[ale] [OT] Fwd: Urgent.. demand Congress Ends Unverifiable Voting in the U. S.

[aaron at pd.org (aaron)]

Sorry for the persistence on this issue, but here's another opportunity
to help end the massive embarrassment to the IT industry known as
zero-evidence, paperless DRE computerized voting.

HR2894 is pretty strong -- The author, Representative Holt, comes from
a professional background of technology and science, so he has a solid
understanding of the issues.

Begin forwarded message:

> The 2010 elections are approaching, and once again we are  
> confronted with the fact that millions of votes in America cannot  
> be verified, audited, or recounted. Next year, over 10 states,  
> including Virginia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Texas, will see most  
> votes cast on electronic voting machines - unless we persuade  
> Congress to take action.
>
> You can help. We have made a great deal of progress toward  
> verifiable and trustworthy elections, but it is long past time for  
> this situation to end. Please tell your Representative to support  
> the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009. Visit  
> our Action Center to send a letter urging passage of HR 2894:
> http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/199/campaign.jsp? 
> campaign_KEY=27619
>
> HR 2894 would establish a national standard requiring voter-marked  
> paper ballots, so that audits and recounts are possible.  
> Jurisdictions using voting machines with a cash-register "paper  
> trail" printer would have until 2014 to convert to paper ballot  
> voting. Jurisdictions where voting machines do not offer any kind  
> of paper trail would have to convert to paper ballots by 2010.  The  
> bill would require hand-counted audits of electronic vote tallies  
> in all federal elections, would offer funding for non-proprietary  
> accessible voting systems,  would ban wireless communication by  
> voting systems, and other important reforms.
>
> Please take 60 seconds out of your busy day to urge Congress to  
> make verified elections a national priority:
> http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/199/campaign.jsp? 
> campaign_KEY=27619
>
> Thank you for all you do!
> Best regards,
> The Team at Verified Voting
>
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