Count Every Vote

My Senator, Barbara Boxer, along with Hillary Clinton and others, have introduced the Count Every Vote Act of 2005 into the Congress. We will now see whether or not, in addition to being against medical support for troops, bankruptcy protection for lower-income families caught by soaring medical bills, prescription drug importation from Canada for seniors, and preserving Social Security as a safety net and anti-poverty measure, Republicans are also against the democratic principle of one person, one vote. Senator Boxer emailed me about this issue:

I have joined Senator Hillary Clinton in introducing the Count Every Vote Act of 2005 (S.450) in the Senate. Our bill would establish a voter-verified paper trail for use by all individuals, including language minority voters, illiterate voters, and voters with disabilities. It would also mandate national standards in a variety of areas, including the registration of voters and the counting of provision ballots. All provisions of this legislation would take effect no later than the November 2006 Federal election.

Not only that, it would make Election Day a federal holiday, which is a long overdue step in the process. This is sane, reasonable legislation that should be bipartisan (if anything can by in this fractious Congress). I wonder how the GOP will try to combat this?