The Information Technology Association of America is a powerful lobby for e-voting, and doesn't mince words when attacking any who oppose—or merely question—it. The conspiracy theorists who think something went wrong with the election [via electronic voting] are just flat wrong," blasts Harris Miller, president of the Arlington, Va.-based ITAA. "Most countries [that do e-voting] are well ahead of us. Some are even going to Internet voting, but as long as crazies in the U.S. protest this, we're not going to get there." Last month, I discussed my interview with Miller, whose organization represents 375 U.S. IT companies. If you're wondering what pending legislation might affect you, look no further than the ITAA's website, which lists initiatives the organization is pushing with Congress, research and news releases. Interestingly, the ITAA also has a strong interest in e-voting, since a number of its members—Advanced Voting Solutions, Diebold Election Systems, Election Systems & Software, Hart InterCivic, Sequoia Voting Systems and Unilect Corporation—make such systems and form its Election Technology Council.
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