Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Today was a busy day in Congress. Two election related bills went through “mark-up” in the Committee on House Administration. One bill, sponsored by Rep. Susan Davis and others, would allow no-excuse absentee voting. If passed voters would no longer have to give doctor’s excuses or proof that they will be out of state. It will be the voter’s choice to vote absentee. Also marked-up was a bill sponsored by Rep. Rush Holt and others that would reimburse states and local jurisdictions that opt in for a vvpat and/or audits. Both bills were amended and passed out of committee. …
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NAtional: House Administration Committee Approves Holt Emergency Voting Bill
http://www.votetrustusa.org/ind...#038;Itemid=26
“The reimbursements would cover the cost of equipment conversion (from paperless touch screen machines to optical scanners and ballot marking devices or, as authorized by a Committee amendment, by attaching printers to the touch screens)”
As was expected… the unreliable DRE printouts that won’t be counted and all too often can’t be counted are to be enshrined in law as Voter Verified Paper Ballots thanks to Holt.
The neocons must be rubbing their hands with glee.
They don’t even count the paper ballots, or at least 80% of them, in New Hampshire, much less the pablum printouts.
It all boils down to who has the “say”.