(I guess Brad was too busy to post this here, but this is GOOD news, sort of. I think the test Counties are all Republican rich but,
ONE OF THEM IS MINE!!!! Cobb)):evilgrin:
Blogged by Brad on 3/6/2006 @ 5:58pm PT...
Diebold's Other 'Showcase State' Starts Wising Up
AP Continues to Report on Issues That Actually Matter, Albeit Not Particularly Accurately...
What's with AP? We thought all of this stuff was "conspiracy theory"? It looks like Diebold's other "showcase state" who, along with Maryland , were the first to move to...
What's with AP? We thought all of this stuff was "conspiracy theory"?
It looks like Diebold's other "showcase state" who, along with Maryland, were the first to move to un-auditable paperless touch-screen voting machines is beginning to face the music.
Reports AP...
Senate approves study of voting paper trail
ATLANTA - The state Senate on Monday unanimously approved a plan that could lead to paper ballots being added to Georgia's electronic voting machines.
"My hope is that this legislation will take us one more step forward toward having the most trustworthy, secure voting system in the country," said Sen. Bill Stephens, R-Canton, the plan's sponsor and a candidate for secretary of state in this year's election.
According to the plan, which passed 51-0, precincts in Bibb, Camden and Cobb counties would be outfitted with the paper balloting for November's general election.
If all went well, the state could add the receipts to all of its voting machines by the 2008 presidential election, Stephens said.
Under current Secretary of State Cathy Cox, Georgia switched to an all-electronic voting system in 2002 in the aftermath of the chaotic presidential vote in Florida....
We should point out that what the GA Senate is talking about is not actually "paper ballots" as the AP story seems to erroneously suggest, but "paper trails". There's a difference, of course. More on that in a second.
For additional context here, we'll note (with a hat-tip to John Gideon) that Cox, a Democrat, is running for Governor now in the state. She, along with her counterpart in Maryland, Linda Lamone had been huge supporters of paperless Diebold voting originally, going so far as to allowing herself to be featured on Diebold's brochures (see photo below).
Apparently Cox sees the writing on the wall, while the tone-deaf Lamone is still fighting to ensure nobody can ever actually count how her state's constituents actually voted (see this previous article.)
(more at links below, Brad has posted several links at his site)
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