"A vote count above reproach"
This little item was from the Roses & Raspberries column of the Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer -- in the Roses section:
To Takoma Park, Md. The city council passed a resolution urging state legislators to require a voter-verified paper audit-trail ballot for independent audits and recounts. The Center for Voting and Democracy, based in Takoma Park, also supports inclusive debates, instant-runoff voting, constitutional safeguards for voting rights and other election reforms. So it's a good birthplace for - as one local leader put it - "a nationwide movement of cities demanding a vote count that is above reproach." - John A. La Pietra, Marshall
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Takoma Park isn't the first. Three cities in Miami-Dade County passed resolutions for voter-verified paper audit trails in 2003 (first South Miami, then Miami Beach and Bay Harbor Islands). This area would also be a "good birthplace" -- though I'm not sure whether we were actually first in the nation and will try to check on this question.
The Palm Beach County Commission passed a similar resolution in January 2004, after Rep. Robert Wexler sued unsuccessfully over this issue.
Posted by: Martha Mahoney | February 29, 2004 8:27 AM