[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 18709]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 FEDERAL ELECTION INTEGRITY ACT OF 2006

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, today's Federal Election Integrity Act of 
2006 has nothing to do with protecting the right to vote and everything 
to do with restricting it. The real threat to our electoral system is 
not a contrived conspiracy of noncitizens illegally voting in Federal 
elections. The true threat is vulnerable electronic voting machines.
  It is machines with no paper trail. It is poll workers with 
inadequate training and resources. It is voter alienation because 
people have lost faith in the political process. Congress has the 
ability and the duty to act on real voting reform that addresses the 
real issues that mar our electoral system, issues researched and 
documented by countless activists and academics.
  There is a reason the article in the Washington Post, ``Major 
problems at Polls Feared,'' does not once mention concerns about 
noncitizens voting. It is not a real issue of voting reform. If we want 
to strengthen democracy, we want to protect the right to vote. We want 
to reengage Americans in our government.
  We need real voting reform now. Throw out electronic voting machines, 
that Diebold technology election hacker's dream. Go to paper ballots, a 
paper trail. Make our election process honest again. Enough of stolen 
elections. Make every vote count, and let every vote be honestly 
counted.

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