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The Iowa Senate has passed a bill that will rid Iowa's elections of paperless voting machines. The Senate bill requires a verifiable paper trail in Iowa's elections. Protecting our elections is key to a strong democracy.
However, the word is that Gov. Culver might veto the bill through a line item veto.
Please contact Gov. Culver and tell him you support the bill.
For more information on this bill, please visit Iowans for Voter Integrity.
**Update**
Culver might veto the bill because of a question about funding, which would create an unfunded mandate.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Will Culver Veto Paper Trails?
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3 comments:
To be fair to the Governor, he is likely to sign SF 369, which requires a paper trail for now, and best of all, requires the state eventually to convert to voter-marked paper ballots.
The funding for these requirements is in HF 911, the infrastructure budget. That's where he needs some convincing. More information is available at Iowans for Voting Integrity.
Thank you for spreading the word!
Why would he sign the bill and veto the funding unless he really doesn't want the requirement to succeed?
This makes no sense to me.
Democracy and a fair vote should never fall into the "unfunded mandate" trap!
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