Dear @HouseDemocrats & @SenateDems:
#HR1 requires that the voter “have the option to mark his or her ballot by hand.”
Pls add the following clause at the end for clarity: “whether voting by mail or in person.” TY!
@RepTedLieu @katieporteroc @RonWyden 1/
#HR1 requires that the voter “have the option to mark his or her ballot by hand.”
Pls add the following clause at the end for clarity: “whether voting by mail or in person.” TY!
@RepTedLieu @katieporteroc @RonWyden 1/
2/ Under this proposed edit, #HR1 would require that the voter “have the option to mark his or her ballot by hand, whether voting by mail or in person.” #HandMarkedPaperBallots
Without this clarifying language, jurisdictions cld still force all in person voters to use risky touchscreen voting machines called ballot marking devices (BMDs), as long as vote by mail is also an option. That won’t suffice to protect election integrity & faith in elections. 3/
Unlike #HandMarkedPaperBallots (pen and paper), BMDs are vulnerable to power failure, electronic failure, screen freezes, miscalibration, disproportionate distribution (causing bottlenecks & long lines in suppressed areas), and hacking. 4/
5/ I also suggest that you supplement HR 1 to specify that BMDs “must not put votes into barcodes or QR codes.” This language is important because barcodes & QR codes are not transparent, further endangering integrity and confidence in elections.
6/ We are only beginning now to understand how these barcodes and QR code’s unnecessarily increase the attack surface for bad actors seeking to interfere in our elections. This is unacceptable & unnecessary.
7/ Even without the barcodes & QR code’s, forcing in person voters to use BMDs is unacceptable. A recent study shows that 93% of inaccuracies in the text portion of machine-marked paper records from BMDs go unnoticed by voters. news.engin.umich.edu/2020/01/new-st…
8/ This is an invitation for fraud especially for down ballot races (eg, for state legislature).
9/ Per the author of the study in post 7, @jhalderm, merely instructing voters to review the printouts didn’t help much. The only thing that did was giving them a pre-filled slate (such as a sample ballot) to compare to the printout. Many/most voters don’t know to do this.
10/ With vote by mail under attack, we still need reliable in person voting. Thank you for your consideration. #HandMarkedPaperBallots
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