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[Bill Bored]

http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6447

National: Elections Subcommittee of the Committee on House Administration holds hearing on H.R 811: The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007

by Robert Kibrick, Legislative Analyst
March 23rd, 2007

On Friday, March 23, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.., the Elections Subcommittee (chaired by Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California) of the Committee on House Administration (chaired by Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald of California) of the U.S. Congress held a hearing on H.R. 811, The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007. The hearings were held in Room 1310 of the Longworth House Office Building and were open to the public.

The following witnesses testified at the hearing:

Panel One
Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida

Panel Two
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Rep. Thomas Petri (R-WI)

Panel Three
Debra Bowen, Secretary of State, California
Chris Nelson, Secretary of State, South Dakota

Panel Four
Tanya Clay House, Director of Public Policy, People for the American Way
George Gilbert, Director of Elections, Guilford County, North Carolina
Edward Felten, Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University
Donald Norris, Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland - Baltimore

Panel Five
Noel Runyan, Personal Data Systems
Harold Snider, Access for the Handicapped, Inc.
Warren Stewart, Policy Director, VoteTrustUSA
Gail Mahoney, Jackson County MI, Chair, National Association of Counties

Links to the written testimony submitted by hearing witnesses will be posted below as those documents become available:

(Guess what! They're available!)

David Becker (Senior Staff Attorney, People for the American Way)

Debra Bowen

Charlie Crist

Edward Felten

George Gilbert

Rush Holt

Gail Mahoney

Chris Nelson

Donald Norris

Thomas Petri

Noel Runyan

Harold Snider

Warren Stewart

[Land Shark]

1. So, how did it go, and did any new voices really get heard?

Wanted to see Noel Runyon but once you make the advisory board to ACCURATE you are "Establishment" as far as voting systems go.

[BeFree]

2. Crist, Gov. of Florida

Was heard to say that DREs will be done away with in Florida. Opscans will be how Fla. ballots are to be counted. There will be an instantaneous ballot printed in each precinct.

Rep. Wexler of Florida was quoted as saying that the short experiment of using Touchscreen e-voting is OVER!

[kster]

3. Was Holt the Ring leader?

Just asking :shrug: