Wisconsin : New law ensures voting paper trail

[Rosco T.]

http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/index.php?ntid=67579&ntpid=0

New law ensures voting paper trail
Machines must generate ballot
By Anita Weier
January 4, 2006

Gov. Jim Doyle signed into law today a bill that will require that touch screen voting machines produce a verifiable paper ballot.

The bill requires that if a municipality uses an electronic voting system that consists of a voting machine, the machine must generate a complete paper ballot showing all votes cast by each elector that is visually verifiable by the elector before he or she leaves the machine.

"This is important for democracy. Voters have to be able to trust that their votes are counted," Mike McCabe, executive director of the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, said after the bill signing.

The bill, AB 627, also will ensure that reliable recounts can be done, added McCabe, whose organization lobbied for its enactment.

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[mzmolly]

1. Great! Let's hope others follow.

:toast:

[soothsayer]

2. Outstanding!

[BrainRants]

3. That should help keep things blue around here!

Good News!