"Count Every Vote Act of 2005"?

DailyKos (yes that DailyKos) has up an interesting article on a new bill proposed by Senator John Kerry and Senator Hillary Clinton (yes those Senators) called the "Count Every Vote Act of 2005." There appears to be some good stuff here, including a required paper record of every vote on electronic voting (to enable recounts and audits). And there is a lot of bad stuff here including the declaration of Election Day as a Federal Holiday (which basically means the kids will be out of school and the rest of us will still have to work, increasing the voting power of goverment employees) and forcing every state to accept voter registrations up to and including Election Day (can you say (1) destruction of state authority and (2) invitation to widespread voter fraud).

Still, I am glad that it is being proposed. This is a debate that needs to be had, and the good parts of this bill should be pulled out and used somewhere else. Still, I am sure if the Senators Clinton and Kerry are behind this, there is no intent to use this to politically hurt the president. *Cough* Sorry, I almost choked on the sarcasm there.