Nothing is as important to democracy as the knowledge that your vote has been counted fairly, accurately, and without any sort of tampering. Though very futuristic, e-voting machines simply do not meet the strict and inviolable requirements of a proper ballot device; many come packaged with proprietary software, leave no record of individual votes, cannot be recounted, and tend to crash.

New Jersey Representative Rush Holt’s bill banning paperless voting machines moved out of committee last week, and with over 200 bi-partisan sponsors, stands a good chance to make it into law. H.R. 811 does a lot of things that just make good sense: banning voting machines from connecting to the Internet, for example. And, should H.R. 811 pass, the paper ballot – no matter what machines are available – will be the ballot of record in federal elections. The bill isn’t perfect, but it’s a step away from unreliable technology.

So good luck Rep. Rush Holt – your name alone is too cool to lose.

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