Paper Ballots

This past election in NC seemed to go pretty smoothly. We now have a paper trail for our ballots, and 75% of the state has optical scan readers for the paper ballots. We had a close race in the eastern part of the state, but once all the votes were counted, a winner was declared. This is very different from the 2004 election, where we had two state races still undecided months after the November election - because of voting problems.

So, today I got this request from Democracy for America:

The Pennsylvania State House switched from Republican to Democratic this week thanks to the careful counting of absentee and military ballots in one close race. This powerful victory happened because every paper ballot was counted. But across America votes are increasingly being cast electronically with no paper record. Had the election in Pennsylvania been conducted electronically there is no saying how the race might have been decided.

We helped elect a new Democratic House and Senate in Washington, D.C. It's time to put our majority into action. Join me in asking Speaker Nancy Pelosi to put paper ballots on the agenda in the new Congress's first 100 hours.

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/paperballots


I support this totally. We have to be able to count our votes. So, please send a note to Speaker Pelosi. Thanks!