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Counting our votes must be as open, secure, and accurate as counting our money: Tell Congress "NO" to the "Holt Bill"

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Jerry F. Costello, Illinois
Eddie Bernice Johnson, Texas
Lynn C. Woolsey, California
David Wu, Oregon
Brian Baird, Washington
Brad Miller, North Carolina
Daniel Lipinski, Illinois
Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona
Donna F. Edwards, Maryland
Marcia L. Fudge, Ohio
Ben Ray LujÃ¡n, New Mexico
Paul D. Tonko, New York
Parker Griffith, Alabama (Vice Chair)
Steven R. Rothman, New Jersey
Jim Matheson, Utah
Lincoln Davis, Tennessee
Ben Chandler, Kentucky
Russ Carnahan, Missouri
Baron P. Hill, Indiana
Harry E. Mitchell, Arizona
Charles A. Wilson, Ohio
Kathy A. Dahlkemper, Pennsylvania
Alan Grayson, Florida
Suzanne M. Kosmas, Florida
Gary Peters, Michigan
(vacancy)

RALPH M. HALL (Texas), Ranking Republican Member

F. James Sensenbrenner Jr., Wisconsin
Lamar Smith, Texas
Dana Rohrabacher, California
Roscoe G. Bartlett, Maryland
Vernon J. Ehlers, Michigan
Frank D. Lucas, Oklahoma
Judy Biggert, Illinois
W. Todd Akin, Missouri
Randy Neugebauer, Texas
Bob Inglis, South Carolina
Michael T. McCaul, Texas
Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida
Brian P. Bilbray, California
Adrian Smith, Nebraska
Paul Broun, Georgia
Pete Olson, Texas

References in this article

1) OpenCongress.org

2) House Committee on Science and Technology

3) Germany's Federal Constitutional Court Rules E-Voting Unconstitutional

4) Germany bans computerized voting; will hand count in 2009

5) House.gov

6) America Needs a Voting Rights Movement

Additional References:

Holt's Own Words: Audits

Holt's Own Words: Paper or Vapor

Holt's Own Words: Federal Control over Elections

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Where's YOUR Solution, Tobi? by Merlene Topolovsky on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 at 10:44:17 AM

Merlene, are you kidding? Just because no member of Congress by Mark Adams on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:07:58 PM

Merlene -- No need to make it personal by Bev Harris on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 at 7:24:11 PM

The issue is... by Merlene Topolovsky on Wednesday, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:41:58 PM

Actually Merlene - these are the issues... by Nancy Tobi on Wednesday, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:23:36 PM

I do not want to hear about the Holt bill... by Merlene Topolovsky on Wednesday, Aug 5, 2009 at 10:53:46 PM

Sometimes both positive and negative action is needed by Nancy Tobi on Thursday, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:51:41 AM

You sound EXACTLY like the Republicans... by Merlene Topolovsky on Thursday, Aug 6, 2009 at 7:02:27 PM

Think about this. by Mark Adams on Tuesday, Aug 4, 2009 at 4:47:25 PM