If you care about the integrity of the electoral process, I need you to (1) rec this diary to the top and (2) contact your Senator today or tomorrow regarding Bill S.3212, the "Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008" introduced by Senators Feinstein and Bennett.
With only 100 days till the election, this could be the most important action you take to protect your vote (and those of your neighbors).
Here is how the team at Verified Voting described things:
Here is what's happening. This Wednesday, the U.S. Senate will hold hearings on S.3212, a bill aimed at providing independent verification of ballots cast on electronic voting machines. That's a laudable goal, but S.3212 gets it wrong - very wrong.
S.3212 would allow electronic "verification" of votes cast on electronic voting machines. If S.3212 becomes law, elections in many states would still depend on the trustworthiness of computer software. This bill also fails to require hand audits of federal election results, and contains other measures that could set back years of progress toward transparent and trustworthy elections.
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