New Mexico mandates paper ballot

Via Cadillac Tight, I wish we were seeing more news like this. Good for Richardson for taking such a strong and sensible lead on election reform.

There's no reason why every other governor in the US shouldn't follow suit immediately. The paper ballot has served us very well for many decades and a single nationwide verifiable voting mechanism would go a long way towards restoring voter's confidence in the system. It's clear we can't expect anything out of the cesspool of corruption inside the beltway except more stink, so why not have the states clean up the mess on their own. It's about time they started standing up for their rights against federal meddling run amok. What a perfect place to begin.