Texas County Clerk faxes Congress in opposition to Holt Bill

Filed under: General — shadow @ 10:01 pm

March 28, 2007

To Whom This Concerns and Will Listen,
Washington, D.C.

Ref: H.R. 811 and SB 559

Howdy from Texas,

I am just a rural County Clerk from Jackson County, Texas, but oversee
the Election held in our County. We just have a little over 9,000
registered voters so my voice may not speak as load as the urban
counties and more populated area. VOTE NO, CONCERNING H.R. 811 and S.B.
559. I have not heard any complaints from our County Voters on using the
DRE’s purchased last year under the HAVA grant funds. The voters
individually have been shown to review the summary page at the end of
ballot on how their vote will be cast prior to touching the Cast Ballot
Button. The voter is responsible how they marked the old paper ballot
and now using the DRE’s.

To retrofit our current machines in this rural area most likely will not
happen in time you intend, thus making us out of compliance. Thus Vote
No.

The federal government via state officials certified the machines we Full Story