Feinstein & Sr Dems - Will Begin Scrutinizing Electronic Voting Machine Irregularities

[kpete]

Hill Will Examine Voting Machines
By Matthew Murray, Roll Call Staff
January 16, 2007
This article was published in Roll Call.

After rewriting rules for lobbyists, increasing the federal minimum wage and moving on other election-year promises, senior Democratic Members in both chambers said Friday that within weeks they will begin scrutinizing electronic voting equipment and, for now, shelve other election-related proposals such as overhauls of 527s and electronic financial disclosure in
the Senate.

"The first thing is going to be elections," Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, told a group of reporters Friday. "We're going into 2008 with that is problematic. "

As early as next week, Feinstein said the Senate Rules panel might hold hearings on alleged electronic voting machine irregularities and other issues brought to light, some say, in the still-contested House election in Florida's 13th district. The seat, previously occupied by former Rep. Katherine Harris (R), is now held by Rep. Vern Buchanan (R), who state audits have confirmed won the contest by 369 votes. Buchanan was sworn in Jan. 4 to represent the Sarasota-based district.



But Christine Jennings, the Democrat on the ballot, claims faulty electronic voting machines cost her the election. In December, Jennings filed a formal complaint with the House, which has the final say over seating Members, alleging that a "pervasive malfunctioning" of the machines led to an "undervote" of 18,000 individuals.



"The first effort is going to be with a hearing on the Sarasota 'undervote' and to try and see if we can't move some legislation providing for a paper trail for , so we can corroborate that the machines are accurate," Feinstein said.

more at:
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2190&Itemid=26

[BeFree]

1. Go ahead, prove me wrong

But I doubt congress is gonna do what it takes to secure the voting systems against massive fraud.

See: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=464587&mesg_id=464587

[kster]

5. If they implement this Immediately, I'd believe them, anything less

is smoke and mirrors.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rady_ana_070102_evoting_exit_strateg.htm

[Land Shark]

6. Other legislation yeah, but RUSHING a vote on their own RE-ELECTIONS?

that is unseemly, kind of like rushing through a pay raise or something. We should have hearings (MORE OF THEM)

[Vincardog]

2. We don't need no stinking paper trail we have to have a PAPER BALLOT

and random audits. That being said, the electronic election fraud must end. I tell them every time they send me a fund raising letter or email. How about you?

[OregonBlue]

3. Tell them every time they call and every time you get a letter, no more money

until we have paper ballots. That's what I'm telling them.

[truedelphi]

4. Repeat as nauseum until no longer needed n/t

[dooner]

7. Feinstein, better late than never but..

I don't trust her to do the right thing.

[galloglas]

8. Do we have any better guess yet??

As to when this will happen. Just hopin', cause Congress hould have cleared out of town tonight (GOP messed up my schedule, by them only working 3 days a wekk instead of five).