Which best describes your opinion of HR-550?

[Kelvin Mace]

[don954]

1. FYI

H.R. 550, a bill introduced by Rep. Holt of New Jersey, would protect the integrity of our elections by requiring a voter verified paper record of every vote, requiring mandatory random hand counted audits to verify the accuracy of electronic tallies, and prohibiting the use of secret software and wireless communication devices in voting machines.

[Maat]

2. Thanks for letting me know.

I'll get busy emailing, writing letters, and calling.

[Kelvin Mace]

4. Sorry, I guess I am spoiled in assuming that everyone new

what it was.

Thanks for the summary.

[garybeck]

13. Never assume, or you make an ASS out of U and ME...

didn't you ever see Bad News Bears when you were a kid??

:)

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

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[Febble]

5. Can I borrow someone's congressman? n/t

[troubleinwinter]

6. Help yourself to as many as you'd like!

[Febble]

8. OK

I'll have Rush Holt, John Conyers and Stephanie Tubbs Jones. And I'll vote for that first thing.

Thanks

[Kelvin Mace]

7. Only if we can have

PM Question Time.

[Febble]

9. You also need Jeremy Paxman to interview your politicians

and Peter Snow to tell you how exit polls work ("they're just a bit of fun").

on edit: that last bit is a joke.

[yowzayowzayowza]

10. Support, but....

I won't be callin Tom Delay fer $h17.

[Bill Bored]

11. None of the above.

I support it but here in NY, no one in their right mind would allow paperless electronic voting in the first place, so my congressman already supports it!

[garybeck]

12. another option - my congressman already supports it

how about posting a list of co-sponsors?

[PeterPan]

14. 207 Co-sponsors (187 Ds, 19 Rs, 1 I)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 2/2/2005
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 3/2/2005
Rep Allen, Thomas H. - 2/2/2005
Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 11/18/2005
Rep Baird, Brian - 2/2/2005
Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 2/2/2005
Rep Barrow, John - 9/6/2005
Rep Bean, Melissa L. - 7/11/2006
Rep Becerra, Xavier - 2/9/2005
Rep Berkley, Shelley - 4/5/2005
Rep Berman, Howard L. - 2/2/2005
Rep Berry, Marion - 3/17/2005
Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. - 2/16/2005
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. - 2/16/2005
Rep Blumenauer, Earl - 2/10/2005
Rep Bono, Mary - 9/28/2005
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. - 6/14/2006
Rep Boucher, Rick - 4/5/2005
Rep Boyd, Allen - 3/2/2005
Rep Brady, Robert A. - 4/20/2005
Rep Brown, Corrine - 2/16/2005
Rep Brown, Sherrod - 2/9/2005
Rep Butterfield, G. K. - 3/17/2005
Rep Capps, Lois - 2/2/2005
Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 5/3/2006
Rep Cardin, Benjamin L. - 9/27/2005
Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. - 6/24/2005
Rep Carnahan, Russ - 9/13/2005
Rep Carson, Julia - 2/16/2005
Rep Case, Ed - 2/2/2005
Rep Chandler, Ben - 4/25/2006
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy - 2/2/2005
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel - 9/13/2005
Rep Cole, Tom - 2/2/2005
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 2/2/2005
Rep Cooper, Jim - 2/2/2005
Rep Jim Costa - will be added after recess
Rep Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. - 7/20/2006
Rep Crowley, Joseph - 2/16/2005
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 2/9/2005
Rep Davis, Artur - 7/27/2006
Rep Davis, Danny K. - 3/2/2005
Rep Davis, Jim - 3/2/2005
Rep Davis, Lincoln - 2/14/2006
Rep Davis, Susan A. - 4/20/2005
Rep Davis, Tom - 2/2/2005
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 2/2/2005
Rep DeGette, Diana - 3/2/2005
Rep Delahunt, William D. - 2/16/2005
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 3/10/2005
Rep Dicks, Norman D. - 2/2/2005
Rep Dingell, John D. - 3/17/2005
Rep Doggett, Lloyd - 2/16/2005
Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 2/16/2005
Rep Edwards, Chet - 7/28/2006
Rep Emanuel, Rahm - 2/16/2005
Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 4/5/2005
Rep English, Phil - 3/7/2006
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 2/2/2005
Rep Etheridge, Bob - 2/16/2005
Rep Evans, Lane - 11/18/2005
Rep Farr, Sam - 2/2/2005
Rep Fattah, Chaka - 1/31/2006
Rep Filner, Bob - 2/2/2005
Rep Fitzpatrick, Michael G. - 6/24/2005
Rep Ford, Harold E., Jr. - 3/10/2005
Rep Fortuno, Luis G. - 7/27/2006
Rep Frank, Barney - 2/9/2005
Rep Gerlach, Jim - 4/25/2006
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - 9/28/2005
Rep Gordon, Bart - 4/5/2005
Rep Green, Al - 4/25/2006
Rep Green, Gene - 6/24/2005
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. - 2/16/2005
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. - 2/16/2005
Rep Harman, Jane - 4/27/2006
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 2/2/2005
Rep Higgins, Brian - 2/9/2005
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 2/2/2005
Rep Holden, Tim - 4/25/2006
Rep Honda, Michael M. - 2/9/2005
Rep Hooley, Darlene - 2/16/2005
Rep Inslee, Jay - 2/16/2005
Rep Israel, Steve - 4/5/2005
Rep Issa, Darrell E. - 9/6/2005
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 4/5/2005
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 3/2/2005
Rep Jefferson, William J. - 7/12/2006
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 2/16/2005
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 2/2/2005
Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. - 5/11/2005
Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 2/2/2005
Rep Kelly, Sue W. - 7/20/2006
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 5/26/2005
Rep Kildee, Dale E. - 2/9/2005
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 2/2/2005
Rep Kind, Ron - 2/2/2005
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 2/2/2005
Rep Kuhl, John R. "Randy", Jr. - 6/24/2005
Rep LaHood, Ray - 4/25/2006
Rep Lantos, Tom - 2/2/2005
Rep Larsen, Rick - 2/9/2005
Rep Larson, John B. - 7/28/2006
Rep Leach, James A. - 4/25/2006
Rep Lee, Barbara - 2/2/2005
Rep Levin, Sander M. - 7/13/2005
Rep Lewis, John - 2/9/2005
Rep Lipinski, Daniel - 7/10/2006
Rep Lowey, Nita M. - 3/2/2005
Rep Lynch, Stephen F. - 4/25/2006
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 2/2/2005
Rep Markey, Edward J. - 4/5/2005
Rep Marshall, Jim - 6/21/2006
Rep Matheson, Jim - 2/9/2005
Rep Matsui, Doris O. - 4/25/2006
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 2/9/2005
Rep McCollum, Betty - 2/9/2005
Rep McDermott, Jim - 2/2/2005
Rep McGovern, James P. - 2/2/2005
Rep McIntyre, Mike - 4/26/2006
Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 2/2/2005
Rep McNulty, Michael R. - 3/2/2005
Rep Meehan, Martin T. - 9/6/2005
Rep Meek, Kendrick B. - 3/2/2005
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - 4/26/2006
Rep Melancon, Charlie - 7/10/2006
Rep Menendez, Robert - 9/13/2005
Rep Michaud, Michael H. - 2/9/2005
Rep Miller, Brad - 7/21/2005
Rep Miller, George - 2/9/2005
Rep Mollohan, Alan B. - 2/2/2005
Rep Moore, Dennis - 2/2/2005
Rep Moore, Gwen - 9/6/2005
Rep Moran, James P. - 2/2/2005
Rep Murphy, Tim - 2/8/2006
Rep Murtha, John P. - 2/16/2005
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 2/2/2005
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - 2/9/2005
Rep Neal, Richard E. - 9/13/2005
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 3/7/2006
Rep Oberstar, James L. - 2/2/2005
Rep Obey, David R. - 2/2/2005
Rep Olver, John W. - 2/16/2005
Rep Ortiz, Solomon P. - 6/6/2006
Rep Owens, Major R. - 2/9/2005
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 2/9/2005
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 2/2/2005
Rep Pastor, Ed - 2/16/2005
Rep Payne, Donald M. - 2/2/2005
Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 4/25/2006
Rep Petri, Thomas E. - 2/9/2005
Rep Price, David E. - 2/2/2005
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II - 2/16/2005
Rep Ramstad, Jim - 9/6/2005
Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 2/16/2005
Rep Reyes, Silvestre - 7/28/2006
Rep Ross, Mike - 2/9/2005
Rep Rothman, Steven R. - 3/2/2005
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille - 4/25/2006
Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch - 3/9/2006
Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 6/6/2006
Rep Ryan, Tim - 2/9/2005
Rep Sabo, Martin Olav - 2/2/2005
Rep Salazar, John T. - 6/24/2005
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. - 2/9/2005
Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 2/2/2005
Rep Sanders, Bernard - 2/9/2005
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 2/2/2005
Rep Schiff, Adam B. - 2/2/2005
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. - 6/24/2005
Rep Scott, David - 6/28/2006
Rep Scott, Robert C. - 2/2/2005
Rep Serrano, Jose E. - 2/9/2005
Rep Shays, Christopher - 5/3/2006
Rep Sherman, Brad - 2/2/2005
Rep Simmons, Rob - 7/12/2006
Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 5/5/2005
Rep Smith, Adam - 4/5/2005
Rep Snyder, Vic - 2/16/2005
Rep Solis, Hilda L. - 2/9/2005
Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. - 7/10/2006
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 4/5/2005
Rep Strickland, Ted - 3/7/2006
Rep Stupak, Bart - 3/10/2005
Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 5/10/2006
Rep Taylor, Gene - 11/18/2005
Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 6/13/2006
Rep Thompson, Mike - 2/16/2005
Rep Tierney, John F. - 2/9/2005
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 2/16/2005
Rep Udall, Mark - 2/9/2005
Rep Udall, Tom - 3/2/2005
Rep Van Hollen, Chris - 2/2/2005
Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 7/13/2005
Rep Visclosky, Peter J. - 5/2/2006
Rep Walden, Greg - 2/28/2006
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie - 2/9/2005
Rep Waters, Maxine - 4/6/2006
Rep Watson, Diane E. - 3/10/2005
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 2/2/2005
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 4/5/2005
Rep Weldon, Curt - 4/26/2006
Rep Wexler, Robert - 2/2/2005
Rep Wolf, Frank R. - 2/15/2006
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 2/2/2005
Rep Wu, David - 2/2/2005
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 2/9/2005

[demodonkey]

15. Hey Peter P, who was #207? (Thomas still has it @206 cosponsors)

Thanks!
:hi:

[troubleinwinter]

17. Perhaps this?

"Rep Jim Costa - will be added after recess"

[PeterPan]

18. Correct - Jim Costa

[eridani]

16. I think of it as a floor, not a ceiling

Any and all states should be encouraged to move for more stringent audit requirements.

[Kelvin Mace]

21. Absolutely!

States should impose more stringent requirements.

[truckin]

22. Good poll Kelvin. At this time 41 support and 6 oppose HR550.

I would like to think those numbers represent the entire election reform population.

[Kelvin Mace]

26. Bill now at 84%

as the anti forces have scared up some support.

[kster]

19. wrong thread, self delete

[fooj]

20. 5th recommend!

[Amaryllis]

23. Some neither support nor oppose, not out of

complacency, but because they some aspects as problematic but also see that it has many good aspects.

[Kelvin Mace]

27. Then they are letting other people decide the issue for them

which is unfortunate.

[Einsteinia]

24. I won't publicly counter it, BUT

I have to say I am very concerned about the private audit business.

I realize that the paper trails of absolutely essential, but if it gets subverted in the ailimentary canal what good is it?

I want it amended to fix this vulnerability about a privatized auit business asap.

Then I'll support it all my conviction of heart.

[Kelvin Mace]

25. Where in the bill does it mandate "private audits"?