sounds great: It's stated purpose is "to require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot." Unfortunately, it sounds like the details have some devils, as usual. From the Bev Harris article Is a flawed bill better than no bill?: "[T]he Holt Bill provides for a paper trail (toilet paper roll-style records affixed to DRE voting machines) in 2008, requires more durable ballots in 2010, and requires a complex set of audits. It also cements and further empowers a concentration of power over elections under the White House, gives explicit federal sanction to trade secrets in vote counting, mandates an expensive 'text conversion' device that does not yet exist which is not fully funded, and removes 'safe harbor' for states in a way that opens them up to unlimited, expensive, and destabilizing litigation."
A little hard to read but great informaton on the bill. It points out many of its flaws and talks about the purpose.I found this one to be very interesting.
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i believe that the federal government should step into the voting process by ,making it law to have exactly the same voter ballots in each state, without excuses. not only will the process be able to run smoother but it would be easier to count if each ballot was the same. i also believe that steps should be taken to ensure that the counting process is not corrupt or being abused to benefit a specific candidate
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