Maryland: Senate Democrats Defeat Verifiable Elections

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

Democrats at their best - interfering with verified voting

Maryland: Senate Democrats Defeat Verifiable Elections New from States - Maryland
By Warren Stewart, VoteTrustUSA

April 11, 2006 link: http://votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1180&Itemid=113

Maryland voters will vote on paperless touchscreen voting machines again this year thanks to concerted efforts by Democratic State Senate President Mike Miller and Senator Paula Hollinger, chair of the committee on Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs.

In a disappointment to election integrity activists nationwide, the Senate killed a bill that had passed unanimously in the Maryland House of Delegates that would have called for voter verified paper records and mandatory audits on thde last day of the legislative session. As sent to the Senate, the bill also included an amendment that called for implementing a paper ballot optical scan voting system for this year's elections. In addition to the unanimous support of the House of Delegates, the proposal also had the full support of Governor Robert Ehrlich, Jr. (R).

Senator Hollinger is running for the U.S. House seat currently held by Rep. Benjamin Cardin. Senator Hollinger has ensured that it will be impossible to independently verify the results of that election results and that the votes of Maryland citizens will be counted by propreitary software provided by Diebold Election Systems.

[Botany]

1. The dirt is on both sides.

The corruption is in the dems too. I know I live in Ohio.

So MD can look forward to another 04 where 800,000 registered repugs produced
1,100,000 votes for bush and 1,200,000 registered dems produced 1,200,000 votes
for Kerry.

It very well might be too late for democracy.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

2. this just in - may be hope of special session

****HB244****
There is some talk that the Governor may call for a special session to resolve the issues of the electricity rate hike.

People should contact the Governor's office and ask that they also call a special session on the issue of a voter verified paper trail (HB244).

Go to http://www.gov.state.md.us/contact.html to find the governors contact info.

It is misleading to shift all attention to the republicans when it comes to election
rigging, because no party should be trusted on this issue.

If you trust that because someone is a democrat - they will do the right thing,
then you might be making a big mistake.

[Land Shark]

5. good point, WillYourVoteBCounted

I guess that's one of the compromises with Holt, on DREs the votes will never be "counted", but they will (if all goes well) be audited, and we'll have to trust the auditors whoever that turns out to be, whereas with vote counting observed by opposing parties, there is no "trust" because it's factored out via transparency.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

6. President Jeb Bush, the GOP and Diebold thank you for your support

2008 Pres Jeb Bush, the GOP and Diebold appreciate your efforts on their behalf, mr. land shark.

You will keep the election reform non profits in business for years and years.

Way to go - you will be remembered in history when Florida says - thank you
for saving us from having to recount those nasty paper ballots.

Thanks for swiftboating your colleagues.

[JimDandy]

3. Kick n/t

[Amaryllis]

4. KICK