Election Reform? Nah...that would make states fix their machines...

[Junkdrawer]

Extra Checks on Voting Machines Rejected

By STEPHEN MANNING
The Associated Press
Monday, December 4, 2006; 6:38 PM

GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- A federal advisory panel on Monday rejected a recommendation that states use only voting machines whose results could be independently verified.

The panel drafting voting guidelines for the U.S. Election Assistance Commission voted 6-6 not to adopt a proposal that would have required electronic machines used by millions of voters to produce a paper record or other independent means of checking election results. Eight votes were needed to pass it.

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"They should be longer-range goals," said Britain Williams of the National Association of Election Directors. "You are talking about basically a reinstallation of the entire voting system hardware."

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/04/AR2006120400991.html

You just can't make this stuff up....

[magellan]

1. A reinstallation of the entire voting system hardware?

I heard it wasn't a big deal to stick a printer type device on these machines so there was a voter-verified paper trail. Gosh, they REPLACED most of the machines in this country within 6 years. Are they saying fair elections are undoable?

[Junkdrawer]

2. Replacing voting systems to install touchscreens? No problem...

Allowing the touchscreens to be audited? Are you crazy, that would be a HUGE change.

[magellan]

3. Yes I am crazy

What's that got to do with it? ;)

I like it when these mfers stand against something, it makes it patently obvious that's the right thing to do. There's absolutely no legitimate excuse for objecting to paper trails except to protect the guilty.

HCPB!!