Fiasco In FL -- 18,000 Missing Votes -- May Lead To Legislation Requiring Verifiable Paper Trails

[JABBS]

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Beyond the question of who won Florida's 13th Congressional District -- ironically, the seat vacated by Rep. Katherine Harris (R-FL) -- the buzz on Capitol Hill is that the missing votes give new meaning to what had been a theoretical debate about the reliability of touchscreen voting machines.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who is expected to become chairwoman of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, plans to re-inroduce legislation requiring all voting systems to have verifiable paper trails.

With Democrats now in control of the Senate, there's a good chance the legislation should pass.

[porphyrian]

1. A little late, but great nonetheless. - n/t

[bullimiami]

2. not just verifiable but VERIFIED. just having them sit in a box and only come out

for so called 'close races'- those within 1/2 percent or less - isnt good enough. they need to be used to random spot audit to catch any monkey business.

[JABBS]

3. i would assume that will be the case