opps! Here is the actual resolution.

Written by: Robin Roseman on Jan 15, 2006 2:33 PM EST

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The resolution is attached and it is here:
> > Whereas,
> > The GAO has reported that electronic voting machines can change
> > ballots after they were cast, and
> >
> > Whereas,
> > The Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform has urged that
> > "all voting machines be equipped with a voter-verified paper audit
> > trail", and
> >
> > Whereas,
> > Optical scanners using Diebold software have miscounted paper ballots
> > (to the surprise of election officials who conducted the hack test
> > recently in Florida),
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Therefore be it Resolved,
> >
> > That all computer systems used in voting and vote counting in Iowa
> > should use open source software. No undisclosed software should be
> > allowed to count votes in any election governed by Iowa law, and
> >
> > That all computer systems used in voting in Iowa elections must
> > produce a paper copy of the ballot that is verifiable by the voter
> > before it is cast and that will be countable by human eyes, and
> >
> > That spot check audits be conducted on 5% of all voting machines in
> > any county in any statewide election. These audits will compare the
> > results obtained by machine counting with results obtained by counting
> > the paper ballots with human eyes.
> > >
> > --
> > Jerry Depew
> > 16595 450th Street
> > Laurens, Iowa 50554

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