GA: Senate to vote on paper trail for ballot machines

[Wilms]

Senate to vote on paper trail for ballot machines

By Mike Billips

TELEGRAPH STAFF WRITER

ATLANTA - Some Bibb voters would see a paper backup to their electronically cast ballot this fall, under a bill being considered by the state Senate.

Senate Bill 500, sponsored by Sen. Bill Stephens, R-Canton, calls for testing the new system in three pilot precincts in Bibb, Camden and Cobb counties this November. The bill is up for a vote Monday.

The bill was trimmed down from its original form, which would have required all Georgia voting machines to provide a reviewable print of each vote by 2007.

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Stephens worked with Secretary of State Cathy Cox's office in crafting the current form of the bill. Cox, a Democrat, is a candidate for governor this fall.

"We think it's a good idea, a good step toward a paper receipt function for our voting system," said Cox spokesman Chris Riggall.

Stephens said the bill had bipartisan support in committee, and he expects it to pass with similar support on the floor. "The paper trail, unlike voter ID, seems to be almost universally accepted," he said.

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http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/politics/14020520.htm

[Up2Late]

1. HEY! I live in Cobb Co.! This includes me! But Cobb is very Republican

I don't know about the others (Bibb and Camden), but they sure are NOT the Democratic strong counties of Dekalb and Fulton (the counties where most of Atlanta is).