Is anyone in congress looking at electronic voting?

who's championing it?

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR02239:@@@N

COSPONSORS(29), BY DATE :
Rep Wexler, Robert - 6/17/2003
Rep Baird, Brian - 6/17/2003
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 6/17/2003
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 6/17/2003
Rep Lee, Barbara - 6/17/2003
Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 6/17/2003
Rep Van Hollen, Chris - 6/17/2003
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 6/17/2003
Rep Brown, Sherrod - 6/24/2003
Rep Frank, Barney - 6/24/2003
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 6/24/2003
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 6/24/2003
Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 6/24/2003
Rep Scott, Robert C. - 6/24/2003
Rep Strickland, Ted - 6/24/2003
Rep Owens, Major R. - 6/24/2003
Rep Filner, Bob - 7/9/2003
Rep Lantos, Tom - 7/9/2003
Rep Rothman, Steve R. - 7/9/2003
Rep Brown, Corrine - 7/9/2003
Rep Case, Ed - 7/21/2003
Rep Davis, Danny K. - 7/21/2003
Rep Farr, Sam - 7/21/2003
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 7/21/2003
Rep Wynn, Albert Russell - 7/21/2003
Rep Fattah, Chaka - 7/21/2003
Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 7/25/2003
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 7/25/2003 Presidential Candidate!
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. - 7/25/2003


H.R.2239
Title: To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent record or hardcopy under title III of such Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Holt, Rush D. (introduced 5/22/2003) Cosponsors: 29
Latest Major Action: 5/22/2003 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

http://holt.house.gov/display2.cfm?id=6282&type=Home

On May 22, Rep. Rush Holt responded to the growing chorus of concern from election reform specialists and computer security experts about the integrity of future elections by introducing reform legislation, The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2003 (H.R. 2239). The measure would require all voting machines to produce an actual paper record by 2004 that voters can view to check the accuracy of their votes and that election officials can use to verify votes in the event of a computer malfunction, hacking, or other irregularity. Experts often refer to this paper record as a “voter-verified paper trail.”



“We cannot afford nor can we permit another major assault on the integrity of the American electoral process,” said Rep. Rush Holt. “Imagine it’s Election Day 2004. You enter your local polling place and go to cast your vote on a brand new “touch screen” voting machine. The screen says your vote has been counted. As you exit the voting booth, however, you begin to wonder. How do I know if the machine actually recorded my vote? The fact is, you don’t.”

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