{"id":4859,"date":"2007-07-23T20:05:34","date_gmt":"2007-07-24T03:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=4859"},"modified":"2007-07-24T07:29:32","modified_gmt":"2007-07-24T14:29:32","slug":"video-youtube-democratic-debate-voting-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4859","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: YouTube Democratic Debate Question on Voting Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Blogged by Alan Breslauer<\/a> and Brad Friedman<\/em><\/p>\n

The question (video below) in the CNN\/YouTube seems to be about “standardizing” voting systems around the country. The only one given the opportunity to answer it is New Mexico’s Governor Bill Richardson, who should have hit this out of the park since he signed a bill to outlaw the use of DRE touch-screen systems after disaster in NM in the 2004 election.<\/p>\n

Though his answer uses the phrase “touch stones” (we’ll chalk it up to nervousness, we guess) and he goes on to use the phrase “verifiable paper trail” (instead of paper ballot<\/i>), he’s clearly speaking about actual ballots since he calls for those “verifiable paper trails” with “optical scanners.”<\/p>\n

Richardson is theoretically trying to break out from the pack. He ought to be able to use his status as the only<\/i> candidate to have actually outlawed dangerous, disenfranchising DRE touch-screens to distinguish himself from the others. It might help, however, if he got his words right. But at least someone<\/i> spoke to democracy, finally, in the midst of this absurd Presidential Election campaign. <\/p>\n

Anybody else in the pack care to speak up and stand up in favor of democracy? Anyone? Bueller? We’re waiting.<\/p>\n

The video of the question and answer, appx 1 minute, follows in full…<\/i><\/p>\n


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