Oh no. “Paper-based” sounds like touchscreens (BMDs), not #HandMarkedPaperBallots (pen and paper). Hope I’m wrong and that it’s not ES&S with its effed up software verification tool. 1/
Dear @timkaine. This is an awful idea. Even if the senate refuses to convict, we NEED a public trial and to put witnesses under oath. We need answers and sunlight. What we don’t need? A bipartisan slap on Trump’s wrist so that Congress can sweep these crimes under the rug.
Targeting African Americans in 2016, white nationalist encouraged these voters to “vote” via text. Text voting doesn’t exist. 4900 people apparently fell for the scam, & were thus disenfranchised. Vaughn now faces up to ten years in prison. 1/
Just what we didn’t need: “In recent days, Fox has taken a sharp turn toward a more extreme approach as it confronts a post-Trump ratings dip — the result of some of its furthest-right viewers moving to outlets such as Newsmax & One America News...” 1/ washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/medi…
...and some middle-of-the-roaders apparently finding CNN or MSNBC more to their liking.” 2/
Fox has thus “decided to add an hour of opinion programming to its prime-time offerings. The 7 p.m. hour will no longer be nominally news but straight-up outrage production.” 3/
Dear @HouseDemocrats: If your intent is to give voters the choice between #HandMarkedPaperBallots & touchscreens (ballot marking devices),please add the phrase shown in caps below or something similar. Otherwise, in-person voters can be forced to use BMDs. TY! #HR! @reptedlieu 1/
2/ With the GOP assaulting vote by mail, we will need reliable in-person voting. Many experts and voters don't consider BMDs reliable. Thank you.
3/ Please note that I wld prefer #HandMarkedPaperBallots (pen and paper) for all voters, with an exception for voters w/ disabilities. If HR1's intent is to instead give voters a choice, then the additional language I set forth above (or similar) is the minimum needed to do that.
What a crock. Trump’s own party killed the #SAFEAct which would have banned internet connectivity to voting systems & required robust manual audits to confirm electronic results in all federal races. He lifted not a finger to pass it. 1/