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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Just since this has been a frequent topic of the list the
past few days I thought listers might have an interest in yesterday’s
Washington Post editorial against Rush Holt’s HR 811 and current federal
paper trail legislation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:bold'>Ballot Boxing</span></font></b><br>
<i><span style='font-style:italic'>Congress should proceed cautiously in
requiring new voting procedures. </span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>VOTES
SHOULD count and be counted. Agreed. But the devil is in the details.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The House
will soon consider a bill introduced by Rep. Rush D. Holt (D-N.J.) that aims to
make all ballots voter-verifiable and recountable and to set up a system for
audits, or partial recounts, of ballots in every federal race. Those are
important goals, especially given recent high-profile election foul-ups. But
the bill's provisions are overly prescriptive and in some cases impossible to
implement in their current form.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/20/AR2007052001034.html"
target="_blank">http://www.washingtonpost.com<wbr>/wp-dyn/content/article/2007<wbr>/05/20/AR2007052001034.html</a></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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