S17 - `Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2005'.

[paineinthearse]

Any thoughts?

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?c109:./temp/~c109sgmkeD

S. 17
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to protect voting rights and to improve the administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes.


IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 24, 2005
Mr. DODD (for himself, Ms. MIKULSKI, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration



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A BILL
To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to protect voting rights and to improve the administration of Federal elections, and for other purposes.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as the `Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2005'.

(b) Table of Contents- The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.

Sec. 3. National Federal write-in absentee ballot.

Sec. 4. Voter verified ballots.

Sec. 5. Requirements for counting provisional ballots.

Sec. 6. Minimum required voting systems and poll workers in polling places.

Sec. 7. Election day registration.

Sec. 8. Integrity of voter registration list.

Sec. 9. Early voting.

Sec. 10. Acceleration of study on election day as a public holiday.

Sec. 11. Improvements to voting systems.

Sec. 12. Voter registration.

Sec. 13. Establishing voter identification.

Sec. 14. Impartial administration of elections.

Sec. 15. Strengthening the election assistance commission.

Sec. 16. Authorization of appropriations.

Sec. 17. Effective date.

[wli]

1. this does nothing to get rid of Diebold

It allows "electronic records," which of course are the problem with Diebold garbage to begin with. I think we need to nail that particular provision, and possibly express further concerns.

[Bill Bored]

2. Please go here to read some expert analysis

<http://verifiedvoting.org/article.php?list=type&type=13>

In my opinion, Dodd's bill allows multimedia voter-verified ballots that, unlike paper, are all subject to electronic manipulation. It is therefore basically useless when it comes to verified voting and it plays right into the hands of those who would manipulate the vote, using independent access to the machines by disabled voters as a wedge issue at the expense of being able to know with certainty who won and who lost any election.

Otherwise, it's great!

[FogerRox]

3. Otherwise its great-- LOL HAHAHahahha a a ha ahahahah

[Amaryllis]

4. Land Shark says reform legislation is just rearranging the deck chairs on

the Titanic.

[Cocoa]

5. I like it

it addresses what to me are the important reform points the election system needs. :thumbsup:

[Bill Bored]

6. We can do that and still have Voter Verified Paper Ballots can't we? nt