There is concern among many groups that e-voting (short for electronic
voting) is ripe for abuse. Some question using computers at all, for
fear that the computer software could manipulate results. Others just
want to require that voters have the assurance a vote confirmation
paper trail that could be used in a recount.
A number of stories have fueled concerns about this:
First, and likely the earliest account to raise concerns about
E-Voting is this analysis by Avi Rubin, a computer scientist from John
Hopkins University:
E-voting Security
http://avirubin.com/vote/
Next is an "admission of wrongdoing" by Diebold, a manufacturer of
electronic voting devices. It turns out that in all 17 California
counties that used Diebold devices, modified software had been
installed on the machines without certification by state officials,
federal officials, or both.
Wired: "E-Voting Undermined by Sloppiness" by Kim Zetter, December 17, 2003.
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,61637,00.html
More recently, Diebold was in the news again, when the company
announced that it will no longer allow its senior executives nor
employees of its elections division to donate to political candidates.
This is in response to a firestorm that arose when a letter written
by the CEO of Diebold, Walden O'Dell, "committed to helping Ohio
deliver its electoral votes to the president..."
Wired: "Diebold Bans Political Donations" by Associated Press, June 7, 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,63753,00.html
In addition, in California, North Carolina, and Florida, there have
been issues of "missing votes" and other anomolies with electronic
voting machines.
Wired: "Lost E-Votes Could Flip Napa Race" by Kim Zetter, March 15, 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,62655,00.html
Wired: "E-Vote Machines Drop More Ballots" by Kim Zetter, February 9, 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,62206,00.html
And, finally, internal Diebold memos report trouble in Florida in the
now infamous 2000 election, with reports of manipulated vote tallys.
Scoop: "Diebold Memos Disclose Florida 2000 E-Voting Fraud" by
Alastair Thompson, October 24, 2003
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0310/S00211.htm
For additional coverage of this issue, you may find the following links useful:
Additional Wired E-Vote Coverage
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/
Additional VerifiedVoting.org Coverage
http://www.verifiedvoting.org/media/coverage/
http://www.verifiedvoting.org/news/
BlackBoxVoting.org
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/
If you would like to get involved in the campaign to require a paper
confirmation trail for electronic voting, the following organizations
are active in this area:
The Electronic Frontier Foundation
http://www.eff.org/e-vote/
VerifiedVoting.org
http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
Moveon.org
http://www.moveon.org/protectourvotes/
For an easy way to send email to government officials, as well as
additional contact information for phone calls or "snail mail"
letters:
Vote-Smart.org
http://www.vote-smart.org/
United States House of Representatives
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
United States Senate
http://www.senate.gov/
I went to the following links to find the sponsors and co-sponsors in
the House and Senate for H. R. 2239 and S. 1980.
Congress.org
http://congress.org/congressorg/bill.xc?billnum=S.1980&congress=108#sponsors
http://congress.org/congressorg/bill.xc?billnum=H.R.2239&congress=108#sponsors
In the Senate, there are 6 sponsors and co-sponsors to the legislation:
Dec 09, 2003 Sen. Graham, Bob (D-FL) SPONSOR
Feb 23, 2004 Sen. Nelson, Bill (D-FL)
May 18, 2004 Sen. Dayton, Mark (D-MN)
Mar 25, 2004 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. (D-NJ)
Feb 23, 2004 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. (D-NY)
Apr 01, 2004 Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. (D-SC)
Sen. Clinton, Hillary R. (D-NY) Supporting action, non-sponsor
In the House, there are 144 sponsors and co-sponsors to the legislation:
May 22, 2003 Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) SPONSOR
Dec 08, 2003 Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR)
Oct 02, 2003 Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)
Sep 04, 2003 Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ)
Jun 17, 2003 Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
Jun 17, 2003 Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Nov 05, 2003 Rep. Fortney Stark (D-CA)
Nov 06, 2003 Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Oct 28, 2003 Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Sep 04, 2003 Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA)
Oct 30, 2003 Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA)
Nov 21, 2003 Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA)
Mar 02, 2004 Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)
May 04, 2004 Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA)
Jul 09, 2003 Rep. Bob Filner (D-CA)
Oct 28, 2003 Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA)
Feb 04, 2004 Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
May 04, 2004 Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
Jan 20, 2004 Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
Nov 20, 2003 Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
May 04, 2004 Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA)
Jan 28, 2004 Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL)
Jul 25, 2003 Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
Oct 16, 2003 Rep. Peter Deutsch (D-FL)
Jun 17, 2003 Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
May 20, 2004 Rep. Jim Davis (D-FL)
Jul 09, 2003 Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
Mar 30, 2004 Rep. F. Allen Boyd (D-FL)
Jan 20, 2004 Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Nov 18, 2003 Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT)
Feb 10, 2004 Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Nov 21, 2003 Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO)
Feb 04, 2004 Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)
Jan 20, 2004 Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA)
Oct 02, 2003 Rep. Michael Honda (D-CA)
Nov 18, 2003 Rep. Thomas Allen (D-ME)
Jun 17, 2003 Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Oct 16, 2003 Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Jul 21, 2003 Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD)
Jan 27, 2004 Rep. William Delahunt (D-MA)
Jun 22, 2004 Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA)
Nov 21, 2003 Rep. John Tierney (D-MA)
Nov 25, 2003 Rep. Marty Meehan (D-MA)
Jun 24, 2003 Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
Apr 20, 2004 Rep. James McGovern (D-MA)
May 04, 2004 Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)
Jan 28, 2004 Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
Nov 05, 2003 Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)
Dec 08, 2003 Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS)
Oct 30, 2003 Rep. Julia Carson (D-IN)
Mar 30, 2004 Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)
Sep 04, 2003 Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Mar 02, 2004 Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
Feb 10, 2004 Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY)
Mar 02, 2004 Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY)
Jun 22, 2004 Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY)
Mar 30, 2004 Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
Oct 02, 2003 Rep. Tom Udall (D-NM)
Nov 14, 2003 Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)
Jul 25, 2003 Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
Jun 17, 2003 Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Jun 24, 2003 Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH)
Jan 28, 2004 Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY)
Mar 09, 2004 Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY)
Nov 21, 2003 Rep. Louise McIntosh Slaughter (D-NY)
Jun 17, 2003 Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
Jan 20, 2004 Rep. Michael McNulty (D-NY)
Feb 04, 2004 Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY)
Oct 29, 2003 Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Jan 20, 2004 Rep. Charles Stenholm (D-TX)
Nov 14, 2003 Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
May 04, 2004 Rep. Nicholas Lampson (D-TX)
Jan 20, 2004 Rep. Jim Turner (D-TX)
Nov 14, 2003 Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Jan 20, 2004 Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
Jun 24, 2003 Rep. Joseph Hoeffel (D-PA)
Jul 21, 2003 Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA)
Jul 25, 2003 Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Nov 05, 2003 Rep. Rick Larsen (D-WA)
Oct 02, 2003 Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)
Sep 04, 2003 Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA)
Dec 08, 2003 Rep. Norman Dicks (D-WA)
Jun 17, 2003 Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA)
Mar 02, 2004 Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA)
Oct 16, 2003 Rep. Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
Nov 18, 2003 Rep. Thomas Davis (R-VA)
Jan 20, 2004 Rep. Thomas Petri (R-WI)
Mar 09, 2004 Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)
Nov 05, 2003 Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)
Oct 28, 2003 Rep. James Moran (D-VA)
Jun 24, 2003 Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)
Dec 08, 2003 Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT)
Oct 28, 2003 Rep. Chris Bell (D-TX)
Oct 02, 2003 Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Sep 04, 2003 Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Oct 30, 2003 Rep. Martin Frost (D-TX)
Oct 29, 2003 Rep. Robert Brady (D-PA)
Oct 16, 2003 Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-OR)
Sep 04, 2003 Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Nov 25, 2003 Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Dec 08, 2003 Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK)
Jan 20, 2004 Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH)
Jun 24, 2003 Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
Jul 21, 2003 Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)
Feb 10, 2004 Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY)
Mar 02, 2004 Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY)
Jan 20, 2004 Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)
Sep 04, 2003 Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
Dec 08, 2003 Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)
Jun 24, 2003 Rep. Major Owens (D-NY)
Sep 04, 2003 Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY)
Feb 10, 2004 Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY)
Jul 09, 2003 Rep. Steven Rothman (D-NJ)
Jan 20, 2004 Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)
Apr 20, 2004 Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ)
Nov 18, 2003 Rep. Charles Bass (R-NH)
Dec 08, 2003 Rep. David Price (D-NC)
Oct 16, 2003 Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
Nov 18, 2003 Rep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D-MO)
Nov 21, 2003 Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Jan 20, 2004 Rep. Martin Olav Sabo (D-MN)
Dec 08, 2003 Rep. John Dingell (D-MI)
Sep 04, 2003 Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI)
Jun 17, 2003 Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Mar 10, 2004 Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI)
Sep 04, 2003 Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI)
Dec 08, 2003 Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI)
Nov 21, 2003 Rep. Michael Michaud (D-ME)
Jun 24, 2003 Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D-IL)
Jul 21, 2003 Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Nov 17, 2003 Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL)
Oct 28, 2003 Rep. William Lipinski (D-IL)
Oct 30, 2003 Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
Mar 02, 2004 Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL)
Jul 21, 2003 Rep. Ed Case (D-HI)
Dec 08, 2003 Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Jan 20, 2004 Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA)
Jul 21, 2003 Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA)
Jun 24, 2003 Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA)
Jul 09, 2003 Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA)
Sep 04, 2003 Rep. George Miller (D-CA)
Mar 02, 2004 Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA)
Mar 30, 2004 Rep. Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
May 04, 2004 Rep. Frank Ballance (D-NC)
Search Strategy: Search for stories on Diebold and E-Vote at Wired and elsewhere.
Search Terms: Diebold voting paper
://www.google.com/search?q=Diebold+voting+paper
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