Crunch Time for Election Reform- EASY WAYS TO TAKE ACTION
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TAKE ACTION BY WEDNESDAY, SEP 4 IF YOU HAVE NOT YET
A CONCISE 1 PAGE LETTER YOU CAN PRINT AND FAX TO YOUR US REPRESENTATIVE (Be sure to add your name, address, and phone number and sign and date it before you fax it.)
http://www.saveourvotes.org/legislation/unfundedmandateflyer.pdf
YOUR REPRESENTATIVE'S FAX NUMBER AND CONTACT INFORMATION:
http://www.house.gov/
OR simply CALL AND LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE "Vote "YES" on HR811, Vote "NO" on the "unfunded mandate" amendment" with the staffer who answers the phone at your Representative's office.
EASY-TO-USE LETTER ON ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION'S SITE
https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=109
EASY-TO-USE LETTER ON GETITSTRAIGHTBY2008 SITE
http://www.getitstraightby2008.org/c.hnKKIINpEqG/b.2725733/k.4D9B/Demand_Reliable_Voting_Machines_Now/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx
Wednesday, Sep 5 may be the last day you can act before the House vote on "The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act" (HR811). If you have not already, please find just a few minutes to send a fax or email your Representative.
HR811 will ensure that the voters determine who controls Congress and the Presidency in 2009. Do not have to tell your children someday that democracy ended and that you did nothing. A few minutes of your time is all that is needed now to protect our futures at this critical juncture in history.
OR BUY A COPY OF THIS WEEK'S NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE AND FAX THIS ARTICLE TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVE
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090407L.shtml
SOME ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING HR811
Among the election reform groups supporting HR811 along with The National Election Data Archive are Verified Voting, VoteTrustUSA, Vote PA, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Brennan Center, People for the American Way, NC Coalition for Verified Voting, Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections (SAFE), Common Cause, Concerned Voters of Centre County (PA), Save Our Votes (MD), Citizens for Election Integrity
(MN), Iowans for Voting Integrity, and Voting Matters/Oregon.
OTHER INFORMATION
Verified Voting's comments on HR811:
"The most basic elements of the bill remain intact – 2008 requirements for paper ballots as an independent means of verifying electronic vote tabulation, random mandatory audits, disclosure of voting system software, tighter security of electronic voting systems, emergency paper ballots in case of machine failures, provision of funding to enable jurisdictions to upgrade to accessibly verifiable paper-based voting systems, and the establishment of an arm's length between voting machine vendors and testing laboratories. These reforms are important, and must be enacted as soon as possible. Therefore VerifiedVoting.org continues to support H.R. 811."
An article on HR811 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation "Crunch Time for E-Voting Reform"
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005421.php
You may remind your US Representative that there is plenty of time, as well as funding, for states with paperless electronic ballot voting machines to replace them before the 2008 November election and conduct manual audits.
Verified Voting's "How Long Does it Take to Change Voting Systems"
http://electionmathematics.org/em-voting-systems/VotingSystemChange.pdf
NEDA's easy-to-read, accurate analysis of HR811
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/Analysis-HR811-Aug2007.pdf
The most recent text of HR811
http://verifiedvoting.org/downloads/MANAG_01A_xml4.pdf
HERE IS A SAMPLE LETTER YOU COULD COPY AND PASTE TO A WORD PROCESSOR AND THEN FAX TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVE:
Dear Representative -----------
Please vote "Yes" on House Resolution 811 and vote "No" on the "unfunded mandate" amendment to it that would gut the requirement for paper ballots and manual election audits in 2008. Here is an easy-to-read, understandable analysis of HR811's provisions:
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/Analysis-HR811-Aug2007.pdf
It is time for all 50 States to have verifiably honest accurate elections - and taxpayers deserve more economical voting systems.
Many states have no paper ballots, and even more have no audits of their elections - never comparing voter verifiable paper records with the unofficial vote counts; and many use inaccurate voting systems which have been decertified or scrapped states such as CA, MD, FL,...; leaving them with no way to judge the integrity of their vote counts and electoral process.
The United States needs "The Voter Confidence & Increased Accessibility Act" (H.R. 811).
Together with the $300 Million authorized by the House, States have $1.6+ Billion available in remaining HAVA funding and can afford to meet the 2008 deadlines. See how much money your state has left of HAVA funding on pp. 8 and 9 in the US Election Assistance report
http://www.eac.gov/docs/Congressional%20Report%20Public%20Release%20Final.pdf
There is plenty of time for states with paperless electronic voting systems to replace them with auditable voting equipment. See how long it takes States to replace voting systems in Verified Voting's "How Long Does it Take to Change a Voting System?"
http://electionmathematics.org/em-voting-systems/VotingSystemChange.pdf
Please see
http://ElectionArchive.org for more information.
Signature Name Address Phone
PLEASE DONATE - WE NEED FUNDS URGENTLY
There is a huge amount of work to be done yet to finish deriving and explaining the mathematics and procedures for conducting valid election audits. NEDA did not get funded by PEW to finish its work in this area, so we need your help. Please donate to the National Election Data Archive. We urgently need to raise sufficient funds to hire an additional staff person to keep up with the growing work-load. NEDA could accomplish a lot more if there were sufficient donations to pay just one person's salary. (Our financials are available here for your review:
http://electionarchive.org/ucvInfo/financial/FinancialStmts2004-2006.pdf) Please donate whatever amount you can by credit card, PayPal, or by mailing a check. Even $5 or $10/month would be a big help. Please donate. We need your on-going help. Thank you. See
http://electionarchive.org/fairelection/donate.html
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kathy Dopp Executive Director, National Election Data Archive
http://electionarchive.org
P.O. Box 682556 Park City, UT 84068 phone 435-658-4657
"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph" Haile Selassie
Please forward this widely. Thank you.
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HOLT'S OFFICE HAS RELEASED A SUMMARY OF HR811
http://electionmathematics.org/em-legislation/FundamentalRequirementsHR811.pdf
Find your Rep's contact info at www.house.gov or call (202) 224-3121
(the House of Representatives' general number) directly.
NOTE: YOU MUST CALL OR FAX. No other communication will reach your Representative in time.
ADDITIONAL GROUPS PUBLICLY SUPPORTING HR811
The National Election Data Archive, Verified Voting, VoteTrustUSA, Vote PA, Vote Allegheny (PA), The Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Brennan Center, People for the American Way, North Carolina Coalition for Verified Voting, Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections (SAFE), SAVE Our Votes (MD), Common Cause, Move On, Concerned Voters of Centre County (PA), Election Reform Network (PA), Save Our Votes (MD), Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota, Iowans for Voting Integrity, AUDITAZ, Voting Matters/Oregon., Georgians For Verified Voting, and Southern Coalition for Secured Voting.
Opponents of HR811 continue a misinformation campaign today on sites like VotersUnite.org which added an anti-HR811 page by vendor Ellen Theisen whose Vote-PAD voting system does not meet all the bill's requirements for voters with disabilities. I'll spare you – but contact me if you want a point by point rebuttal to it.
ANOTHER new letter you can SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/vevo/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=12526
VOTE IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW ON VOTER CONFIDENCE AND INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY ACT
TAKE ACTION NOW IF YOU HAVE NOT YET
A GREAT 1 PAGE LETTER YOU CAN PRINT AND FAX TO YOUR US REPRESENTATIVE
(Be sure to add your name, address, and phone number and sign and date it before you fax it.)
http://www.saveourvotes.org/legislation/unfundedmandateflyer.pdf
YOUR REPRESENTATIVE'S FAX NUMBER AND CONTACT INFORMATION:
http://www.house.gov/
OR simply CALL AND LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE "Vote "YES" on HR811, Vote "NO" on the "unfunded mandate" amendment" with the staffer who answers the phone at your Representative's office.
EASY-TO-USE LETTER ON ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION'S SITE
https://secure.eff.org/site/Advocacy?id=109
EASY-TO-USE LETTER ON GETITSTRAIGHTBY2008 SITE
http://www.getitstraightby2008.org/c.hnKKIINpEqG/b.2725733/k.4D9B/Demand_Reliable_Voting_Machines_Now/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx
THIS WEEK'S NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE AND FAX THIS ARTICLE TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVE
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090407L.shtml
Electronic Frontier Foundation "Crunch Time for E-Voting Reform"
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005421.php
Verified Voting's "How Long Does it Take to Change Voting Systems"
http://electionmathematics.org/em-voting-systems/VotingSystemChange.pdf
NEDA's easy-to-read, accurate analysis of HR811
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/Analysis-HR811-Aug2007.pdf
The most recent text of HR811
http://verifiedvoting.org/downloads/MANAG_01A_xml4.pdf
See how much money your state has left of HAVA funding on pp. 8 and 9 in the US Election Assistance report
http://www.eac.gov/docs/Congressional%20Report%20Public%20Release%20Final.pdf
THANK YOU TO THE FOUR PERSONS WHO DONATED $100 TOTAL IN RESPONSE TO OUR REQUESTS, AND TO OUR MONTHLY PAYPAL CONTRIBUTORS.
THANK YOU TO LISA PEASE, JOYCE MCCLOY AND TO THE MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE HELPED.
PLEASE DONATE - WE NEED FUNDS URGENTLY
There is a huge amount of work to be done yet to finish deriving and explaining the mathematics and procedures for conducting valid election audits. NEDA did not get funded by PEW to finish its work in this area, so we need your help. Please donate to the National Election Data Archive. We urgently need to raise sufficient funds to hire an additional staff person to keep up with the growing work-load. NEDA could accomplish a lot more if there were sufficient donations to pay just one person's salary. (Our financials are available here for your review:
http://electionarchive.org/ucvInfo/financial/FinancialStmts2004-2006.pdf) Please donate whatever amount you can by credit card, PayPal, or by mailing a check. Even $5 or $10/month would be a big help. Please donate. We need your on-going help. Thank you. See
http://electionarchive.org/fairelection/donate.html
-- Kathy Dopp
The material expressed herein is the informed product of the author Kathy Dopp's fact-finding and investigative efforts. Dopp is a Mathematician, Expert in election audit mathematics and procedures; in exit poll discrepancy analysis; and can be reached at P.O. Box 680192 Park City, UT 84068 phone 435-658-4657
http://utahcountvotes.org http://electionmathematics.org http://electionarchive.org Amendment Suggestions for the Ballot Integrity Act
http://electionmathematics.org/em-legislation/S1487Amendments.pdf Voters Have Reason to Worry - Response to Those Who Encourage Voters to Trust
http://utahcountvotes.org/UT/UtahCountVotes-ThadHall-Response.pdf
"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day," wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1816
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