WASHINGTON - Electronic voting machines should leave a paper trail of ballots cast and the government should provide free photo IDs to nondrivers to help check voting eligibility, a commission on election reform recommends.
The bipartisan private commission, created to suggest ways to improve the electoral process, also favors four regional primaries to be held after the Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary.
Also, states should develop registration systems that allow easy checks of voters from one state to another, according to the report - to be presented to President Bush and congressional leaders today - by the panel led by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker.
--Information from the New York Times was used in this report.
