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 also has a few stinkers, including language that 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 years to come. The Senate Rules and Administration Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow, so if you have an opinion, now is the time to make yourself heard. Rush Holt has a much better bill.

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Re:Stinkers

[Anonymous Coward]

Their != They're

I don't mean to be a grammar Nazi, but I find it such a shame that the English language gets misused so much.
Sooner or later, it's going to be "allowed" to use incorrect words and numbers in place of their correct counterparts and due to the accelerative nature of the internet, it's going to completely change the English language by the time we're in our 50's and 60's and then we're going to feel really old and out of touch with the world.
Please, for the sake of everyone's welfare, especially our children's welfare, learn the difference between "their", "they're" and "there".

Re:Stinkers

[philspear]

Politicians are in charge of running the country, and thus should definitely be held fully accountable for the results of their actions (and lack thereof).

Fine, great, yes. Accountability and resposibility and all that, I agree. It's not treason though.

This is not treason: they don't realize it's going to be bad for the country, or they don't think it will.

Once again, treason is intentional, this is not.

Not for nothing, "epic fail"? Can we keep the internet memes on 4chan?