Reply #129: You confused by the Holt Bill (whose wording was PURPOSELY misleading) [View All]

[BradBlog]

Holt's bill requires "voter verified paper ballots" the way George Bush's Clean Air Act required clean air.

They are purposely misleading voters and congress members by suggestion there there is a "voter-verified paper ballot for every vote cast" since they know very well that's not the case. As well, I worked on the bill, adding language to various drafts before it was introduced, and each time, when I'd add the suggestion that the paper ballots (they are really "paper trails" that they've now called paper ballots) actually be counted in an election, they refused to make that change.

You'll note from the text you posted that they ONLY use that paper trail in the event of recount or audit. It's never actually mandated that the paper ballot be counted!

Thus, on a DRE machine, you can verify the paper trail all you want, but it doesn't matter. The numbers inside the machine are used for the tally, not the paper trail (which they deceptively call a paper ballot).

Studies from MIT and elsewhere have shown that most voters don't verify their paper trail on a DRE. As opposed to a paper BALLOT which is verified by it's definition, since it's marked by the voter and then actually COUNTED.

Again, here's a graphic that should help:


from: http://www.votersunite.org/info/amendHR811orNot.asp

Don't be decieved by the purposely misleading language of the Holt Bill and the knowing disinfo they are using to try and get it pushed through Congress as is!

Hope that helps!