Study says paper trail needed in ballot box
Tennessean
12/24/07
A vocal group of voters who want more tangible voting records gained more ammunition with a report out this month that urges backing up electronic ballots with a paper trail. But the $25 million endeavor isn’t likely to take place before the 2008 presidential election as some have hoped, said state Coordinator of Elections Brook Thompson. Thompson wants to wait until federal guidelines for voting machines come down before making the big-ticket buy. ‘We need the time and money to do that,’ Thompson said. ‘To completely change out our systems may cause more problems than the potential problems you’re trying to solve’...
http://tinyurl.com/3d8ead
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=2008+election
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=paper+trail
12/24/07
A vocal group of voters who want more tangible voting records gained more ammunition with a report out this month that urges backing up electronic ballots with a paper trail. But the $25 million endeavor isn’t likely to take place before the 2008 presidential election as some have hoped, said state Coordinator of Elections Brook Thompson. Thompson wants to wait until federal guidelines for voting machines come down before making the big-ticket buy. ‘We need the time and money to do that,’ Thompson said. ‘To completely change out our systems may cause more problems than the potential problems you’re trying to solve’...
http://tinyurl.com/3d8ead
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=2008+election
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=paper+trail
rudkla - 27. Dez, 10:45
