House Panel Seeks $1.8B to Ensure Fair Vote

[Nambe]

Associated Press

Authors of a major election overhaul plan signed into law last year said Wednesday they are asking congressional leaders and the White House to approve an extra $1.86 billion to ensure that next year's elections will be fair.

House Administration Committee Chairman Bob Ney, R-Ohio, and House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said the recent California court ruling delaying the recall vote there because some counties still use error-prone punch-card ballots demonstrated the need to move quickly.

"There is a crisis. There is an urgency," Hoyer said.

They said their effort to win the extra money, begun before the California court decision, had received a sympathetic hearing from House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., and their main problem now was to win White House support. ---

[Sick of Bullshit]

1. ASking the Bu$$$h White House to ensure that elections are fair

is like asking the fox to take special care of all the little chicks while the farmer's away.

[JPace]

2. "still use error-prone punch-card ballots"

lets hope they buy machines with a paper
trail that can be used for an accurate
recount.

[Don_G]

3. Paper Trail AND Verified

BBV is totally useless otherwise.

[dusty64]

4. Well if it got a sympathetic

hearing from the repuke leaders this is probably not a good sign.

[Rose Siding]

5. Is that link working for everyone else?

thanks

[sonias]

6. nope link above not working

Here is the Yahoo story (it is the AP story listed above)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030917/ap_on_go_co/election_reform_1
House Panel Seeks $1.8B to Ensure Fair Vote

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Sonia