From Teresa Hommel: New Yorkers for Verified Voting (NYVV) still thinks computers might be used securely in elections.
I don't believe it--that's one reason why I want to keep our lever voting machines. Here is an URGENT ALERT we both agree on: We all must call the State Board of Elections tomorrow morning--Tuesday, May 12--and voice our objections to using uncertified computers without full verification in real elections in New York this year. Please make the phone call as NYVV requests below!!!! Teresa Hommel On Tuesday, May 12, the NYS Board of Elections is preparing to approve a proposal that allows deployment of new voting systems this Fall despite the fact that certification testing is not yet completed. 43 counties have indicated willingness to deploy uncertified equipment. The Board of Elections is referring to this use of uncertified equipment as a 'pilot' program. NYVV has long argued that the only acceptable way to allow a pilot of uncertified equipment is if a 100% hand count of paper ballots is also performed to verify machine counts. Instead, the Board has replaced that requirement with one that is not even remotely adequate to verify the results. NY has the toughest certification standards for voting systems in the nation, but now the State Board of Elections is preparing to toss these standards overboard by relabeling the use of uncertified equipment as a 'pilot'. We urge you to call the Board prior to 12 noon on May 12 and urge them to reject any proposal which does not require a 100% hand count of paper ballots if uncertified machines are used. CALL NOW TO SAY THAT UNCERTIFIED SCANNERS MUST NOT BE USED UNLESS ACCOMPANIED BY A 100% HAND COUNT OF ALL CONTESTS. The public information number for the State Board of Elections is (518) 474-1953 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [email protected] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
