Re the Holt bill, H.R. 2894

We at the Coalition for Voting Integrity have tried to provide voters with a range of opinion on the 2009 Holt bill, H.R. 2894, on this page.

"New York Times Wrong Again on 'E-Voting'"

"New York Times Wrong Again on 'E-Voting,'" by Brad Friedman, Brad Blog, June 23, 2009:

The New York Times just doesn't get it. You'd think, by now, they would. But they don't. And they should print a correction immediately.

In a brief, unbylined editorial yesterday [June 21], headlined "How to Trust Electronic Voting," the paper endorses this year's version of Rep. Rush Holt's election reform bill. The editorial is misleading and, even worse, blatantly (and inexcusably) inaccurate on at least one important point. . . .

NY Times editorial re Holt bill

Editorial - "How to Trust Electronic Voting" - NYTimes.com, June 21, 2009. "Electronic voting machines that do not produce a paper record of every vote cast cannot be trusted. . . ."

Update from Brad Blog re 2009 Holt bill

The BRAD BLOG: "Holt's Election Reform Bill Edges Away from Disastrousness Prior to Introduction: 'Final' draft for introduction, committee process sees important improvement following criticism from BRAD BLOG last month; but substantive concerns still remain; a review of the good, the bad and the still ugly..."

EI groups weighing in on Holt bill

Check out CVI's "2009 Holt Bill" tab for a sampling of reactions from election integrity advocates to Rep. Holt's "Voter Confidence and Increased Accessiblity Act of 2009."

New Version of Holt's Election Reform Bill

The BRAD BLOG: New Version of Holt's Election Reform Bill Would Institutionalize Touch-Screen Voting, Secret Software: "New Version of Holt's Election Reform Bill Would Institutionalize Touch-Screen Voting, Secret Software
Bill 'improved' to require paper ballots, but they may be marked or printed by computer devices which offer most of the same dangers as current Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) devices...
Additional concerns remain in the previously-defeated, newly-rewritten draft version of the landmark legislation..."

BBV re New Holt Election Reform Bill

The BRAD BLOG: BBV: New Holt Election Reform Bill Would Allow 'Surreptitious Dismantling of Self-Government'