E-Votes Must Leave a Paper Trail

[benburch]

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,61334,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1

E-Votes Must Leave a Paper Trail 

By Kim Zetter

03:25 PM Nov. 21, 2003 PT


SAN FRANCISCO -- California will become the first state requiring all electronic voting machines produce a voter-verifiable paper receipt.


The requirement, announced Friday by California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, applies to all electronic voting systems already in use as well as those currently being purchased. The machines must be retrofitted with printers to produce a receipt by 2006.

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NOTE that is TOO LATE to keep shrub from stealing the election again!!!!!

[shanti]

1. dupe

this was posted yesterday

[benburch]

2. Ooops!

Sorry! Looked for other posts, but missed it!

[Eric J in MN]

3. We should call and fax and email Congress,

We should call and fax and email Congress to pass "The Voter Confidence Act," which would go into effect in 2004, using the California decision as one of our arguments.

For email, one can use the link in my signature.

[Lorien]

4. Thanks for the link!

n/t

[The Zanti Regent]

5. WHY NOT 2004, SHELLEY?

DAMN THIS CLOSET NAZI REPUBLICAN.

DAMN HIM AND LOCKEYER TOO!

[schultzee]

6. Can't we all write to the Elections Commissioner and request that

California do it by the 2004 election. If you know someone in Ca get them to write to the legislature. Its obvious that Bu$h is planning on stealing California in 2004. Thats why the Arnould coupl.

[DemExpat]

7. kick

:kick:

DemEx

[dusty64]

8. This is good, but

why would it take so long. It certainly doesn't seem like it ought to take THREE years to get a verifiable ballot. Are they admitting elections may not be fair until then, is that legal?

[VolcanoJen]

9. Dupe... locking.

The original LBN thread on this topic can be found here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=233201

Thanks!
VolcanoJen
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