STATE SCRAPS NEW VOTING MACHINES!!!!!

[sweetm2475]

State scraps new voting machines

(Hartford-WTNH, Jan. 4, 2006 Updated 5:10 PM ) _ There likely will not be a high-tech voting machine in your future this year. After announcing late last year that Connecticut's 3,300 mechanical, lever-style voting machines could no longer be used, the secretary of the state reversed herself. It's all about a big foul-up by companies bidding for Connecticut's business.

* by Chief Capitol Correspondent Mark Davis

The familiar clunking sound of the mechanical, lever style voting machines will be heard once again this fall in all voting places because of the foul-up.

"I am stopping the purchasing process for electronic voting equipment in Connecticut," Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz. "The state will use lever voting machines in the 2006 election."

After a much publicized, public testing of modern electronic voting technology late last year, it was determined that none of the high-tech devices met all of the requirements of new state and federal rules. In addition to being user friendly for those with disabilities, voters must be able to see the entire ballot all at once and there must be a voter verifiable paper record of their vote. Not even one of the machines tested qualified.

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=4317492

YAY CONNECTICUT!!!! :yourock::headbang: :woohoo: :applause: :patriot: (Now if you could just work on getting rid of Lieberman) :evilgrin:

[calico1]

1. Good for her.

I like our Sec. of State. I don't mind pulling the lever again. We may be behind the times but we still have a paper trail of our votes.

[Nutmegger]

5. Susan Bysiewicz is great!

I just wish she didn't pull out of the Gov race. That was kind of sad...:cry:

[calico1]

8. I think she probably realized her odds

and decided it was uphill. Maybe next time. At least this way she is still serving us!

[renate]

2. Congratulations, Connecticut!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

Oh, and Ms. Bysiewicz, :yourock: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[EFerrari]

3. Wonderful!

:yourock:

Better watchout, Joe! They're on a roll!

lol

[FreedomAngel82]

4. This is great!!

Yay!!!!! I'm so happy about that! People are waking up it seems. Now if only Ohio can get rid of them and get their votes back.

[Wilms]

6. .

[monk24]

7. Bravo Connecticut

Kudos to Ms. Bysiewicz for doing the right thing. It's good to see some states still believe their citizens should have a say in electing those who govern them.

Hopefully other states will follow Connecticut's lead.




:patriot: :thumbsup:

[RazzleDazzle]

9. Hmmm, hope Chris Dodd sits up and takes notice

the jerk.

Normally I like him (well, I thought I did), but he's been all over the WRONG side of the voting machine issue, right there with Steny Hoyer who was the one who helped privatize our voting systems, putting millions and millions and millions of taxpayer dollars into private company hands (Diebold, ES&S, etc.). And not just "private" hands, but Dominionist-friendly hands. I keep wondering, and don't bother to look, about campaign contributions Dodd's received over the years of this ongoing debacle.

[FogerRox]

10. WoW

[The Doctor.]

11. Hope the trend spreads. nt

[texpatriot2004]

14. I hope so too...like wildfire. n.t

[texpatriot2004]

12. Yeah! Woo Hoo

:woohoo: :woohoo:

[freedomfries]

13. thank you Susan Bysiewitz

:yourock:

[dailykoff]

15. Great news.

Dump that junk in the nearest landfill. Hope they kept the receipts! :)