Democrats.com has fought against electronic voting machines since Stolen Election 2000. Now that Democrats are in charge of Congress, requiring paper ballots for all elections should be at the top of their agenda. Click here to send our letter to your Representatives .

A paper ballot, whether counted by optical-scan system or hand, is the minimum requirement for any Election Reform legislation in which voters may have confidence.

Recent elections proved electronic voting machines - both those without paper ballots, such as Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) touch-screen systems, and even those with so-called "Voter Verified Paper Audit Trails" - caused massive disruptions, undermined the results of crucial elections, and forced thousands of voters to leave the polls without being able to exercise their franchise.

Paper ballots are needed to ensure every vote is recorded precisely as the voter intends, that every vote is counted and, if necessary, re-counted accurately.

Click here to send our letter to your Representatives . For more information visit VelvetRevolution.us .

Update 1: BradBlog has a shocker:

NY TIMES FRONT PAGE STUNNER: FEDS SHUT DOWN E-VOTE 'TESTING' LAB LAST SUMMER FOR FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROCEDURES, LACK OF EVIDENCE THAT ALL REQUIRED TESTS WERE PERFORMED!

Ciber Inc., the largest tester of voting machines, was secretly barred from testing by the U.S. Elections Assistance Commission (EAC) last summer, but the machines they "certified" were used on election day - and remain in use!