As background, this legislation was introduced by
Democrat Mark Pocan, but the Wisconsin legislature is republican controlled. Nonetheless, the vote was 91-4 in the assembly and 29-2 in the senate. You can read the
full text of the legislation here, but some important nuggets:
"If a municipality uses an electronic voting systm for voting at any election, the municpal clerk shall provide any person, upon request, at the expense of the municipality, the coding for the software that the municipality uses to operate the system and tally the votes cast."
more below...
As
Milly Watt has diaried, Diebold is fighting similar legislation in North Carolina and we may yet face a similar attempt here in the land o' cheese. I will try to keep the Kos community posted.
Additionally, the previous verification requirement has been strengthened from merely providing a receipt, to requiring that an actual paper ballot to be printed:
"If the device consists of an electronic voting machine, it generates a complete paper ballot showing all votes cast by each elector that is visually verifiable by the elector before the elector leaves the machine and that enables a manual count or recount of each vote cast by the elector."
Cross posted at my blog.
Hat tip to my new favorite local blog Badger Blues for the story.