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Author Message   george_lobuono Voting Rights Forum Participant Username: george_lobuono Post Number: 1 Registered: 06-2005 Best of Black Box? N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Friday, June 3, 2005 - 9:48 am:    The solution to local reluctance to inspect the machines? A federal law. We need a federal law or a consitutional case that requires that all votes be done and counted fairly, with a paper record that can be recounted and stored for a minimum of ten years. Short of that, we aren't a democracy anymore, just a decaying empire. If allowed to continue as such, we become increasingly dangerous to the rest of the planet.

The public must be able to see and authenticate these four essential steps for an election to be public, democratic, and valid: (1) Who can vote (voter list); (2) Who did vote (3) The original count; (4) Chain of custody.