Reply #15: I blame Feinstein

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http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070720/news_1n20voting.html

Overhauling voting systems before next year's presidential election had once been a top Democratic priority, primarily to allow greater accountability and be certain that all votes registered on computerized touch-screen systems were counted. But state and local elections officials told Congress they could not make the changes in time for the balloting in November 2008, particularly in light of the extra workload involved in preparing for next year's much-earlier presidential primary season.

Confronted by similar concerns, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee, said she had already decided against seeking any major changes in voting equipment before 2010.

“My sense is there's no way to get this thing in place by the election of 2008,” Feinstein said. “Without adequate time, we could cause real problems in the election."