Reply #40: This is why I am reluctant to strongly back a specific bill right now

[tommcintyre]

I have a pretty good idea of what we need, but it is difficult to wade through the legalese of the bills. I was wading through HR 550 last night, and it does look pretty good. And I do like seeing endorsements like your thread describes. But still I still would like to see more evaluations by the "experts", then make my own choice.

What I have learned is a bill can look good, but can have any number of fatal(?) flaws built in. For example, are the economics untenable? Such as, will the specific automatic random audit proposed raise the cost of running an election unrealistically?, etc. I know a bill can be modified, but if it is "down the road", will it be rendered weaker than another that was rejected early on?

It is true that at some point a decision MUST be made. (I would like to know when that point is.) Meanwhile, new bills are still being proposed (Clinton). Hopefully more "expert" evaluations will continue to be made, and I will keep watching/learning.