Reply #28: Voter-Verified Paper Ballots One Step Closer [View All]

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Of course, all the anti paper forces are ramping up their opposition, but I think this is a go:

Voter-Verified Paper Ballots One Step Closer

"This legislation reflects the will of the voters and of the nation," said VerifiedVoting.org President Pamela Smith. "Already three-fourths of the states have taken action to require voter-verified paper ballots, but for Americans to have confidence in our elections we need to ensure all voters can check that their votes are accurately recorded. This bill will improve the security, reliability and accessibility of our voting systems."

"...H.R. 811's passage will prevent the use of paperless electronic voting machines, and will require audits to check the accuracy of the vote counts for federal elections. It includes security provisions that ban Internet connections for voting machines, as well as for systems that tabulate the votes on election night. It also makes the paper ballot the official record in audits and recounts, and requires election officials to post a notice explaining to voters the need to verify their vote....
http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/22747/