Testimony, U.S. House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives
April 18, 2007, By Avi Rubin, Johns Hopkins University, President of Independent Security Evaluators and author of "Brave New Ballot" (2006)
This written testimony was presented at a hearing of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives on April 18, 2007. Dr. Rubin reported that all of the studies assessing the security of the Diebold DRE, found serious security problems. The media covered these studies, and public sentiment began to shift away from the use of these machines. Also, awareness was raised that these machines cannot perform recounts, be audited, or recover from many different kinds of failures.
Senate Bill 392:
Election Law - Voting Systems - Voter-Verified Records
Introduced by Sen. Edward Kasemeyer Hearing was held Feb. 22 by:
Education Health and Environmental Affairs CommitteeThis popular bill, sponsored by 38 of Maryland's 47 senators, was crossfiled with HB 18 (below), which Del. Sheila Hixson reintroduced this session after it passed the House unanimously in 2006.
House Bill 18:
Election Law - Voting Systems - Voter-Verified Records
Introduced by Del. Sheila Hixson Introduced and passed in 2006 as: HB 244/06 - W&M
Hearing was held Feb. 1 by House Ways and Means Committee
As submitted, this is the companion to the Senate bill above, and essentially the same as the bill that passed the House unanimously in 2006, except for a few minor differences in the disability language and the effective date.
