Reply #11: Unfortunately, Richardson doesn't appear to have actually read the Holt bill... [View All]

Since it allows for the same DRE touch-screen machines that he OUTLAWED in New Mexico.

It would be nice if the bill did what Richardson claims it does in his op-ed. Unfortunately, it doesn't. But I suspect he, like so many others, have been fooled by the propaganda about the bill being put out by Holt's office and PFAW, etc.

AGain, the bill allows for the continuing use of Touch-screen DRE voting systems, that do not allow a user to verify their ballot either before or after the vote is cast and counted. Paper trails, required by Holt, are absolutely meaningless and can be gamed as easily as the internal numbers. Either way, 97% of the paper trails are not actually counted in the election and 100% are not counted on Election Night before announcing the "winner".

See http://www.BradBlog.com/Holt for much more on this unfortunate scam.