Ang pagpapakilala ngayon ng batas ni Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) upang tugunan ang katotohanan na ang mga botante sa 19 na estado (kabilang ang Distrito ng Columbia) ay dapat bumoto sa mga makina na hindi mabibilang o ma-audit ay isang kritikal na unang hakbang sa pagtugon kung ano ang maaaring walang kulang sa isang pambansang emerhensiya sa paligid ng halalan sa pagkapangulo. <\/p>
\"We're less than 10 months away from a presidential election in which millions of people will cast their votes on paperless voting machines,\" said Bob Edgar, president of Common Cause. \"We know these machines malfunction. We know they have proven security problems. Congress must move swiftly to address the problem because we simply cannot afford another national election in which votes can't be recounted and people don't trust results.\" <\/p>
Labing siyam na estado ang kasalukuyang gumagamit ng mga makina ng pagboto na hindi gumagawa ng papel na rekord na napatunayan ng botante. Ang mga estadong ito ay: Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas at Virginia. <\/p>
Holt's legislation would provide funding for these 19 states to make changes to their voting equipment so that a recount or audit will be possible in time for the November general election. The legislation also provides funding for states to conduct audits, which are critical to voting machines security. Even machines that produce paper records must be audited. \"Machines, as we know, break down, fail, and have software bugs. It is critical therefore, that these machines be audited so that a miscount can be detected,\" Edgar said.<\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\n