Senator Feinstein Seeks to Ensure Accuracy of Federal Elections
Bill Would Require Paper Voting Records and Audits
By: Senator Feinstein
Published: Oct 12, 2006 at 09:38
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) announced plans to introduce legislation to help ensure the accuracy of future federal elections by requiring that electronic voting machines print a paper record which can be verified by the voter and is subject to an independent audit to help ensure that the machines are secure from error.
"Serious questions have arisen about the accuracy and reliability of new electronic voting machines, including concerns that they can be susceptible to fraud and computer hacking attacks unless proper security measures are taken,” Senator Feinstein said. "It is imperative that Congress does everything it can to help ensure that votes cast by American citizens are recorded accurately.”
Senator Feinstein, a senior member of the Senate Rules Committee, said she planned to introduce the bill – the Ballot Integrity Act of 2006 – as soon as Congress returns from the pre-election recess. And if no action is taken on the legislation, it will be reintroduced on the first legislative day of the new Congress in January.
The provisions of the legislation relating to paper records, audits and voting system integrity are similar to the bipartisan Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act introduced by Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) and cosponsored by 219 other House Members. But this bill also has several additional provisions, including a prohibition on a state’s chief election officer from participating on a political campaign committee on behalf of any federal candidate and measures to make it easier for military and oversees voters to send in absentee ballots.
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