Paper Trails
This seems like good news, out of Florida, no less:
Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday he wants to spend about $32 million to convert all voting machines in Florida to produce paper trails.
”What we’re talking about here is Democracy and it is precious,” Crist told a crowd of several hundred people at a gathering of the nonpartisan Voters Coalition of Palm Beach County.
”You should, when you go vote, be able to have a record of it,” Crist said, calling it ”common sense.”
It does seem like common sense, and yet it’s been in oddly short supply over the past six years. Let’s hope this turns out to be the start of a trend.
Popularity: 2% [?]
Geez, but paper trails sound so cumbersome. Wouldn’t it be easier if people just went into the voting booth, punched at some pretty screens attached to computers that aren’t hooked up to anything, and then a nice, objective (of course) official will just announce a tally that sounds believable? Why do you always have to make everything so complicated?
So, you got want you want. Now what do the Democrats propose about eliminating voter fraud by people who are not eligible to vote?
Jake,
I’m not convinced that voter fraud is as pressing a problem as election integrity, so I’m afraid I’ve got nothing for you right now.
I’m interested that you said “Democrats” as though this were somehow a partisan issue. Why do you think that?