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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 06:04 AM
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A Voter-Verified Permanent Paper Ballot - Holt's H.R. 2894 Introduced

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot...

VerifiedVoting.org Praises Bill to Establish Verifiable Elections Nationwide

By VerifiedVoting.org

June 17, 2009

VerifiedVoting.org praised U.S. Representative Rush Holt's introduction today of HR 2894, the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009. Cosponsored by 75 House members, the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act would require voter-marked paper ballots in all federal elections. The bill would authorize funding for states to purchase new voting equipment, require hand-counted audits of electronic vote tallies, and reform the process of testing voting equipment.

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http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3018&Itemid=26


GovTrack:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2894
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bklyncowgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jun-19-09 06:09 AM
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1. Good luck this time, Congressman Holt (my Congressman and a helluva guy)
Unfortunately, I doubt many Democrats are any more enthusiastic than Republicans (or Iranian Mullahs) in having honest elections.
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