RE: mtg w/Daily Camera editorial board

[Evan Daniel Ravitz <evan@xxxxxxxx>]

Please include me in on this, Laura. I wrote this article on computer
vote fraud which the Camera published in 2002:

www.vote.org/fraud.htm

Evan

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Mark Sweitzer wrote:

>
> Laura, congratulations!
>
> Getting Steve Millard on your side is a great accomplishment, even if he's
> willing to do no more than listen. He's got a pretty conservative history,
> and his opinions have a lot of clout in this town.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura Price [mailto:laura@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 1:04 PM
> To: bcv@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: mtg w/Daily Camera editorial board
>
>
> I just received this message in response to my plea to the Daily Camera
> Editorial Board to lend some attention to the electronic voting issue.
>
> I'll keep you apprised of the meeting time and perhaps we can select a group
> to
> attend to represent CVV.
>
> laura.
>
> btw, Steve Millard is the Editorial Page Editor
>
> ----- Forwarded message from "Millard, Steve"
> <millards@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -----
>     Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 12:20:05 -0700
>     From: "Millard, Steve" <millards@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: "Millard, Steve" <millards@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  Subject: RE: Laura Price's voicemail
>       To: 'Laura Price' <laura@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Laura - We'd like to meet with the group. Give me a day to get through
> post-election mopup around here and I'll try to schedule a time. - Steve
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura Price [mailto:laura@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 12:00 PM
> To: millards@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Laura Price's voicemail
>
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Oops, I was too verbose on the voicemail I just left for you.  It cut me off
>
> while I was leaving a contact #.  My work number is 303 449-9861, x324.
>
> As I mentioned in the voicemail, I am not sure if the Editorial Board is
> willing to consider Boulder County's selection of an electronic voting
> system
> as a topic on which to take a position.  This issue of electronic voting
> systems has only recently made national news and I believe many Boulder
> County
> residents are unaware that our county is poised to select one of the vendors
>
> mentioned in these articles.  Accuracy in election results is critical to
> the
> sustenance of our democratic system and I hope the Editorial Board of the
> Daily
> Camera agrees.
>
> If you or any other members of the Board wish to contact me or the
> spokesperson
> for Citizens for Verifiable Voting, (Joe Pezillo, 303 938-8850) please feel
> free.
>
> The mission statement adopted by CVV is included below as a reference point
> for
> what we represent.
>
>
> Thanks for your time, Laura Price.
>
> Citizens for Verifiable Voting
>
> a Boulder County non-partisan organization concerned with preservation of
> our
> democracy, insist that Boulder County immediately stop its process of
> selecting
> and purchasing new electronic voting machines.
>
> We demand that the county only use a transparent, honest, verifiable and
> accurate voting system that protects and ensures the sanctity, privacy and
> integrity of every persons vote, the most important act of citizenship in a
> democracy.
>
> We find that none of the systems under consideration by Boulder County can
> meet
> our concerns, none provide for a secure and verifiable paper trail with
> meaningful recountability, and therefore none give us confidence in the
> results.
>
> Furthermore, since technical standards for election systems have not yet
> been
> developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as
> required
> under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), it is premature, fiscally
> irresponsible, and imprudent for Boulder County to select any new voting
> system
> at this time.
>
> We are very concerned with the vulnerability of all electronic systems for
> fraud, irretrievable data loss, and disenfranchisement in vote recording and
>
> counting.   We do recognize that some elements of electronic devices may be
> needed to allow citizens with disabilities to generate verifiable paper
> ballots, in compliance with HAVA and the Americans with Disabilities Act
> (ADA).
>
> Specifically, we call on Boulder County officials, our state and national
> elected officials and our fellow citizens to:
>
> Ø     Insist on the use of paper ballots as the single, official record of
> the
> vote;
>
> Ø     Allow no secret or proprietary software in any voting machines or vote
>
> counting machines;
>
> Ø     Recognize that accuracy is the most important aspect in the elections,
>
> not speed of completing the counts; and
>
> Ø     Support election reform laws at the local, state, and national level
> that
> encompass and resolve all of the above concerns.
>
>
> Prepared this day of November 3, 2003 by Citizens for Verifiable Voting, a
> Boulder County based non-partisan group of citizens dedicated to protecting
> the
> principles of our democracy.
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>