Ernest Istook: “I thought it is very important when we talk about the problems, that somebody get up and talk about somebody who has…”

“I thought it is very important when we talk about the problems, that somebody get up and talk about somebody who has done it right, a State that has done it right, and that is my home State of Oklahoma. Several years ago, our State spent millions of dollars that could have been spent on roads, could have been spent on schools, could have been spent on public health, but felt that there was a very pressing need to spend it on solid uniform voting equipment. Every county, every precinct in Oklahoma uses the optical scanner voting machines, and has for several years, which is one of the methods that is receiving the highest level of support from people talking about the way it ought to be done. If a voter has an improper ballot that has been marked twice, for example, the machine will spit it right back out at you so you still have a chance to correct it. I know that is an important thing to a great number of people. I wanted to give some credit to the people who did that in Oklahoma.”