The Committee on House Administration of the U.S. Congress today held hearings on verification, security, and paper trails for electronic voting machines. An archived copy of the webcast from that hearing, along with the written testimony submitted by the witnesses, is currently available on the Committee's website, but it might not remain there on a permanent basis.

As a public service, Verified Voting is providing the following downloadable files (in MP3 format) of the audio content from these hearings:

Opening Statements

Rep. Vernon Ehlers, Chairman of the Committee; Length 7:16

Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald, Ranking Democrate Member; Length 8:12

Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Committee member; Length 2:19

Dr. Edward Felten, Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University; Length 7:22

Mr. Gary Smith, Election Director, Forsyth County, Georgia; Length 11:11

Dr. Barbara Simons, U.S. Public Policy Committee, Association for Computing Machinery; Length 5:29

Mr. Keith Cunningham, Election Director, Allen County, Ohio; Length 8:09

Mr. James Dickson, Vice President of Government Affairs, American Association of People With Disabilities; Length 7:36

Dr. Michael Shamos, Professor, Institute for Software Research Director, Carnegie Mellon University; Length 8:08

Questions and Answers, first round

Questioners: Reps. Ehlers and Millender-McDonald; Length 11:00

Questioners: Rep. Brady; Length 8:20

Questioners: Reps. Lofgren and Holt; Length 15:55

Questions and Answers, second round

Questioners: Reps. Ehlers and Millender-McDonald; Length 12:20

Questioners: Reps. Doolittle, Brady, and Lofgren; Length 13:20

Questioners: Rep. Holt and closing remarks; Length 13:50

Verified Voting is currently reviewing the hearing transcript and the written testimony submitted by the witnesses, and will be posting its analysis on out web site later this week. Verified Voting will also be making a formal written submission to the Committee for inclusion in the hearing record, and that document will also be posted once it is submitted.

Verified Voting thanks the Committee's Chairman, Rep. Vernon Ehlers, for organizing today's hearing, for conducting it in a fair and constructive manner, and for extending to Rep. Rush Holt (the author of H.R. 550) the courtesy of joining with the Committee in questioning the witnesses.