Playing catch up: Which Dem(s) have worked hardest to reform E-Voting

[ecstatic]

Over the past year I've purposely become less and less politically aware. I think I'm happier this way. I haven't completely given up on voting yet, but I might soon depending on the progress made in ensuring that our votes actually count. Which elected Dems have done the most to ensure voting rights, paper receipts, etc.?

[savemefromdumbya]

1. John Conyers?

[RandiFan1290]

2. Robert Wexler

:)

[Wilms]

3. Two come to mind.

NJ Congressman Rush Holt

CA State Senator Debra Bowen

I think Conyers could be conditionally added. His work has been a bit more focused on voter disenfranchisment, rather than the e-vote (and that makes sense because it was probably a larger factor than e-vote manipulation in the 2004).

Conyers bill left the e-voting issues to the companion bill written by CT Senator Chris Dodd. That bill (I hope Conyers distances himself from it...and sense he will) is PRO-DRE...just awful...no paper trail.

[OneBlueSky]

4. y'know what I don't understand? . . . what I don't understand is . . .

why the Democrats, as a party, aren't raising holy hell about electronic voting and the very substantial accumulated evidence of fraud in the last three elections . . .

the only possible reasons I can come up with are 1) they don't believe it's a problem (in which case they're uninformed, stupid, or both); 2) they know its a huge problem, but they don't give a shit (in which case they're amoral assholes and traitors); or 3) they're placing perceived "political considerations" above both their conscience and their responsibility to the American people (in which case they're corrupt politicans and not public servents -- more interested in staying in office that in serving the people) . . .

whatever the case, it's totally unacceptable, to say the least . . .