February 8, 2007 at 22:00:24

What's Wrong with Holt II (HR 811)

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8. Mush language about who gets what. (example: "The manufacturer shall provide
the appropriate election official with THE INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR THE
OFFICIAL TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ...")

9. Overcomplex: No Appendix, so sections of the bill require the reader to
actually go find a different bill and look up sections in it in order to make
sense of the current bill. (example: "Section 301(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
15481(a)(1)) is amended (A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking "counted" and
inserting "counted, in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3)");

10. Audit protocols that no one agrees with, even fans of audit solutions

11. Loophole allowing central tabulators and ballot definition software to be
connected to the Internet

12. Loophole allowing states with computer-only recount protocols to bypass
manual audits

13. Loophole allowing machine count to supercede voter verified paper when
fuzzily described circumstances arise. Conny McCormack already has tried to
co-opt this (Feinstein senate hearing yesterday) into meaning when there is a
printer jam damaging the paper, the machine count will trump.

14. Supports DREs

So many people worked so very hard on this bill, but in the end it isn't about
who worked hard. It's about getting it right.

And if it's got this many problems now, just wait until the lobbyists carve it
up.

Bev Harris
Founder - Black Box Voting

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