portrait of Representative Rush Holt   
 Representative Rush Holt, 12th District of New Jersey

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 12, 2006
Contact: Pat Eddington
202-225-5801 (office)

HOLT STATEMENT ON LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS ENDORSEMENT OF VOTER-VERIFIED PAPER RECORDS FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES

 

 

Washington, D.C. -- “I am delighted that the League of Women Voters has embraced the concept contained in my Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2005 (H.R. 550). As the League noted, ‘Paperless electronic voting systems are not inherently secure, can malfunction, and do not provide a recountable audit trail.’ We will be unable to remove doubt about the results of elections using such machines until there is a national standard requiring auditability.

“Today, one of the leading voices in election integrity was loud and clear: a voter-verified paper ballot is fundamental to honest, auditable elections.” 

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