Tell your congress members to return Election Day to voter-verified ballots

Image via WikipediaThis voting season leading up to General Election Day (and beyond in some districts) has been a success. No major breakdowns. That is, you can only assume so, as most of the voting machines used does not produce a voter-verified ballot. So was it a success? We shall never know.

As a result of the ballot-counting problems during the 2000 presidential elections, electronic voting machines replaced the old punch card ballot machines across the US. Now, most voter machines cannot verify whether they calculate correctly the vote totals.

Trust in government relies on the transparency with the voters of ballot counts. Only machines using voter-verified ballots qualifies for this solution. The paper ballot- though not high tech- is nevertheless a hard record of each vote that can be counted before the public.

The federal government in Washington, DC has the power to reform our voting systems across the country. Tell your US Rep. and two US Senators to write and pass a bill mandating the use of voter-verified ballot machines, and renew trust to a greater level between we, the people and our elected representatives. Additional information on this campaign for the 2010 elections can be found at www.PaperBallot.info.


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Add your name to the verifiable paper trail voting cause

Common Cause has a fun way to show citizens' support for verifiable paper ballots for election day. Many states use electronic machines without the receipt, leaving no way to recount the "ballots". Take action here and leave your name, address, photo and short message on a U.S. map, and contribute with many others who feel the same way. Let's put "democracy" back into our electoral system!