Ernest Istook: “Many of us have a concern, however, that although this addresses with…”

On the recordDecember 12, 2001

Many of us have a concern, however, that although this addresses with some special funding States who have not been as diligent about updating their electoral machinery, although States which have been more apathetic are rewarded under this, there is no reward, no incentive, for States which have been diligent. My State of Oklahoma is one such diligent State. Oklahoma spent $20 million to create optical scanning voting equipment in every precinct in every county in Oklahoma. I applaud the foresight of our former State election board secretaries, Lee Slater and Lance Ward, in doing so. The amendment, which was intended to be a part of a manager's amendment that ended up not being, is simply to say that States which have funded an optical scanner or electronic system on a state-wide basis would be reimbursed at the same per-precinct rate as States whose equipment we seek to replace under the bill.

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Ernest Istook

Oklahoma

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Discussing funding disparities in electoral machinery legislation.

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Ernest Istook: “Many of us have a concern, however, that although this addresses with some special funding States who have not been as…”

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