Re: "Count Every Vote" legislation in Colorado

[Evan Daniel Ravitz <evan@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Neal McBurnett wrote:

>  "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!

Sounds like a perfect setup for fraud to me! It says the "results of a
recount" (using the "blackbox" proprietary software) "shall constitute
the final official record"

Can you explain your enthusiasm, Neal?

Evan