Submissions show strong disapproval for e-voting

2 Apr 2004

Submissions to the Commission on Electronic Voting show a huge majority of respondents are against the system proposed by the Government for use throughout the country this June. The submissions, seen by siliconrepublic.com, also indicate that just over half of all those who made submissions (51.59pc) called for a paper audit trail to guarantee the accuracy of the votes cast.

As part of its investigation into the e-voting issue, the Commission requested submissions from the public on the electronic voting issue, to be sent before Friday 26 March. In total, 157 replies were sent before the deadline. The majority by email or submitted via the Commission’s website, others by post. Some entries were handwritten. Most of the submissions were less than aThe Super PAC formerly run by Stephen Colbert, Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, has released its first ad to air in South Carolina this week.

Colbert announced Thursday on his show on that he would run for "President of the United States of South Carolina" and handed off control of his Super PAC to fellow comedian Jon Stewart.

The ad riffs off Romney's "corporations are people" line from this summer, saying that if Romney's record at Bain Capital is considered, then he'd be a serial killer — creatively dubbed "Mitt the Ripper" by none other than John Lithgow, the narrator.

We've reached out to the Romney campaign for comment on the ad.

The Super PAC's release is below:

Dear Super Pac Super People,

Hi again, it’s me, Jon. When I took over this