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Meeting Announcement

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Citizens for Verifiable Voting

Topic: What do we expect from our voting system?

When: Wednesday, January 21, 7:00-9:00 pm

Where: University Memorial Center (UMC) on CU Boulder Campus, Broadway & Euclid, Room 247

What: Review voting system requirements. Discuss the Boulder County Election Division?s recommendation to purchase a Hart InterCivic voting system.

Why: Boulder County?s most important voting system decision in a generation is impending. We need to understand the facts and options. We need to take a position and prepare for the rapidly approaching January 29th Public Hearing, where the Boulder County Clerk will recommend the Hart InterCivic system.

Agenda topics (suggested):

0) Welcome. Who CVV is and how we?ve worked. 5 minutes

1) We successfully won the right to vote using full-text voter-verifiable paper ballots. 5 minutes

2) What does our preferred voting system look like? ? 20 minutes

3) What do we know about the election division?s recommendation? -- 30 minutes

4) Discussion - Key issues on which to focus for the January 29th public meeting. ? 30 minutes

a) lease vs. purchase

b) role of hand counting

c) software disclosure

d) ?

5) Process ? Reconfirm Joe as spokesperson. Appointment of steering, media, etc. committees. 10 minutes

6) Action plan -- suggestions and volunteers. Letters. Attend hearing. Recruit attendees and members. Etc. 15 minutes