>I thought I was pretty much up to speed on Diebold and the other >Republican-allied firms that have hijacked our democracy and "free" >elections. > >Then I heard a talk by Judy Alter, emeritus faculty at UCLA, and learned >some more. > ><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> > >The bad news: The sure way to have your vote counted, at least in ><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = >"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />California, is by absentee >ballot, right? Wrong. It seems that your signature is being scanned to >verify its authenticity by a Diebold scanner. Lot of room for mischief >there, and Judy says the rise of "spoilage" in absentee ballots is >significantly high--- she didn't have the exact numbers. So the only way >you can really, really be sure that your vote is counted is to take your >absentee ballot to a county elections office and have your signature >personally verified. (While it might be an interesting political action >to have hordes of us arriving for this personal service, it wouldn't begin >to solve the problem!) > > >The good news: Political activists like Judy are organizing a > > >Citizens' Audit Parallel Election. > > > >On November 8 voters will be invited to cast a duplicate vote on a paper >ballot. These ballots will be hand-counted in public. > > > >Then, if there is a significant discrepancy between this count and the >"official count"---- that one that has been recorded and tabulated using >secret, proprietary software that is not open to the public OR even >election officials----, a good case can be made in court that the election >was fraudulent. > > > >This will replace the semi-independent exit polls that a consortium of >networks used to run. They were too revealing, so of course they had to >be abolished. > > > >Volunteers are needed for this action! Lots of them! > > >To volunteer, contact: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Website: ><http://www.studycaliforniaballots.org>www.studycaliforniaballots.org > > > >The attachment is information on the Voter Confidence Resolution that the >Arcata City Council passed. Maybe some more cities will sign on? Yours, >perhaps?
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