Re: CONGRATS! to CVV

[kellen carey <kcarey636@xxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed, thanks all for your help.

Attending meetings shows support; sending letters to
and phone calling media and local officials shows
strong support.

The County Commissioners were already primed for this
issue in no small part due to the many letters,
e-mails, and phone calls received.  This made Joe's
presentation less an uphill battle.  Three dozen plus
supporters in the audience was a big help for him as
well.

Organizing -- meetings, letters, phone calls,
questions, informing friends, neighbors, colleagues --
all adds up.

Let's not forget that County officials, some more
quickly than others, have responded favorably to our
message.

Good work all, as the good fight continues.

kell

 


--- Joe Pezzillo <jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> I just want to say CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU to
> everyone who's been 
> working to make CVV the effective group that it is!
> 
> In case you haven't already heard, the County
> Clerk's office has 
> postponed their new voting system decision,
> effectively rescinding 
> their decision to purchase a system including any
> DRE devices at this 
> time, and has stated that the plan they will present
> to the 
> Commissioners for the 2004 election will be based on
> central optical 
> scanning of PAPER BALLOTS!
> 
> In essence, the County Clerk's office has adopted
> CVV's position -- at 
> least as far as 2004 is concerned -- and we welcomed
> (and thanked) 
> them!
> 
> WE ARE NOT DONE, of course, and we must make sure
> that we're involved 
> in any additional selection process for the optical
> scanner-based 
> system they will choose (and continue to push for
> vote marking devices, 
> not vote recording devices, in the future), but as
> far as I can tell, 
> this represents a major victory for CVV.
> 
> Among other things, I'd like to build on what seems
> to be our newfound 
> coalition with the Clerk's office, and have
> discussed with them two 
> areas where we may be able to work together
> immediately: 1) 
> Modification/Reform of Colorado Election Law to
> clarify the validity of 
> paper receipts or other paper audit mechanisms
> without the Secretary of 
> State's intervention, and 2) trying to recruit new
> volunteers and 
> workers to help with the 2004 election.
> 
> We must continue to be active especially now that
> we're "winning" on 
> the conceptual front, but I think a moment of
> congratulations are in 
> order, and maybe now's the time for us to figure out
> where to grab that 
> drink (I can have sparkling cider, right?)!
> 
> Again, thank you to everyone who has been active on
> this issue, we're 
> helping to prove that active and engaged citizens
> CAN make a 
> substantial difference in the process.
> 
> Joe
> 


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