Once again, it's time to call your Congresscritter:
It's way past time to ensure voter-verified paper trails, and Rep. Holt's bill (search for H.R. 550) does so.
An excerpt:
H.R.550
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2005'.
SEC. 2. PROMOTING ACCURACY, INTEGRITY, AND SECURITY THROUGH VOTER-VERIFIED PERMANENT RECORD OR HARD COPY.
(a) Voter Verification and Audit Capacity-
- (1) IN GENERAL- Section 301(a)(2) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
- `(2) VOTER-VERIFICATION AND AUDIT CAPACITY-
- `(A) IN GENERAL-
- `(i) The voting system shall produce or require the use of an individual voter-verified paper record of the voter's vote that shall be made available for inspection and verification by the voter before the voter's vote is cast. For purposes of this clause, examples of such a record include a paper ballot prepared by the voter for the purpose of being read by an optical scanner, a paper ballot prepared by the voter to be mailed to an election official (whether from a domestic or overseas location), a paper ballot created through the use of a ballot marking device, or a paper print-out of the voter's vote produced by a touch screen or other electronic voting machine, so long as in each case the record permits the voter to verify the record in accordance with this subparagraph.
- `(ii) The voting system shall provide the voter with an opportunity to correct any error made by the system in the voter-verified paper record before the permanent voter-verified paper record is preserved in accordance with subparagraph (B)(i).
- `(iii) The voting system shall not preserve the voter-verifiable paper records in any manner that makes it possible to associate a voter with the record of the voter's vote.
- `(iv) In the case of a voting system which is purchased to meet the disability access requirements of paragraph (3) and which will be used exclusively by individuals with disabilities, the system does not need to meet the requirements of clauses (i) through (iii), but shall meet the requirements described in paragraph (3)(B)(ii).
- `(B) MANUAL AUDIT CAPACITY-
- `(i) The permanent voter-verified paper record produced in accordance with subparagraph (A) shall be preserved--
- `(I) in the case of votes cast at the polling place on the date of the election, within the polling place in the manner or method in which all other paper ballots are preserved within such polling place;
- `(II) in the case of votes cast at the polling place prior to the date of the election or cast by mail, in a manner which is consistent with the manner employed by the jurisdiction for preserving such ballots in general; or
- `(III) in the absence of either such manner or method, in a manner which is consistent with the manner employed by the jurisdiction for preserving paper ballots in general.
- `(ii) Each paper record produced pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be suitable for a manual audit equivalent to that of a paper ballot voting system.
- `(iii) In the event of any inconsistencies or irregularities between any electronic records and the individual permanent paper records, the individual permanent paper records shall be the true and correct record of the votes cast.
- `(iv) The individual permanent paper records produced pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be the true and correct record of the votes cast and shall be used as the official records for purposes of any recount or audit conducted with respect to any election for Federal office in which the voting system is used.
- `(C) SPECIAL RULE FOR VOTES CAST BY ABSENT MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS- In the case of votes cast by absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, the ballots cast by such voters shall serve as the permanent paper record under subparagraph (A) in accordance with protocols established by the Commission in consultation with the Secretary of Defense which preserve the privacy of the voter and are consistent with the requirements of such Act.'.
Here's the list of co-sponsers...is your Rep. on board?
COSPONSORS(135), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5] - 3/2/2005 |
Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Baird, Brian [WA-3] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 4/5/2005 | Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Berry, Marion [AR-1] - 3/17/2005 | Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1] - 2/16/2005 | Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3] - 2/10/2005 |
Rep Boucher, Rick [VA-9] - 4/5/2005 | Rep Boyd, Allen [FL-2] - 3/2/2005 |
Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1] - 4/20/2005 | Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Brown, Sherrod [OH-13] - 2/9/2005 | Rep Butterfield, G. K. [NC-1] - 3/17/2005 |
Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Carson, Julia [IN-7] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Case, Ed [HI-2] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Cole, Tom [OK-4] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Cooper, Jim [TN-5] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 2/9/2005 | Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 3/2/2005 |
Rep Davis, Jim [FL-11] - 3/2/2005 | Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 4/20/2005 |
Rep Davis, Tom [VA-11] - 2/2/2005 | Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1] - 3/2/2005 | Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 3/10/2005 | Rep Dicks, Norman D. [WA-6] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15] - 3/17/2005 | Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 2/16/2005 | Rep Emanuel, Rahm [IL-5] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] - 4/5/2005 | Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Etheridge, Bob [NC-2] - 2/16/2005 | Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Ford, Harold E., Jr. [TN-9] - 3/10/2005 |
Rep Frank, Barney [MA-4] - 2/9/2005 | Rep Gordon, Bart [TN-6] - 4/5/2005 |
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 2/16/2005 | Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Higgins, Brian [NY-27] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep Hooley, Darlene [OR-5] - 2/16/2005 | Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Israel, Steve [NY-2] - 4/5/2005 | Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 4/5/2005 |
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 3/2/2005 | Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [OH-11] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. [PA-11] - 5/11/2005 |
Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1] - 5/26/2005 |
Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] - 2/9/2005 | Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Lantos, Tom [CA-12] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Larsen, Rick [WA-2] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] - 3/2/2005 | Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] - 4/5/2005 | Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4] - 2/9/2005 | Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 2/2/2005 | Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. [GA-4] - 2/2/2005 | Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] - 3/2/2005 |
Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17] - 3/2/2005 | Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 2/9/2005 | Rep Mollohan, Alan B. [WV-1] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Murtha, John P. [PA-12] - 2/16/2005 | Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] - 2/9/2005 | Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Obey, David R. [WI-7] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Owens, Major R. [NY-11] - 2/9/2005 | Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Petri, Thomas E. [WI-6] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep Price, David E. [NC-4] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 2/16/2005 | Rep Ross, Mike [AR-4] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 3/2/2005 | Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep Sabo, Martin Olav [MN-5] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep Sanchez, Loretta [CA-47] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Sanders, Bernard [VT] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Scott, Robert C. [VA-3] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] - 5/5/2005 |
Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9] - 4/5/2005 | Rep Snyder, Vic [AR-2] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 2/9/2005 | Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 4/5/2005 |
Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1] - 3/10/2005 | Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 2/9/2005 | Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 2/16/2005 |
Rep Udall, Mark [CO-2] - 2/9/2005 | Rep Udall, Tom [NM-3] - 3/2/2005 |
Rep Van Hollen, Chris [MD-8] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20] - 2/9/2005 |
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 3/10/2005 | Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Weiner, Anthony D. [NY-9] - 4/5/2005 | Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 2/2/2005 | Rep Wu, David [OR-1] - 2/2/2005 |
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 2/9/2005 |
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