Cong. Kucinich wows Cleveland We Count conference with fantastic speech, introduces bill for Hand counted paper ballots with precinct posted results in presidential race, H.R. 6200. (basic info below). From speech, text of bill sounds ideal. Text of bill not available for a day or two.
Title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to conduct Presidential elections using paper ballots and to count those ballots by hand, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] (introduced 9/27/2006) Cosponsors (19) Latest Major Action: 9/27/2006 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. COSPONSORS(19), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 9/27/2006 Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 9/27/2006 Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 9/27/2006 Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 9/27/2006 Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 9/27/2006 Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 9/27/2006 Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 9/27/2006 Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 9/27/2006 Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 9/27/2006 Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 9/27/2006 Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 9/27/2006 Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 9/27/2006 Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 9/27/2006 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 9/27/2006 Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 9/27/2006 Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. [GA-4] - 9/27/2006 Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 9/27/2006 Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 9/27/2006 Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 9/27/2006
Paul Lehto practiced law in Washington State for 12 years in business law and consumer fraud, including most recently several years in election law, and is now a clean elections advocate. His forthcoming book is tentatively titled DEFENDING DEMOCRACY. In the past, I co-founded but am no longer an active participant in the San-Diego focused election rights organization Psephos, but I nonetheless recommend their work and reference their site here.