This year, Tennesseans were supposed to have confidence that their vote counted because they were supposed to get paper ballots. Bill Ketron and his republican colleagues will not let that happen, though, because 10 minutes ago they banded together in Special Session to kill the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act’s implementation.
Just 10 short minutes ago, the Tennessee Senate, along party lines, voted to repeal the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act which required paper verified voting machines in all 95 counties, paid for with $32 million of federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) funds. Mr. Ketron sponsored SB0872, a bill to halt implementation of the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act in 2010.
Tennessee currently uses machines that have no paper record and cannot offer a recount. The new paper ballot machines are paid for by funds already alloted to Tennessee by the federal government. Paper ballots ensure there is an accurate record of votes if anything is questionable.
After raising costs for small business throughout Tennessee and becoming the liquor lobby’s go-to Senator, is Mr. Ketron scared of the election results in 2010? We report. You decide.
