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June 22, 2005

"Senators question e-voting paper trail"

"Calls for the U.S. government to mandate a voter-verified paper trail with electronic voting machines ran into opposition today from two powerful members of a Senate committee, with one senator objecting that a printout would discriminate against blind people.

Voting accuracy advocates, and some lawmakers, have repeatedly called for printers to be attached to electronic voting machines. Advocates of voter-verified paper trail ballots say they would allow voters to check a printout to see what happened inside the direct electronic recording machines (DRE)."

The story can be found here.

Posted by Randy Riddle at June 22, 2005 08:37 AM