Kathy Dopp says "Support Clean Elections in 2008".
Dopp critiques the new and amended version of HR 811 and debunks myths. Dopp further advises that: "It is very important for all responsible Americans who love democracy to support HR811 and to call, email, and write your US Senators and ask them to pass S559 with the same amendments that have been made to HR811. founder of US Count Votes and National Election Data Archive.
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Support Clean Elections in 2008
I urge you to support the amended U.S. Representative Rush Holt's HR811 "Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act" and its Senate companion bill S559 and contact your Senators to support its passage. (http://senate.gov)
Here is more information (FAQs, a list of changes, and other info) on the newly revised HR811 that Representative Holt has provided on his web site:
1. immediately replaces all paperless digital recording electronic (DRE) voting systems with optical scan paper ballot systems (there is insufficient time for any jurisdictions to purchase anything but opscans by 2008), and
2. immediately requires, for the first time in history, nationwide independent audits of all federal election outcomes, and
3. more than sufficiently funds the replacement of voting systems and independent audit requirements, and
4. requires replacing all DRES with flimsy voter verifible paper rolls which violate voter anonymity, by the 2010 election so that if local election officials responsibly purchase economical, fully auditable voting systems, or if vendors do not develop new DRE equipment which print durable, separate, paper ballots by 2010, then that means ALL jurisdictions will be using paper ballot optical scan voting systems by 2010.
At the very worst, HR811 gets us through the 2008 election because it gives a large chance of ensuring that correctly elected people are sworn into office,perhaps for the first time in American history.
The House Admin. Committee's amendments to HR811 incorporate many of the good revisions that election activists suggested including:
1. changes the language for the official ballot of record in case of disputes so that the electronic counts cannot be automatically used whenever sufficient paper ballot records are unreadable; and
2. removes the loophole where audits could be avoided by requiring any state mandated recounts to manually count at least as many ballots as the audit would; and
The same people oppose HR 811 no matter what, hoping no one remembers their previous complaints, especially when those complaints are resolved:
"For instance, some of the opponents of HR811 formerly opposed full software disclosure requirements in the original HR811, yet now are opposing HR811 because it does not require full software disclosure.
As we get closer to a workable solution, there are some people who would rather that states like GA, VA, MD, SC, IN, TN, and more go through the next presidential election on the same paperless voting machines that let us down in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006.
They are like Lucy and Charlie Brown, every time Charlie tries to kick the football, Lucy pulls it back, and Charlie falls on his ----.
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ncvoter (19 articles, 1 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 112 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 17, 2007 at 8:43:21 AM
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