dog slow investigations in Bergen Co when in every Nov. since 1996. Voter irregularities are common. Over all NJ looks ok but looks can be deceiving as I am seeing an increasing number of Diebold vans on Rt 33 heading west toward Trenton.
Support Legislation requiring Voter-Verified Paper Trail for 2004 Elections
In the 2002 election, brand new computer voting systems used in Florida LOST over 100,000 votes due to a software error. Errors and
irregularities were also reported in New Jersey, Missouri, Georgia, Texas and at least 10 other states. Widespread speculation about politically connected private company suppliers of these machines having sole access to the software programming has been in the news since the 2000 elections.
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New Jersey touch-screen voting machine plans
NEW! The final HAVA State Plan has been published and filed with the Federal Election Commission. It contains the following recommendation:
It is the further intention of the Attorney General to undertake a study of the recent national discussion by computer scientists regarding the security of software programs for voting systems and the capability of a voter to view a "paper verification" of his or her votes before casting the ballot. To elaborate, there is an articulated position that all voting machines should be capable of allowing the voter to see his or her votes on a secured piece of paper. The voter would only be allowed to view this document, but not to take it out of the polling place. The document would remain in the custody of the election officials. Any such procedure would have to appropriately safeguard the secrecy of the ballot. Congressman Rush Holt of New Jersey has recently introduced federal legislation on this matter. (Section One, p. 7)
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