Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives have decided not to bring up HR 811 for a vote this week, and it probably won’t be brought up at all unless the sponsors can demonstrate that the bill has enough commitments to pass. HR 811 is Congressman Rush Holt’s bill to require vote-counting machines to have a paper trail.
Good gosh, you don’t want to have to let the voter know how he voted!! Go-oleee!
I am in Washington, and having just left the House offices this afternoon I can indeed vouch that this much-needed bill is still very much alive.
Call your Congressional Representative and urge him or her to support this bill and call on the Majority Leader and the House Rules Committee to move this bill to the floor!