Text of the presentation slides

[Paul Walmsley <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

For those of you who don't have convenient access to a PDF reader, the
text of the slides that Joe posted is attached below.


- Paul


Slide 1
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Citizens for Verifiable Voting 
http://www.coloradovoter.net 
December 4th, 2003 
Boulder County Commissioners


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In the news:
· 12/3/03 - Fox News: "Ohio Won't Make 
  2004 Deadline"
· 12/2/03 - NYTimes:  "Hack the Vote"
· 11/21/03 - LATimes: "State tells Counties to 
  Establish Paper Trail"
· 11/7/03 - Washington Times: "Court-ordered 
  Probe into Breakdown of 10 New Touch-
  Screen Voting Machines"

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Who We Are:

· Non-partisan, Unaffiliated, Ad hoc group of 
  Concerned Boulder County Citizens
· Many Technology Professionals &   
  Computer Programmers
· Participants in County Committee / 
  Attended Vendor Finalist Demonstrations
· Extensive, Independent Public Process

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Why We're Here:

· Citizens Learned of County's RFP Process
· National Concerns about Electronic Voting
· 1000s of Computer Researchers 
  Nationwide Opposed (ACM)
· Need transparency and citizen oversight
· Citizens Concerned About Fair Elections 
  and Voter Confidence

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What We Want:

· ONE BALLOT: PAPER BALLOT
· Suspend Purchase of ANY "DRE" Devices
· Set Positive Example for State of Colorado


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Why This Can Be Done
· HAVA: Title III Subtitle A Sec. 301.3(B)
   "(B) satisfy the requirement of sub. (A) [accessibility] through the 
use of at least one direct recording electronic voting system or other 
voting system equipped for individuals with disabilities at each polling place;"
· CO Sec. of State Extension Confirmation
· DoJ Ruling: October 10, 2003... paper record, which is not 
    accessible to sight-impaired voters but which allows sighted voters to 
confirm that their ballots accurately reflect their choices ... 
would be consistent with the Help America Vote Act and with 
Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act...
· Additional Devices Nearing Certification


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Why This Should 
Be Done:
· Voter Confidence: Paper
  CO Recount Law (1-10.5-108 "Method of Recount")
· Security & Verification Concerns
· Standards Not Yet Established (EAC, NIST)
· Sec. of State Recommendation
· Nationwide Precedents: CA, NY, NM, OH

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How This Should 
Be Done:

· Today (2004): Handmarked Ballots + Central 
  Counting
· Tomorrow (2006): Vote Marking & 
  Verification Devices + Central Counting
· Random Sampling of Ballots Hand Counted 
  to verify accuracy (Quality is Job One)


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CVV Member's
Other Perspectives:

· Hand-Counting: Canada, France
· Open Source: Australia
· HR 2239 - Voter Confidence Act
· Alternative Voting - eg, Instant Runoff Voting
· [our proposal  meets these challenges]


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What We're Not 
Saying:

· We're NOT Saying that Computers Have 
  No Role in Elections:

  Vote-Marking Devices with ADA Support

  + Central Optical Scan 


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             Summary:

· PAPER BALLOTS... ONLY!
· DO NOT PURCHASE DRE DEVICES, 
· DO USE VOTE MARKING DEVICES 
  INSTEAD
· CONFIRM EXTENSION + VOICE CITIZEN 
  CONCERNS TO SoS