lever machines radically changed the way of extracting coffee.

They count votes more quickly and easily than do the lever machines.

Also, the new system would be able to display ballots in a number of languages, which the lever machines cannot do.

Some elections officials next adopted lever machines, which record each vote mechanically.