{"id":4194,"date":"2007-02-26T00:12:05","date_gmt":"2007-02-26T08:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?page_id=4194"},"modified":"2008-02-03T21:56:14","modified_gmt":"2008-02-04T05:56:14","slug":"holt-election-reform-bill-special-coverage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?page_id=4194","title":{"rendered":"SPECIAL COVERAGE: Rush Holt Election Reform Bills (HR 811 &#038; HR 5036)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p><strong>ESSENTIAL REFERENCE DOCS &#038; ARTICLES ELSEWHERE&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Current text of <a href=\"http:\/\/thomas.loc.gov\/home\/gpoxmlc110\/h811_rh.xml\">Holt&#8217;s HR 811<\/a> as reported out of Committee (<a href=\"http:\/\/thomas.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/bdquery\/z?d110:HR00811:@@@P\"><i>Current co-sponsors<\/i><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.votersunite.org\/info\/HR811EssentialRevisions.htm\">Essential Recommended Revisions to HR811<\/a><\/li>\n<li>REPORT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.voteraction.org\/News\/02-14-07_1.html\">&#8220;Promise of Accessible Voting Still Unfulfilled&#8221;<\/a> <em>&#8211; authored by Demos\/VoterAction.org and disabilities\/computer expert Noel H. Runyan<\/em>, Versions: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VoterAction.org\/reports\/nrreport\/Improving_Access_to_Voting_.doc\">WORD<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VoterAction.org\/reports\/nrreport\/Improving_Access_to_Voting_.pdf\">PDF<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VoterAction.org\/reports\/nrreport\/Improving_Access_to_Voting_lrgprint.rtf\">large-print<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VoterAction.org\/reports\/nrreport\/Improving_Access_to_Voting_.BRL\"> braille<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>THE TROUBLE WITH TOUCH SCREENS:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><em>What&#8217;s Wrong with DRE\/Touch-Screens? And Why the Urgent Need to Amend HR 811 to Assure They are Banned!<\/em><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.votersunite.org\/info\/2007ElectionReform.asp\">HTML Version (includes links, grafs)&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.votersunite.org\/info\/2007ElectionReform.pdf\">2-Page PDF Version&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><em>Why DRE\/Touchscreens with &#8220;Paper Trails&#8221; Cannot Ensure Accurate, Verified Elections<\/em><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5620\">Handy bullet-point list (<em>see bottom of linked article<\/em>)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/alternet.org\/rights\/48427\/\">&#8220;False Choices in the Debate on Voting Technology&#8221; <\/a><em>&#8211; by Brad Friedman at AlterNet<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?page_id=4209\">Brad Friedman Debates Common Cause&#8217;s Susannah Goodman on HR 811<\/a> &#8211; <em>Text-transcript, audio&#8230;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><b>RECOMMENDED:<\/b> Village Independent Democrats of New York City passed this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheresthepaper.org\/VIDresoMar8_07.pdf\">wonderful resolution calling for amendments to HR811 [PDF]<\/a>, March 8, 2007 &#8211; <i>A great template for similar resolutions in your state or locality! Share it with legislators et al!<\/i><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4270\"><strong>BLIND AND DISABLED VOTER ADVOCATES, GROUPS STATEMENT CALLING FOR &#8216;IMMEDIATE BAN&#8217; OF DRE VOTING SYSTEMS!<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.voteraction.org\/Accessible_AND_Secure_Voting.htm\">&#8211; <em>Letter &#038; Updated list of signatories here&#8230;<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/alternet.org\/rights\/49636\/\">&#8220;An Opposing View on the Progressive Voting Machines Debate&#8221; <\/a><em>&#8211; by Brad Friedman at AlterNet<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.votersunite.org\/info\/HR811AmendmentResources.asp\">VotersUnite.org&#8217;s &#8220;Amend HR811&#8221; Resources Page<\/a> <em>&#8212; a tremendous list of easy to read and use documents, graphics and talking points on all matters relating to needed changes for HR811.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ACTION CAMPAIGNS&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>TAKE ACTION:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VelvetRevolution.us\/Campaigns\/PaperBallots\">Over 40 Election Integrity Groups Demand a Paper Ballot for Every Vote Cast<\/a> &#8211; <em>Send this Open Letter to Your Congress Members<\/em><\/li>\n<li><b>TAKE ACTION:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/capwiz.com\/pdamerica\/issues\/alert\/?alertid=9406781&#038;type=CO\">PDA&#8217;s Campaign Calling on Congress to Ban DRE\/Touch-Screen Voting Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>TAKE ACTION:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.votersunite.org\/takeaction\/ban-e-ballots.asp\">Call Congress! Demand They Ban Electronic Ballots Now!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>KEY BRAD BLOG ARTICLES&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>(in chronological order)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n2\/6\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4124\"><strong>Rep. Holt&#8217;s New Election Reform Legislation Filed Today in U.S. House<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>As Ever, With Election Reform Legislation the Devil is in the Details&#8230;So Learn the Details BEFORE Supporting or Rejecting This Bill!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2\/6\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4125\"><strong>Why the Holt Election Reform Bill Must be Amended to Guarantee a Real Paper Ballot<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Guest Blogger and Constitutional Attorney John Bonifaz on Concerns About Holt&#8217;s &#8216;Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007&#8217; (HR 811)<\/em><br \/>\nGuest Blogged by John Bonifaz<\/p>\n<p>2\/14\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4150\"><strong>Holt Election Reform Bill Continues to be Supported by Democrats and Their Public Advocacy Groups, While Being Criticized by the Election Integrity Community<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Flawed Bill Continues to Fast-Track While Supporters Ignore the Concerns of Those Who Know the Issue Best<\/em><br \/>\nHR811 On Schedule to Become &#8216;HAVA 2&#8217; Unless Radically Amended, Improved&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>2\/20\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4163\"><strong>The False Dichotomies Being Used by Democrats and Their Public-Advocacy Group Supporters to Prop Up the Failings of the Holt Election Reform Bill<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Misrepresentation of the &#8216;Opposition,&#8217; Fear of Failure, and a Bizarre, Unsubstantiated &#8216;Civil Rights&#8217; Argument All Employed to Avoid Legitimate Debate on the Dangers of the Pending Legislation&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>2\/21\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?cat=218\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE: REP. MAXINE WATERS ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO WITHDRAW CO-SPONSORSHIP OF HOLT ELECTION REFORM BILL!<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Calls for a Return to Paper Ballots During Commemorative MLK, Jr., Keynote Address in Santa Cruz!<\/em><br \/>\nCalifornia Congresswoman is First of Bill&#8217;s 192 Co-Sponsors to Pull Support Amid Heavy Criticism of Legislation by Election Integrity Advocates&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>2\/22\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4174\"><strong>AUDIO &#8211; Brad on Air America&#8217;s &#8216;Politically Direct with David Bender&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nDiscussing the Holt Bill, Waters Withdrawing &#038; the &#8220;False Dichotomies&#8221; Used by Dem Supporters of the Bill&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>2\/26\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4193\"><strong>REPORT: Undervote Rate Plummets 85% in New Mexico&#8217;s Native American Precincts after Statewide Switch from Touch-Screen Voting to Paper Ballots<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Comparison of Voting Data from 2004 to 2006 Shows Hispanic Undervote Plunged 69% as the &#8216;Civil Rights&#8217; Case for DREs Continues to Fall Apart<\/i><br \/>\nALSO: New Concerns Emerge About Racial Profiling vis a vis Touch-Screen Voting Systems&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>2\/28\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4206\"><strong>&#8216;False Choices in the Debate on Voting Technology&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>AlterNet Runs a Freshened-Up Version of BRAD BLOG&#8217;s Story From Last Week<\/em><\/p>\n<p>3\/1\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4210\"><strong>Brad, Common Cause Debate Rush Holt Election Reform Bill on &#8216;Peter B. Collins Show&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Common Cause Election Issue Rep Relies on Same Old Discredited Talking Point Chestnuts to Avoid Calling for Ban of DRE\/Touch-Screen Voting Machines<\/em><br \/>\nLink to Complete Text-Transcript, Audio&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>3\/3\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4217\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE: JOHN EDWARDS SAYS &#8216;YES&#8217; TO BAN ON TOUCH-SCREEN (DRE) VOTING MACHINES!<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Presidential Candidate Becomes First to Join Growing Movement When Queried About Issue at Campaign Event in California<\/em><br \/>\nEdwards Becomes Second Politician in a Week to Announce Support for the Election Integrity Movement After Being Asked About it at Public Event<\/p>\n<p>3\/9\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4242\"><strong>AVI RUBIN: &#8216;After Four Years of Study, I Now Believe that a DRE (touch-screen) with a VVPAT (paper-trail) is Not a Reasonable Voting System&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Johns Hopkins Professor, E-Voting Security Expert Goes on Record Against Electronic Ballots at Congressional Hearings on Election Integrity&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>3\/14\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4270\"><strong>BLIND AND DISABLED VOTER ADVOCATES, GROUPS CALL FOR &#8216;IMMEDIATE BAN&#8217; OF DRE VOTING SYSTEMS!<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Two Different Statements from Civil Rights Leaders Call for Discontinuation of Insecure, Unverifiable, Disenfranchising DRE\/Touch-Screen Voting Technology<\/em><br \/>\nBoth Destroy Myth of Need to Sacrifice Verifed Ballots for Accessibility&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>3\/19\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4279\"><strong>A Challenge to Opponents of a Ban on Electronic Ballots<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Seeking Just One Democracy-Serving Reason to Keep DREs Allowable Under the Holt Bill<\/em><br \/>\nAny takers?&#8230;<br \/>\nGuest Blogged by Ellen Theisen of <a href=\"http:\/\/VotersUnite.org\">VotersUnite.Org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3\/19\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4294\"><strong>Steve Rosenfeld Critical of Our Call for a DRE-Ban in Article Published Today at AlterNet<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Says &#8216;Voting Machine Purists Should Not Let The Perfect be the Enemy of the Good&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\nWe Disagree With Both the Premise and the Conclusion&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>3\/21\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4299\"><strong>Brad Friedman (BRAD BLOG) v. Ralph Neas (PFAW) on Amending the Holt Election Reform Bill to Ban DRE Touch-Screen Voting Systems<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>As Heard on &#8216;Ring of Fire&#8217; with RFK Jr. &#038; Mike Papantonio: I Support Banning DREs, Neas Opposes Such a Ban, and Speaks in Support of DREs<\/em><br \/>\nPapantonio: &#8216;Brad, my bet is on you on this one&#8217; &#8212; Audio &#038; Transcripts Now Posted<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?page_id=4300\">FULL AUDIO &#038; TRANSCRIPT HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3\/23\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4317\"><strong>Alternet Runs Our &#8216;Brad v. PFAW&#8217; Article<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>ALSO: A Clarification of Why I Wrote the Story in the First Place About the Alarming Position, Advocating for DRE Use, by People for the American Way&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>4\/1\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4347\"><strong>Hackin&#8217; Harri Hursti a Hit in Riverside County, California<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>One-on-One Debriefing with the Finnish Computer Security Expert and Hacker of Diebold&#8217;s Op-Scan and DRE Systems Reveals His Believe That Op-Scan is Most Secure, Transparent, while DREs Should No Longer Be Used in American Elections&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>4\/6\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4370\"><strong>Democrats and Their Public Advocacy Group Supporters Continue to Fiddle on Election Reform as Democracy Burns<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Even While the Republican Governor of Florida (of all people and places) Restores Felon Voting Rights, Calls for a Ban on Touch-Screen DRE Voting, and Otherwise Succeeds in Shaming the Democrats&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>4\/9\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4383\"><strong>People for the American Way (PFAW) is Misleading Americans on the Holt Election Reform Bill<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8230;And Mischaracterizing my Position on &#8216;Paper Trails&#8217; on their Website&#8217;s &#8216;Democracy Campaign FAQ&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\nAN OPEN LETTER DEMANDING RETRACTION AND CORRECTION OF MY POSITION AND THE FACTS ABOUT ELECTION REFORM AND DANGEROUS DRE VOTING SYSTEMS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>4\/11\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4394\"><strong>PFAW Silence Day 3: Still Misleading, Using My Name to Support Their Agenda, Refusing to Respond to Request for Correction, Cease and Desist<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>AUDIO FILES: Public Service Announcements Calling on Action Against PFAW, a Ban on DREs&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>5\/4\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4506\"><strong>FLORIDA MOVES TO PAPER BALLOTS!<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>A Huge Victory (Finally!) for Voters in the Sunshine State!<\/em><br \/>\nWill the Democrats in the U.S. Congress finally begin to realize their mistake in allowing for DRE touch-screen voting machines now that the <em>Republican<\/em> Governor of <em>Florida<\/em> has led the <em>Republican<\/em> Florida legislature to do the right thing and move to all paper ballots?<\/p>\n<p>5\/8\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4526\"><strong>Holt Election Reform Bill Passes Out of Committee, People for the American (PFAW) Still Misleading Public About It<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Advocacy Group&#8217;s Press Release Disingenuously Continues to Forward Unsupportable Notion that Bill Would Have Prevented Sarasota&#8217;s FL-13 Election Meltdown<\/em><br \/>\nLegislation Still to Allow for Uncounted and Uncountable Electronic Ballots on Touch-Screen Voting Systems&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>6\/4\/07:  <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4601\"><strong>The PFAW\/Holt Bill Hoax: What Congress Member Would Vote Against the Banning of Illegal, Invisible Unverified Electronic Ballots?<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>The Holt Election Reform Propaganda Machine Has Said a Ban on DRE Touch-Screen Voting Machines Couldn&#8217;t Pass in Congress, But Has Yet to Name a Single Supporter Who Would Vote Against Such a Ban<\/em><br \/>\nLooking for a Single Name Here&#8230;Anybody?&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>6\/10\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4650\"><strong>Rush Holt&#8217;s HR 811 Does More Harm than Good<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>A Leading Election Integrity Advocate Speaks Out Against 7 Serious Failures in the Latest Holt Election Reform Bill&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\nGuest blogged by Ellen Theisen, Co-Director of VotersUnite.Org<\/p>\n<p>6\/11\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4674\"><strong>Kucinich to Withdraw Co-Sponsorship of Holt Election Reform Bill<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Announces Plans to &#8216;Continue Oversight Hearings on Election Integrity&#8217; and Re-Introduce Legislation Calling for Hand-Counted Paper Ballots in Presidential Elections&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>6\/18\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4676\"><strong>Holt Election Bill Supporters Rage in Favor of the Machine<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>The Pro-HR811 Crowd Unleash All Manner of Personal Attacks Against Those Who Dare Oppose Thier Beloved Legislation as Written&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>7\/2\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4754\"><strong>&#8216;Thriller&#8217; Audio: Brad Debates Larry Norden of Brennan Center for Justice on Holt Election Reform Bill<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Peter B. Collins Show Hosts Extremely Lively Discussion on Pros and Cons of Controversial House Bill&#8217;s Allowance for Use of Dangerous DRE Touch-Screen Voting Systems<\/em><br \/>\nALSO: CA SoS Debra Bowen Refuses to Support HR 811, Concerned About Putting &#8216;Paper Trails Into Statute&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>7\/9\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4788\"><strong>Kucinich Reiterates Dropped Support of Holt Election Reform Bill<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>As a New Effort is Mounted by Election Integrity Advocates to Contact Congress Members Concerning the Drive to Ban DRE Touch-Screen Voting Systems Once and For All&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>7\/11\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4802\"><strong>People for the American Way (PFAW) Continues Dishonest Lobbying Campaign for Holt Election Bill<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Take Action to Counter Their Unapologetically Deceptive, Anti-Democracy Efforts to Misinform Nancy Pelosi!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>7\/17\/07:  <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4828\"><strong>Kucinich Circulates &#8216;Dear Colleague&#8217; Letter Asking Pelosi To Slow Progress Of Holt&#8217;s Election Reform Bill<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Says &#8216;Many Constituencies Important to the Democratic Caucus Express Frustration with HR 811&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\nBill &#8216;Falls Short of Intended Goals&#8217;, Ohio Congressman, Presidential Candidate Writes in Letter&#8230;<br \/>\n<em>Guess Blogged by John Gideon, VotersUnite.Org<\/em><\/p>\n<p>7\/19\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4843\"><strong>NY TIMES: Holt&#8217;s Election Reform Bill (HR 811) Going Back for a Re-Write<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7\/20\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4845\"><strong>On the Last Throes and\/or Last-Minute Compromise of the Holt Election Reform Bill<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7\/21\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4851\"><strong>Holt Bill Death Watch: Jim Dickson Bullies His Way Through Congress Again<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>As The New York Times Fails to Report on the Payola He and His Group Have Received from the Voting Machine Companies&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/RushHolt_Lipstick.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">7\/29\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4888\"><strong>California Finds DRE Touch-Screen Voting Systems Easily Hackable, as House Dems and PFAW Strike Deal to Use Them in American Elections Anyway<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>7\/30\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4889\"><strong>Hoyer-Holt HR811 &#8216;Compromise&#8217; to Pushed Forward &#8211; Secretly &#8211; in House<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nWith People for the American Way (PFAW) Serving as Broker, Press Agent&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>8\/8\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4930\"><strong>Holt Still Lying to Voters About His Election Reform Bill in Wake of Bowen&#8217;s CA Decisions<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Tells AlterNet That His Legislation Would Require Paper Ballots, But It Doesn&#8217;t&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>9\/4\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5029\"><strong>MoveOn.org Misleads Members in Support of Holt Election Reform Bill Even as Holt Distances Himself from Own Bill<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>&#8216;It&#8217;s No Longer my Bill&#8217;, Says Congressman of Software Giant&#8217;s Successful Removal of One of the Bill&#8217;s Once-Postive Provisions<\/em><br \/>\nCall it &#8216;Microsoft 811&#8217; Writes an Election Integrity Advocate&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>9\/5\/07:  <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5032\"><strong>EXCLUSIVE: AMENDMENT TO BAN\/RESTRICT TOUCH-SCREEN DRES MAY BE BROUGHT TO HOLT BILL!<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>The BRAD BLOG Has Confirmed That Congresswoman Susan Davis Will Introduce Such an Amendment This Afternoon &#8212; If Allowed &#8212; as Rush Holt&#8217;s Controversial HR 811 Goes to Rules Committee Before Introduction on House Floor<\/em><br \/>\nUPDATED SEVERAL TIMES: Amendment Now Endorsed by MoveOn, Verified Voting, VoteTrustUSA; Source Says Holt on Defensive in Committee Hearing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>9\/5\/07:  <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5033\"><strong>NJ Judge Issues Another Blow To Voting Machine Vendors, Rep. Rush Holt<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Gives the State Eight Days To Find An Alternative To Touch-Screen Voting Machines<br \/>\n<\/em>Ruling in Holt&#8217;s Home State Disallows the Very Voting Machines His Federal Bill Would Institutionalize!<\/p>\n<p>9\/5\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5036\"><strong>Rep. Susan Davis: DRE Voting Machines Are the &#8216;800 Pound Gorilla in the Room&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>The California Congresswoman Hopes Her Attempt to Amend the Rush Holt Election Reform Bill &#8216;Sparks Debate&#8217; on the Issue of Banning Touch-Screen Voting Systems<\/em><br \/>\nSays &#8216;Wealth of Data So Strong, Congress Would be Remiss If We Do Not Allow a Debate&#8217;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>9\/5\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5037\"><strong>NY Times Calls For Ban on Touch-Screen Voting (Finally!)<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Says &#8216;Electronic Voting Has Been an Abysmal Failure&#8217;, Calls on Congress to Add DRE Ban to Rush Holt&#8217;s Election Reform Bill&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>9\/7\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5042\"><strong>Holt Election Reform Bill in Meltdown&#8230;Again<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nRepublicans &#8216;Chortle&#8217; as House Democrats Wrangle in an Attempt to Bring Real Election Reform to a Crumbling System of Democracy&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>9\/17\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5076\"><strong>Democratic Leadership Still &#8216;Out of Touch&#8217; Concerning DRE Voting Machines, Holt Election Reform Bill<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nRep. Hinchey &#8216;Deeply Disappointed&#8217;, Calls Unwillingness to Debate Issue a &#8216;Shame&#8217;<br \/>\nAlterNet Covers Latest Political Landscape Surrounding HR 811&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>11\/2\/07: <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5238\"><strong>BILL TO BAN DRE (TOUCH-SCREEN) VOTING MACHINES FINALLY INTRODUCED IN SENATE!<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nNelson and Co-Sponsor Whitehouse Rewrite Originally Introduced Bill to Do Away with Discredited Systems by 2012 and &#8216;Any Subsequent Year&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>12\/28\/07:  <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5490\"><strong>Holt Takes Another Stab at Election Reform<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nSimplified Legislation Offers Money to Jurisdictions Who Wish to Move to Paper Ballots, Optional Audits&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>2\/3\/08:  <a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5645\"><strong>CBS Evening News Features the Shameless Rep. Rush Holt, Continuing His Shameless Campaign in Support of Touch-Screen Voting&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESSENTIAL REFERENCE DOCS &#038; ARTICLES ELSEWHERE&#8230; Current text of Holt&#8217;s HR 811 as reported out of Committee (Current co-sponsors) Essential Recommended Revisions to HR811 REPORT: &#8220;Promise of Accessible Voting Still Unfulfilled&#8221; &#8211; authored by Demos\/VoterAction.org and disabilities\/computer expert Noel H. 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