Graham Introduces Legislation To Ensure America’s Votes Count

[tom bldr <tom_bldr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was sort of hoping everyone's favorite Muppet, Joe
"No one's madder about the 2000 election than Al Gore
and I" Lieberman would introduce a Senate companion
bill to HR2239, but VP hopeful Bob Graham hit it
first. One concern off hand with Graham's bill (which
granted I haven't read, just taking from the highlight
bullet points below) is stipulating it needs to be met
in time for the 11/04 election... no mention of the
logistical problems with this, or mention of a paper
ballot fall-back in case counties find they can't meet
it in time. But this can be amended in the sausage
making process. So let's all pile on Allard and
Campbell to support it (senate bill #??), at
http://www.senate.gov

94 cosponsors to HR2239 now, 10 new ones piled on
yesterday with congress back in session:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR02239:@@@P



http://www.senate.gov/~graham/pr120903.html
Graham Introduces Legislation To Ensure 
America?s Votes Count 
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December 9, 2003

Senator Bob Graham, D-Florida, today introduced the
Voter Verification Act, legislation that would require
computer voting systems to produce a paper record.

?After the election of 2000 and the mid-term election
? where stories of voter problems were not uncommon ?
we have to put an electoral system into place in which
Americans can have full confidence,? said Graham.
?This legislation will take us one step further to
ensure that every vote really counts and we do not
have another debacle like the 2000 election.?

Key provisions of the legislation include:
*	Requiring that all voting systems produce
voter-verified paper records for use in manual audits 

*	Banning the use of undisclosed software and wireless
communication devices in voting systems 
*	Requiring mandatory surprise recounts in .5 percent
of both domestic and overseas jurisdictions.
*	All voting systems would have to meet these
requirements in time for the November 2004 election.

There is bi-partisan companion legislation already
filed in the House. HR 2239 is sponsored by
Representative Rush Holt, Democrat of New Jersey, and
94 other members.


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