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Finally, something good happens. A bill going through Congress will mandate paper trails for voting systems. Screw you Diebold.
Finally, something good happens. A bill going through Congress will mandate paper trails for voting systems. Screw you Diebold.
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By a 6-3 vote along party lines, the House Administration Committee on Tuesday afternoon approved an amended version of the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act, chiefly sponsored by Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) and backed by 212 other members of Congress. Aside from the paper trail requirement, the bill also imposes a number of new security obligations, such as a general ban on any wireless technology in the machines and on connecting devices used to record or tabulate ballots to the Internet. In addition, only equipment preapproved by accredited test laboratories would be eligible for use in federal elections--a move aimed at keeping potentially flawed software from being slipped in at the last minute.