Crossing my fingers over here...and getting ready to make noise.

Thanks for keeping us informed John.

I think the vote on HR 811, if the open source code, no communications allowed, criminal case type chain of custody, and paper ballot language, stays in it the vote on the floor will be along party lines too.

And if its counterpart (S 559) in the Senate gets out of committee with its similar language, and if the anti-Ken Blackwell syndrome language stays, it will suffer the same fate as HR 811.

Republicans own the electronic voting machine companies and they do not want to show their source code, etc., so republicans will fight it.

The preznit blush will veto it if it gets past filibuster via a cloture motion.

...or so you hope... but unless the markup worked overtime to fix the numerous holes in the bill then the source running in the machines might not be open after all, external communications could still be allowed to vulnerable equipment... etc etc..

But first we must carefully review the markup with a clear head to see what the bill says now.

And if they missed fixing any of those fatal flaws, Dredd, then I hope you were paying attention to what I've said earlier because there will be a test later today or early tomorrow... one that even you cannot argue with

I can argue with that test.
Nobody will listen.
But let's see what happens.

Then maybe well discuss how physical access to a box could be a real nightmare. And not even by a smart guy. I am dumb a box of ball bearings, but I can destroy things.