On February 7, 2007, the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration held its first hearing on election reform with a focus on electronic voting machines. Witnesses testified to the urgent need for improvements in the security and reliability of voting machines.
- Support for vote paper trail (San Jose Mercury News, February 8, 2007)
- Feinstein will pursue paper record at polls (San Francisco Chronicle, February 8, 2007)
- Campaign Strengthens For a Voting Paper Trail (Washington Post, February 19, 2007)