First Standards Set For Electronic Voting Machines

In an effort to restore the confidence of the electorate, California has become the first state to establish performance standards for electronic voting machines. Comments Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, ""California is making sure that voters will be able to verify that their votes are being counted correctly. I call upon (federal election officials) to follow my lead and establish nationwide testing and qualification standards for (paper-trail verified) systems as soon as possible." Shelley's actions respond to serious questions raised by grass-roots organizer Beverly Harris that these high-tech voting devices are incredibly vulnerable to tampering and fraud.

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