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Senators Introduce Bill That Would Require State and Local Governments To Use Paper Ballots in an Effort To Secure Elections (cnet.com)
From a report: On Tuesday, nine Senators introduced a bill that would require state and local governments to use paper ballots in an effort to secure elections from hackers. The bill would also require rigorous audits for all federal elections to ensure that results match the votes. "Leaving the fate of America's democracy up to hackable election machines is like leaving your front door open, unlocked and putting up a sign that says 'out of town,'" Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, said in a release. "Any failure to secure our elections amounts to disenfranchising American voters." The Protecting American Votes and Elections Act of 2018 was drafted amid intense scrutiny of voting systems ahead of the mid-term elections in November. Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has elevated concern over the security of the country's voting systems. The senators said rigorous audits will ensure votes are legitimate. Currently, 22 states don't require post-election audits, according to the release.
Too much democracy is bad. Were it not, we would have referendums on every single thing. The reason we do not is we trust our elected representatives to decide on those things for us.
It's the same with the Electoral College. We elect representatives that pick the President for us. You may think that's too little democracy, but the point against that view is that the country has been quite successful with the Constitution as it is so it may well be at the sweet spot.
can't spell Russia without an R
Why is it that gambling machines have more audits and checks than voting machines?
Because organized crime is more honest than US politicians.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
somehow, I knew it would not be the R's that wanted an audit trail.
Every time the R's try to improve the audit trail (please prove your identity and eligibility to vote), they get told "no" by some court.
"how many slashdoters believe..." probably the same number that believe millions of people voted illegally.
It wasn't millions of illegal votes but vote fraud does exist and is quite common, illegals vote and other forms of voter fraud happen regularly. Vote fraud has not changed the outcome of any election I know of, but it does verifiably exist.
What *doesn't* exist was the Russians hacking and changing vote or vote counts. That didn't happen.
That doesn't mean the Russians didn't try to meddle in the election though propaganda, but their efforts where designed to disrupt more than push one outcome over the other. They are after destabilizing our society and keeping up the divisions, and don't really care who's in power as long as they can disrupt the USA's effectiveness in some way.
"File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
it is impossible to prove, but I would be amazed if Russia did NOT modify at least a couple of these machines. They worked hard at it, and it should be obvious that the GOP's backing of machines without a paper trail was for a reason (saving money; yeah. right).
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
Exactly! But I doubt the Democrats idea of "...rigorous audits..." includes making sure every vote is cast by those eligible to vote. They enjoy the extra votes from illegal immigrants to much.
use of "allegedly" is a must, since no evidence of any russian connection is available for verification.
There is no allegedly, tRump SAID he used Russian hack data to attack the DNC. Case PROVED from his own mouth