To the Editor:

 

I'm having trouble understanding the debate over electronic voting in Bucks County. The trouble I'm having is understanding why there is a debate at all. Polls show that an overwhelming percentage of Pennsylvania voters want a back-up record of their vote on voter-verified paper ballots. We provide independent, auditable paper records of every other important transaction in our daily lives. The machines purchased by the county are notorious for breaking down and for losing votes. This week SB1299 and HB 2910, bills that would allow the voters of Pennsylvania the choice of voting on paper in November, have been introduced in the Pennsylvania legislature. This is excellent news. Implementation of the bills would not present an insurmountable challenge to the state election workers and would provide a secure and recountable option to the citizens who make the time to have their voices heard on Election Day.  

 

I'm calling my state legislators today to ask that SB1299 and HB 2910 get passed immediately.   I encourage my fellow citizens to do the same.

 

Craig Zelin

Lower Makefield Township.