Thursday, April 12, 2007
The Land of Pleasant Living Keeps it Up
I think if the Center of American Progress is looking to put together a book of model bills for progressive state legislators to use, they should just cut and past all the bills from the last few sessions of the Maryland House of Delegates. Living wage, state wide smoking ban, the Wal-Mart bill and now this:
"The Maryland Senate unanimously approved a bill Friday that would require the state to scrap its $65 million electronic-voting system and switch to new machines that have a paper record.
If the bill wins final approval and is signed by the governor, voters would not use the new optical-scan equipment until the 2010 election. The measure is contingent on state funding, and the new system is projected to cost $18 million to $20 million."
The bill was likely given a boost by the meltdown of voting machines in Montgomery County during the heated primary election on September 12. Maryland has also been blessed with the presence of hard-working outfits like True Vote MD that have been fighting the good fight on this issue for years.
Labels: Maryland, True Vote MD, Voting Rights
# posted by Gang of One @ 9:02 AM 
