With only four dissenting votes, the state Assembly easily passed a bill that would require that electronic voting machines create a paper record.
The goal of the legislation is to make sure that Wisconsin’s soon-to-be-purchased touch screen machines create a paper ballot that can be audited to verify election results.
“Wisconsin cannot go down the path of states like Florida and Ohio in having elections that the public simply doesn’t trust,” Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, one of the bill’s co-sponsors, said in a news release. “By requiring a paper record on every electronic voting machine, we will ensure that not only does your vote matter in Wisconsin, but it also counts.”
The bill, which was co-sponsored by Rep. Steve Freese, R-Dodgeville, has also been introduced in the state Senate, where it awaits action.
Gov. Jim Doyle applauded the Assembly’s passage of the bill.
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WI bill will require paper trail for electronic voting machines in WI
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– November 12, 2005
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Can’t say I blame them. But as an engineer and technology enthusiast, it hurts me to see what a bad job we’ve done at making computers reliable enough to win a public image of trustworthiness.