Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) announced today that she and Rep. Rush Holt, (D-NJ) will introduce a bill to require that a receipt for electronic voting be provided at the ballot box. They will try to get the bill passed by the November, 2004 elections.

Boxer's bill would provide emergency funding for counties across the country to accommodate printers, expected to cost at least $500 per machine.

...Voting rights advocates and computer scientists have argued that paperless voting machines such as touchscreen terminals expose elections to hackers, software bugs and mechanical failures. But voting equipment companies and county registrars say requiring paper records would dramatically increase the cost and complexity of voting.

Some voting companies expressed doubt they could comply in time for the November elections. They need to try harder. Work overtime. Whatever it takes.