> Paganism is about freedom.
>

> Diebold and their ilk think they are above the law and their machines
> are faulty, flawed, and easily tampered with. Diebold continues to
> break the law and as a results many states including the state of
> California have continued to punish them. Please support this bill to
> end Diebold and their ilk by contacting your congress if you are an
> American.
>
> Here is the text of the bill, courtesy of Paul Lehto:
>
> Paper Ballot Act of 2006 (Introduced in House)
> HR 6200 IH
>
> 109th CONGRESS
> 2d Session
> H. R. 6200
>
> To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to conduct
> Presidential elections using paper ballots and to count those ballots
> by hand, and for other purposes.
>
> IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
> September 27, 2006
>
> Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. CLAY, Mr.
> CONYERS, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HASTINGS of
> Florida, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of
> Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. LEE,
> Mr.MCDERMOTT, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. WATERS, and
> Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
> Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on
> Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
> Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
> within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
>
> A BILL
> To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to conduct
> Presidential elections using paper ballots and to count those ballots
> by hand, and for other purposes.
>
> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
> States of America in Congress assembled,
>
> SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
>
> This Act may be cited as the `Paper Ballot Act of 2006'.
>
> SEC. 2. REQUIRING USE OF HAND-COUNTED PAPER BALLOTS IN PRESIDENTIAL
> ELECTIONS.
>
> Section 301(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C.
> 15481(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
>
> `(7) SPECIAL RULES FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS- Notwithstanding any
> other provision of this subsection, in the case of a regularly
> scheduled general election for the electors of President and Vice
> President (beginning with the election in November 2008), the following
> rules shall apply:
>
> `(A) The State shall conduct the election using only paper ballots.
>
> `(B) The State shall ensure that the number of ballots cast at a
> precinct or equivalent location which are placed inside a single box or
> similar container does not exceed 500.
>
> `(C) The ballots cast at a precinct or equivalent location shall be
> counted by hand by election officials at the precinct, and a
> representative of each political party with a candidate on the ballot,
> as well as any interested member of the public, may observe the
> officials as they count the ballots. The previous sentence shall not
> apply with respect to provisional ballots cast under section 302 a).'.
>

> SEC. 3. MOVING OBSERVATION OF WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY TO ELECTION DAY
> DURING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEARS.
>
> Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--
>
> (1) by inserting `the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November
> in 2008 and every fourth year thereafter, and' after `Washington's
> Birthday,'; and
>
> (2) by inserting `in any other year' after `February'.
>