Presto Vivace's Journal: A Step Backward for Voting System Transparency

Verified Voting is reporting that Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Senator Robert Bennett (R-UT) introduced the Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act (S. 3212). While having many commendable features, this bill has many undesirable features, including language in the bill would exempt from any verification requirement those paperless voting systems purchased before January 1, 2009 to meet HAVA's accessibility requirements. This would leave millions of voters (particularly those with disabilities) dependent on insecure paperless electronic machines for the foreseeable future.

The Senate Rules and Administration Committee will have a hearing tomorrow, so if you have an opinion, now is the time to make yourself heard.

Rush Holt has a much better bill.