Calls for the U.S. government to require that electronic voting machines produce voter-verified paper trails ran into opposition from two members of a Senate committee during a hearing on e-voting last week. Voting accuracy advocates and some lawmakers have repeatedly called for printers to be attached to e-voting machines to ensure their accuracy [QuickLink 52869]. Five bills introduced in Congress this year would require voter-verified paper ballots with direct electronic recording (DRE) machines.
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