"Count Every Vote" legislation in Colorado

[Neal McBurnett <neal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete Klammer wrote this at:

 http://www.countthevotecolorado.org/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=13&threadid=30

 Rep. Alice Madden (D-Boulder) and Sen. Mark Hillman (R-Burlington)
 are introducing the "Count Every Vote Act," a bill which requires a
 voter-verifiable paper trail.

 "Voting should not be an act of blind faith. It should be an act of
 record." Congressman Rush Holt, author of HR 2239, from which the
 following bill language is based.

 "Count Every Vote" draft bill language (as of 15-Dec-2003):

 All voting systems used for any election in the state of Colorado
 shall produce a permanent paper record which shall constitute the
 final official record for the election for all votes cast using that
 system. In such a system, all voters shall be able to inspect and
 verify the permanent paper records of their individual votes at the
 time their votes are cast.

 In the event of a recount, the results of a recount of all such
 permanent paper records from the election shall constitute the final
 official record for that election.

Sounds like a good step forward!

Neal McBurnett                 http://bcn.boulder.co.us/~neal/
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