Dems slowing overhaul of voting system...

[LiberalHeart]

The story's here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/20/washington/20vote.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Speaking of voting, I got a letter from Black Box Voting today, requesting a donation. Can't decide which wastebasket to put it in -- the one labeled "No" or the one labeled "Hell no."

[defendandprotect]

1. Holt is wrong; we should have paper ballots only -- -

In fact, the League of Women Voters won't verify any election that is taking place on these computers!!!

So what could possibly be so time consuming as returning to simple paper and hand counting????

The Democrats could be responsible for their own next defeat -- !!!

[mzmolly]

2. They are looking at getting a paper trail in place.

House Democratic officials say they are now working on compromise legislation that could allow hundreds of counties in 20 states to simply add tiny, cash-register-style printers to their touch-screen machines for the 2008 and 2010 elections, while waiting for manufacturers to develop better technology by 2012.

House officials said the compromise would ensure that all voting machines nationwide would have some kind of paper trail in 2008 through which voters could verify that their ballots were properly recorded and that could be used in recounts. Under the plan, New York, which has delayed replacing its old lever machines, would be the only state that would have to change its entire voting system by November 2008.

[razors edge]

3. But if they won

60+ in the senate, held the congress, and took the WH, they would be expected to change the status quo, that will not do.

Besides, all the contributions would dry up since they wouldn't have the outraged base anymore.