| Americans in seven states - up from three states less than a month ago - can now be assured that their votes will not be lost by unreliable computer voting machines.
That's because the secretaries of state of Vermont, Missouri, and West Virginia - in response to TrueMajority.org's "Computer Ate My Vote" campaign - recently pledged to require all computer voting machines in their states to produce a voter-verified paper ballot trail. Those states join California, Nevada, New Hampshire, and Oregon, which already require a paper trail. ...Check out the Computer Ate My Vote campaign materials at http://www.truemajority.org/ComputerAteMyVote/index.cfm. |
I'm a little confused here, because the last I read, California was requiring a paper trail, but said the retrofitting would not be done until 2006. That may have changed. Or MoveOn may simply be neglecting that caveat. In fact, there may be some caveats to any of these states' decisions. If you want to know badly enough, you'll have to look that up for yourself. Or wait until the answer finds its way across my e-desk. Which it will.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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