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WI Assembly OKs Voting Paper Trail

Posted by Zonk on from the best-city-in-the-world dept.

AdamBLang writes "Madison Wisconsin's Capitol Times reports 'With only four dissenting votes, the state Assembly easily passed a bill that would require that electronic voting machines create a paper record. The goal of the legislation is to make sure that Wisconsin's soon-to-be-purchased touch screen machines create a paper ballot that can be audited to verify election results.' Slashdot has previously reported on this bill." More from the article: "Wisconsin cannot go down the path of states like Florida and Ohio in having elections that the public simply doesn't trust ... By requiring a paper record on every electronic voting machine, we will ensure that not only does your vote matter in Wisconsin, but it also counts."

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  1. Ka-Ching! by Ossifer · · Score: 2, Funny

    The folks over at Diebold are happy to hear this--now they can charge a whole bunch extra for printers...

    Of course they may have to spend it on software fixes...

    1. Re:Ka-Ching! by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 2, Funny
      The folks over at Diebold are happy to hear this--now they can charge a whole bunch extra for printers...

      Actually, the printers will be provided at no extra charge. However, the consumables will be a different story. Diebold predicts that by 2009, ink and paper refills will generate 87% of their revenue and over 94% of their total profits. The remainder of the profits will be generated largely by sales of extended warranty plans.

  2. Too bad by gcnaddict · · Score: 2, Funny

    Its too bad this doesnt work on punch cards, especially with those "pregnant chads"

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  3. CE? by divisivemind · · Score: 2, Funny
    "And best of all, the next system is built from a modified version of Windows CE to ensure all votes are counted."

    Oh...nevermind. I made that up. ;P

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  4. Thank god... by chriswaclawik · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...everybody knows that votes on paper can never be tampered with.

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  5. Electronic trail by toddlll · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other news, Gov. Jeb Bush has signed a contract with Diebold for a system that can provide an electronic audit trail for Florida's paper ballots. Gov. Bush said "This is a great day for democracy. We will now have the capability to handle vote recounts in a fraction of a second."