Rick Hasen's web log
July 23, 2007
"Advisory: Senate Rules Committee to Hold Hearing on Ballot Integrity Act"
The following advisory arrived via email:
- Washington, DC -- The U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, July 25, at 10 a.m., to examine S. 11487, the "Ballot Integrity Act of 2007," Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today announced.
The hearing will examine the benefits of various technologies to help ensure the accuracy of vote counts in federal elections, identify necessary reforms for the administration of elections, and discuss a realistic timeline for implementation of new requirements for voter-verified paper ballots and manual public audits of elections.
Date: Wednesday, July 25
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: The Senate Rules and Administration Committee Hearing Room 301 Russell Senate Office Building
The following witnesses will testify at the hearing:
U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton;
Deborah L. Markowitz, Vermont Secretary of State, and past President of the National Association of Secretaries of State;
George N. Gilbert, Director, Guilford County Board of Elections, Greensboro, N.C.;
Wendy Noren, Boone County Clerk, Columbia, Miss., representing National Association of Counties;
Dr. Michael I. Shamos, Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University;
Ray Martinez, Policy Adviser, the Pew Center on the States, and former Member of the Election Assistance Commission;
Mary Wilson, President, League of Women Voters;
Doug Lewis, Executive Director, The Election Center, Houston, Texas; and
Tanya Clay House, Director of Public Policy, People for the American Way.
The Ballot Integrity Act was introduced in May 2007 by Senators Feinstein and Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.). The legislation is co-sponsored by 10 additional Senators, including Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), Barack Obama (D-Ill.), Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii), Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.), Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), and Joseph Biden (D-Del.).