Help steer MoveOn in the right direction as far as election integrity
Please help us steer MoveOn in the right direction as far as election integrity. Move-On has just released an online survey.
Please be sure to fill in the following choices this way:
1. Require electronic voting machines to print voter-verified paper records Very Interested
Vote counts cannot be audited without a voter-verified paper record.
3. Eliminate the third-party "spoiler" effect with instant runoff voting Not Interested
It is VERY IMPORTANT to say "NOT Interested" on instant runoff voting. While instant runoff voting is a great idea, LONG-TERM, it is a disastrous idea for the short term because it would make it virtually impossible to ensure that votes are counted accurately, the way voters intend. We FIRST need to re-establish election integrity and THEN, after we've implemented and tested basic measures to ensure election integrity, THEN let us add instant runoff voting. To try to ensure election integrity with instant runoff voting, AT THIS TIME, would be virtually impossible due to the complexity of the mathematics, audits, etc. IRV is a GREAT idea in the future, but not just yet please.
4. Train all poll workers to protect election integrity It is important to note that it is impossible for a poll worker to detect or prevent electronic vote fraud.
11. Other: MoveOn left out all the tools for ensuring the accuracy of vote counts!
Please type in any one of the following in the "Other" category
a. Mandatory independent random vote count audits
b. Public release of detailed vote counts broken out by precinct and by vote-type
c. Public exit polls
Here is their online survey:
http://political.moveon.org/eintegritysurvey/survey.html
If only we could get groups like MoveOn and Common Cause to consult with the experts on voting systems and election integrity issue so that Move-On's efforts always helped to ensure election integrity (unlike their unfortunate support for HAVA and other measures which have been a boon for election tamperers).
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Kathy Dopp
http://electionarchive.org
Please be sure to fill in the following choices this way:
1. Require electronic voting machines to print voter-verified paper records Very Interested
Vote counts cannot be audited without a voter-verified paper record.
3. Eliminate the third-party "spoiler" effect with instant runoff voting Not Interested
It is VERY IMPORTANT to say "NOT Interested" on instant runoff voting. While instant runoff voting is a great idea, LONG-TERM, it is a disastrous idea for the short term because it would make it virtually impossible to ensure that votes are counted accurately, the way voters intend. We FIRST need to re-establish election integrity and THEN, after we've implemented and tested basic measures to ensure election integrity, THEN let us add instant runoff voting. To try to ensure election integrity with instant runoff voting, AT THIS TIME, would be virtually impossible due to the complexity of the mathematics, audits, etc. IRV is a GREAT idea in the future, but not just yet please.
4. Train all poll workers to protect election integrity It is important to note that it is impossible for a poll worker to detect or prevent electronic vote fraud.
11. Other: MoveOn left out all the tools for ensuring the accuracy of vote counts!
Please type in any one of the following in the "Other" category
a. Mandatory independent random vote count audits
b. Public release of detailed vote counts broken out by precinct and by vote-type
c. Public exit polls
Here is their online survey:
http://political.moveon.org/eintegritysurvey/survey.html
If only we could get groups like MoveOn and Common Cause to consult with the experts on voting systems and election integrity issue so that Move-On's efforts always helped to ensure election integrity (unlike their unfortunate support for HAVA and other measures which have been a boon for election tamperers).
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Kathy Dopp
http://electionarchive.org
rudkla - 23. Jan, 22:40
