Modern Voting Machines Not Found
The Barrier
Our voting machines are old. Texas is still using machines manufactured before 2003, when the most popular phone on the market was the Nokia 1100. We’ve come a long way since then, and it’s time our election systems retired along with the rest of the relics of the early 2000s.
We all care about the integrity of our election system. And the best way to improve it is to make sure all eligible voters can participate, and update our elections with safeguarding measures to make sure our elections are brought into the 21st Century.
We all receive those software updates practically hourly on our phones to update to the newest operating system. As much of a nuisance as this may seem, we are constantly revising and upgrading our own personal technology. Texas however, prefers to preserve history by institutionalizing antiques like our outdated voting machines.
Malfunctions, delays, buggy machines, and no way to audit our systems leave Texans with doubts about security and without assurances their vote was counted accurately. Texans deserve machines that are kept up to date.
Some states have adopted rules that clean up their election systems and encourage more voters to show up. We should improve the integrity of our system to improve our democracy.
The Solution
Modernize our badly outdated election infrastructure.
There’s a basic choice to be made here between improving the integrity and fairness of our election systems while making them more accessible to eligible voters or settling for lower participation because bureaucratic obstacles impede people’s fundamental freedom to vote.
We all want an election system with integrity. To strengthen our democracy, we should be modernizing voter registration so it’s protected against threats like tampering and hacking and more is accessible to eligible voters. We must replace old voting equipment with a new system capable of printing & audits to restore the integrity to the voting infrastructure and trust to the voter.