NM Sen. Lopez Introduces Paper Ballot Voting Machine Bill

NM Senator Linda Lopez (D-11, Bernalillo), a long-time supporter of election reform and a friend to the election reform community, has introduced SB295, requiring paper ballot voting machines statewide. Click to read a copy of the bill. The legislation will go first to the Senate Rules Committee and then to the Senate Public Affairs Commitee. It's being reported that Rep. Mary Helen Garcia (D-34, Dona Ana) may sponsor an identical bill on the House side.

This initiative was proposed by Governor Richardson, as described in a previous post. VoteTrustUSA.org has an article praising Lopez's bill.

Members of the Senate Rules Committee, where the bill is expected to be heard initially, are listed here. To find your legislator, go here. You are urged to write the committee members, as well as your own Senators, in support of this important bill, which will ensure that accurate machines that provide a permanent paper record of each vote will be used statewide.