Count Every Vote Act introduced

Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Democrat of Cleveland, Sens. Barbara Boxer of California, Hillary Clinton of New York and John Kerry of Massachusetts announced they were introducing the Count Every Vote Act of 2005. Among its provisions is a verifiable paper ballots for every e-vote cast, equal access to voting machines, and a nation standard for the handling of provisional ballots.

You would think this would be a unifying issue - after all, we all love Democracy and would like to see fairness and accuracy in each and every election.

Republicans, however, don't seem to care:

"People introduce bills every day," a spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said dismissively when asked about the Tubbs Jones-Boxer bill.

Ah, indifference. The stuff of the American dream.

With high profile cases such as the one in Washington, it would seem like a nationwide winner for the Democrats.