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...consultation with computer scientists at Stanford University and elsewhere, Congressman Holt, a Democrat and former professor of physics at Swarthmore College, has drafted a bill requiring that all e-voting machines come equipped with a device that produces a printed receipt showing a voter his or her choices before disappearing into storage, to be retrieved in the event of a recount. That bill is gaining momentum on Capitol Hill, thanks, Holt's office says, to the emergence of "concrete proof" of e-voting's shortcomings. Exhibit A is the so-called Princeton Report, published in September...
...Governor seems to mean it when he says he'll follow the same course this term. "He figured out that Californians want elected officials to cooperate, but this might also be the real Arnold Schwarzenegger," says Darry Sragow, a longtime Democratic strategist. One ceremonial move that has really irked Republicans: He tapped Democrat Willie Brown, a G.O.P. nemesis during his long reign as speaker of the state assembly, to emcee his inaugural festivities this weekend. His legislative wish list, particularly the tenets of his universal health insurance proposal, is a more serious sign. "It looks a lot like the plan...
...ramming bills through the House could end up being little more than a symbolic gesture. The tougher test for Democrats will be getting the same measures through the Senate, where the incoming majority leader, Harry Reid, will have only a one-vote majority and the Republicans will have the procedural power to gum up his agenda. Reid discovered just how slender his majority will be when South Dakota Democrat Sen. Tim Johnson was rushed to the hospital on Dec. 13 with a brain hemorrhage. (He remains in critical condition...
...same thing could happen again, in a Senate currently split 51-49 in favor of the Democrats, if Johnson or any other Democrat were to be replaced by a Republican. In Johnson's case, that would appear likely, because his replacement would be named by a Republican governor. State law requires that Gov. Michael Rounds make a "temporary appointment, until a special election is held" - though it is unclear whether that election would occur before Johnson's term expires...
...question of who runs the committees could have major policy implications. If Republicans took over, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, for example, would most likely be Arizona Republican John McCain, who advocates more troops in Iraq. If the Democrats retain control, it would be Michigan Democrat Carl Levin, who is arguing for a plan that would reduce the number there...