I support easing barriers to voting, election administration designed for the voters, openness throughout the process, nonpartisan supervision of elections and making the way we vote a higher priority at all levels of government. In solidarity with Common Cause recommendations for election reform, I support the following measures:
1. All voting systems must have a voter-verified paper ballot that is the official ballot for purposes of recounts and audits.
2.All systems must be auditable, and mandatory random audits must be performed on a statistically significant percentage of voting machines directly following any election.
3. Voting systems must allow voters with disabilities to be able to vote privately and independently.
4. The process for testing and certification must be open and computer security experts should be allowed access to the voting machine software.
5. Prohibit non-elected election administrators from participating in partisan political campaigns. Elected officials should be limited to participation in their own campaigns.
6. Include citizen panels in decision-making, poll watching and other aspects of election administration.
7. Establish strict conflict-of-interest laws for all elections officials.
8. Elections should receive higher priority in local, state and national budgets.
9. Re-enfranchisement of convicted felons after time served.
10. No-fault absentee voting
11. Early voting
12. Vote-by-Mail
13. Time off for voting
14. Election Day as a Federal Holiday
