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July 13th, Nationwide "Computer Ate My Vote" Day of Action

July 13th, Nationwide "Computer Ate My Vote" Day of Action

We need volunteers with experience to organize rallies in support of voter-verified paper ballots (VVPBs) across the country.

VerifiedVoting.org joins with Common Cause (CC), DemocracyForAmerica (DFA), Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), MoveOn, TrueMajority and other nationwide and local grassroots organizations in this exciting opportunity for direct action to increase election integrity in your town, state, and nationwide.

Synchronized events in at least 19 locations around the country, plus other locally-planned and organized events, will apply pressure to state and local elections officials to protect our votes.

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E-Voting House Testimony: Certification Process "virtually non-existent."E-Voting House Testimony: Certification Process "virtua

From
http://www.votersunite.org/info/testing&certification.asp

E-Voting House Testimony: Certification Process "virtually non-existent."

Why Are We still Using Electronic Voting?

Here's an expert's summary of the disaster that is referred to as the "testing and certification process for voting systems."

Shame on NASED and the federal government for pressing the states to switch to computerized voting while providing the states with no technical guidance and asking them to trust a certification process that is "virtually non-existent."

Testimony of Michael I. Shamos Before the Environment, Technology, and Standards Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Science. June 24, 2004

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E-Voting Machines have "Private", not Federal Certification

Please read this article and I'd also like your postition on going to a strictly all paper, hand counted voting solution.

There are many effective all paper, hand counted solutions that are used in many countries and many counties in the US.

This seem the most effective way to vote and count the votes.

What do you think?

Btw, I think you should send this article to your local county official, so they know that their machines are "tested" without Federal oversight.

Lax controls over e-voting testing labs

ELECTION OFFICIALS RELY ON PRIVATE FIRMS

By Elise Ackerman

Mercury News

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Project Myth Breaker: Help Deliver the Facts about E-Voting to your

Project Myth Breaker: Help Deliver the Facts about E-Voting to your
County!

VotersUnite.org, a new non-partisan organization, Launches a Nationwide Grassroots Campaign Challenging Electronic Voting.

Many local election officials don't have the information they need to make
wise decisions about voting equipment. They hear many conflicting stories,
and it's hard to tell facts from myth. Here's your opportunity to help.

Join with other voting advocates across the nation to hand-deliver
eye-opening information to local election officials. "Myth Breakers for
Election Officials," a 57-page booklet, was compiled through extensive

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