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RE: BBV update: Embezzler programmed system to connect ballots to voter



I just stumbled across a webpage (date uncertain) from the U.S. Commission
on Civil Rights, which includes the plank:

"A 21-day certification period must be established for election results. "

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Shnelvar [mailto:ralphs@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 7:21 PM
> To: bcv@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: BBV update: Embezzler programmed system to 
> connect ballots to voter
> 
> 
> Dear Tom and all:
> 
> On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 12:28:58 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > ... We need to go back to paper
> >ballots, hand-counted, for the primaries and we need
> >to jump on that now. 
> >
> 
> [snip]
> 
> It is extremely gratifying to see that an apparently radical 
> solution to
> this problem is getting more and more adherents.
> 
> It really is just about the only solution.
> 
> 
> My personal preference is for a (quick) non-binding machine 
> count followed
> by (several days/weeks later) a binding hand count.
> 
> People check the machines.  Machines check the people.
> 
> Ralph Shnelvar
>