"Count Every Vote" Legislation

Are the following statements something issued by a Third World country? Unfortunately (and most embarassingly) these are part of legislation being introduced in the US Senate by Senators Boxer and Clinton. Good for them, but how sad is it that we need this legislation?

• Provide voter-verified paper ballots for every vote cast on electronic machines
  
  
• Set uniform standards for provisional ballots
  
  
• Ensure equal access to voting machines and election personnel in every community
  
  
• Designate Election Day as a federal holiday
  
  
• Reduce wait times for voters at polling places
  
  
• Make deceptive voter suppression activities a federal crime
  
  
• Restrict the political activities of state elections officials and voting machine manufacturers

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