[Davis Democrats] FW: Urgent Alert: Investigate Electronic Voting Machines

[John Chendo]

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From: "ActForChange" <actforchange at act.actforchange.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:44:22 -0500 (EST)
To: jac07 at dcn.org
Subject: Urgent Alert: Investigate Electronic Voting Machines


 

ACTFORCHANGE ACTIVISM UPDATE: November 10, 2004

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FEATURED ACTION: Investigate Electronic Voting Machines
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ACTIVISM OPPORTUNITY: Pass Meaningful Election Reform
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Investigate Electronic Voting Machines
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Now that November 2 has come and gone, some disturbing reports of problems
with electronic voting machines have surfaced.

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For example: 
In Columbus, Ohio, an electronic voting system reported that Bush received
4,258 votes while Kerry received 260 votes in a precinct where records show
only 638 voters cast ballots;
In North Carolina, a machine lost more than 4,500 votes due to a mistaken
assumption about the memory capacity of a computer;
In Youngstown, Ohio, and South Florida, numerous voters complained that when
they tried to cast votes for Kerry, the machines instead recorded their
votes for Bush. 
      

All in all, more than 30,000 complaints have been gathered from across the
country. In the midst of such turmoil, it's crucial that an independent
authoritative investigation be undertaken to sort this all out.

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Pass Meaningful Election Reform
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While the 2004 election experienced an increased turnout that should be
celebrated, the 2004 election was also flawed by far too many obstacles to
full participation.

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Our national elections are run via a mishmash of local, city and state
regulations and agencies, so that voters in one state are subject to
different rules than voters elsewhere. While Congress passed the Help
America Vote Act as a first step toward election reform, November 2
demonstrated that much more is needed. Congress should make the passage of
meaningful election reform the first order of business during the upcoming
November special session.

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