Panel: E-voting needs paper trail

9/19/05

Among the commission's recommendations:

Congress should pass a law requiring voter-verifiable paper audit trails on all electronic voting machines.

States should require voters to present photo IDs and offer free photo IDs to those who don't have drivers' licenses.

All "legitimate domestic and international election observers" should be granted unrestricted access to the election process, within the rules of the election.

News organizations should voluntarily refrain from projecting any presidential election results in any state until all polls have closed in all states but Alaska and Hawaii.

States should establish uniform procedures for the counting of provisional ballots, which voters can use when there are questions about their registration.

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