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Stop the Nonsense About “Counterfeit” By-Mail Ballots – Here are the Facts
The baseless claims that the President of the United States and the U.S. Attorney General have recently made about the possibility of foreign countries interfering with the November election by creating "counterfeit" by-mail ballots are gaining lots of attention, and with good reason. These assertions need to be thoroughly clarified and corrected, because they are not based on facts…
House Panel OKs "Voting Paper Trail" Bill
I thought that today's news about e-voting and legislation is notable as an example of the way voting technology and policy interact in our unique U.S. voting system.
First, what was Congress working on? Crafting legislation about elections; one bill to authorize payments to states for efforts to put in place paper ballots or paper audits for the November 2008 election, and another that effectively over-rules 21 states' regulations requiring a voter to have a valid "excuse" to qualify for an absentee ballot (a.k.a. vote by mail).