Gov. Richardson has published a well-expressed op-ed piece in The Hill which calls for Congress to take quick action to ensure voter-verified paper ballots in time for 2008, so that we can audit --and, if needed, recount-- our votes next November and thereafter. It's of special significance because some officials and others argue 2008 isn't enough time to change voting systems, yet the Governor's own state of New Mexico accomplished it. He says Congress should
...resist demands for a go-slow approach that unduly delays the sensible, pragmatic approach in the Holt legislation. In New Mexico, within eight months of mandating a voter-verified paper-ballot system statewide, we held elections that were accountable and verifiable.