Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs Ca. Paper Trail Bill into Law

Wed Sep 29 2004 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

elections

Link: http://www.govtech.net/news/news.php?id=91629

by Kim Alexander of the California Voter Foundation.

California is the first state in the nation where paperless, electronic voting systems have been widely deployed that is requiring by law that the machines be retrofitted or replaced. With the enactment of SB 1438, California continues to lead the nation on electronic voting reform.

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Proclaimed "dead" just last month, SB 1438 was brought back to life by its authors in the 11th hour of the legislative session, and sailed out of the legislature on unanimous votes of both houses.

Too cool... this just goes to show that you can get things done right with the right people involved. It's not perfect, but it's very good law. Read it yourself here: SB 1438 (as chaptered).

Note: there's some lingering discussion about the text of the bill on the OVC list (feed for the OVC list)... check out this thread: "SB 1438 is law in CA...".

Oh yeah, don't forget that SB 1356 also became law yesterday! It's pretty important too... giving increased access to software source code.