People think they are doing something new when they advocate for better elections. Here's @HillaryClinton in 2007, over a decade ago.
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What's in @HillaryClinton's #CountEveryVoteAct?
1) paper receipts for voter verification that their vote is recorded correctly
2) Ability to correct vote if it was recorded incorrectly
3) Manual Audit trail with permanent paper records
1) paper receipts for voter verification that their vote is recorded correctly
2) Ability to correct vote if it was recorded incorrectly
3) Manual Audit trail with permanent paper records
What's in @HillaryClinton's #CountEveryVoteAct?
4) Accessible voting for people with disabilities
5) Alterative language information
6) Ban on undisclosed software
4) Accessible voting for people with disabilities
5) Alterative language information
6) Ban on undisclosed software
What's in @HillaryClinton's #CountEveryVoteAct?
7) No wi-fi or internet connection for voting machines, recording machines
8) Usability testing 30 days before election, no more Palm Beach ballots
9) Funding for best practices research/improved voting equipment, etc
7) No wi-fi or internet connection for voting machines, recording machines
8) Usability testing 30 days before election, no more Palm Beach ballots
9) Funding for best practices research/improved voting equipment, etc
What's in @HillaryClinton's #CountEveryVoteAct?
10) Rules for provisonal ballots to ensure they are offered fairly
11) Casting a provisional ballot registers voter for next election
10) Rules for provisonal ballots to ensure they are offered fairly
11) Casting a provisional ballot registers voter for next election
What's in @HillaryClinton's #CountEveryVoteAct?
12) Equitable distribution of voting equipment and polling places ending the supression strategy of making Black voters wait 3 times longer than White voters.
13) States required to address unreasonble wait times.
12) Equitable distribution of voting equipment and polling places ending the supression strategy of making Black voters wait 3 times longer than White voters.
13) States required to address unreasonble wait times.
What's in @HillaryClinton's #CountEveryVoteAct?
14) No excuse absentee voting mandated
15) Mandated data collection to make sure voting is fair, open
16) Mandatory training of poll workers
14) No excuse absentee voting mandated
15) Mandated data collection to make sure voting is fair, open
16) Mandatory training of poll workers
What's in @HillaryClinton's #CountEveryVoteAct?
17) State voter purges must be nondiscriminatory and publicly published, voters must be notified, and allowed to reinstate
18) Election Day Voter Registration for federal elections
19) Must allow early voting for 15 days prior
17) State voter purges must be nondiscriminatory and publicly published, voters must be notified, and allowed to reinstate
18) Election Day Voter Registration for federal elections
19) Must allow early voting for 15 days prior
What's in @HillaryClinton's #CountEveryVoteAct?
20) Encouraging newly eligible voters, registration in school, etc
21) Mail in voter registration
22) Fund research on internet registration
20) Encouraging newly eligible voters, registration in school, etc
21) Mail in voter registration
22) Fund research on internet registration
What's in @HillaryClinton's #CountEveryVoteAct?
23) No voter ID, they attest to eligiblity when they register
24) Prohibits campaign activiites of state election officials and voting equipment companies.
23) No voter ID, they attest to eligiblity when they register
24) Prohibits campaign activiites of state election officials and voting equipment companies.
What's in @HillaryClinton's #CountEveryVoteAct?
25) Prohibits deceptive practices like announcing wrong day for voting
26) Restores voting rights of felons in federal elections unless in prison, on parole or probation
27) Makes Election day a federal holiday
25) Prohibits deceptive practices like announcing wrong day for voting
26) Restores voting rights of felons in federal elections unless in prison, on parole or probation
27) Makes Election day a federal holiday
What's in @HillaryClinton's #CountEveryVoteAct?
28) Public ranking of the quality of election systems, shaming the shitty states
She introduced in 2005 and 2007. She also proposed eliminating Electoral College. Voting rights is the platform we need
28) Public ranking of the quality of election systems, shaming the shitty states
She introduced in 2005 and 2007. She also proposed eliminating Electoral College. Voting rights is the platform we need
