Ohio faxes Congress in opposition to the Holt Bill

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03/29/2007
Representative Millender-McDonald
Chairwoman of the House Administration Committee

I am psychologist married to a software engineer. My husband and I have
been accumulating files of research documenting serious problems with
electronic voting technology since 2003. We are alarmed by the threat
posed to our democracy by expensive, insecure, unreliable, direct
recording electronic (DRE) voting machines. We appreciate the many
provisions in Congressman Holt’s bill that address election integrity
risks at the margins.

Regrettably HR 811 does not address the elephant in the room. HR 811
does not outlaw the continued widespread use of a method of vote
tabulation that is so fundamentally and irretrievably flawed that at its
worst might only give the appearance of an election. Touch screen (DRE)
voting machines are convenient, pleasant and alluring but nearly
impossible to implement with adequate security. Computer experts who
know the limitations of the technology, readily acknowledge the inherent Full Story