Reply #24: Remember the problem isn't the paper ballot: IT'S THE AUDITING!!!

[Stevepol]

What we should be yelling for is a voter-verified paper ballot AND AN FAIR AUDIT FOR EVERY ELECTION EVERYWHERE. Without the auditing the paper ballot is just meaningless, entirely meaningless, just a cover for continued fraud. The optical scanners have a paper trail, but that has not kept elections from being stolen. In MN, e.g., where Coleman beat Mondale after trailing in the polls by 5% points in 02. That one was pulled off w/ scanners because nobody ever audits these things unless it's a close enough race and even then, there are a million qualifications as in OH last year.

Unless this becomes a crusade with everybody on the same page, I doubt if anything will be done before the next election cycle in 06 when the Repubs will win a few more delegates in Congress and around the country. The present split in the Senate is 55-45. After the 06 election cycle, it will be something like 57-43, etc. And this will continue. I have no idea why the ACLLU and other orgs cannot be made aware of this and cannot act. SOMEBODY DAMNED SURE BETTER ACT AND ACT FAST. This site has got to be united on this point. It's so obvious that it's almost unbelievable that we are fighting for this. WE DON'T HAVE A DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE TO FIGHT TO GET IT BACK.