RE: CFVI Supports Trustworthy Elections Resolution

["alkolwicz" <alkolwicz@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

We are very pleased indeed to learn that CFVI supports the Trustworthy
Elections Resolution.

This action on the part of the board signals that CFVI truly understands the
need for verified votes and verified counts.  It is vital that the losers of
an election be confident that their loss resulted from voter choice and not
from election system malfunction or manipulation.  The people will not
tolerate further loss of confidence caused by uncertain election outcomes.

We look forward to working together for Trustworthy Elections.

Al Kolwicz

  

CAMBER
Citizens for Accurate Mail Ballot Election Results
2867 Tincup Circle
Boulder, CO 80305
303-494-1540
AlKolwicz@xxxxxxxxx
www.users.qwest.net/~alkolwicz 

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Mcgrath [mailto:mcgrath_mcnally@xxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 2:02 PM
To: AlKolwicz@xxxxxxxxx; cmehesy@xxxxxxxxxxx; davide475@xxxxxxxx;
david.ellington@xxxxxxxxxxx; donna@xxxxxxxxxxxx; jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx;
mlambie@xxxxxxxxx; mlambie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; texico86@xxxxxxx;
peter.raich@xxxxxxxx; TresCeeA@xxxxxxx; michelle.mulder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
tahommel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: cvv-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; PKlammer@xxxxxxx
Subject: CFVI Supports Trustworthy Elections Resolution 

Al,

Thank you for taking the intiative to craft this statement and circulate it 
for consideration by the voters.   Our Board has voted to support this 
resolution.

We will be happy to circulate this resolution to our members.  I believe it 
accurately captures our concerns and will also add it to our planned 
training this Saturday as part of our discussions on action items in 
preparation for the April 13th caucuses.    I have already passed your 
earlier caucus suggestions to several political campaigns, asking their 
supporters to take that language with them to their caucuses.

Beyond these Colorado Caucuses, our Board hopes to release a position 
statement regarding HR 2239 and our desire to see it strengthened by 
addressing the concerns you enumerate below.  We are in the process of 
approaching other state voting integrity groups to request joint support of 
this position paper.   We are also in the process of identifying a U.S. 
legislator to sponsor a friendly amendment to this bill to add strengthening

language once it is on the House floor.  It is our hope that we may refer 
people to this Amendment in our Position Paper.

We continue to seek assistance in these efforts and hope concerned citizens 
will join with us in these efforts.

Bob McGrath
Director, Coloradoans for Voting Integrity
www.cfvi.org


>From: "alkolwicz" <alkolwicz@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: <AlKolwicz@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: "'Robert Mcgrath'" <mcgrath_mcnally@xxxxxxx>, cmehesy@xxxxxxxxxxx,  
>davide475@xxxxxxxx, david.ellington@xxxxxxxxxxx, donna@xxxxxxxxxxxx,  
>jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx, mlambie@xxxxxxxxx, mlambie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,  
>texico86@xxxxxxx, peter.raich@xxxxxxxx, TresCeeA@xxxxxxx,  
>michelle.mulder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tahommel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>CC: cvv-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Pete Klammer" <PKlammer@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: Sequoia Vote Code released
>Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:10:01 -0600
>
>Hi Bob,
>
>Are you planning to distribute the "Trustworthy Elections Resolution" to 
>the
>CFVI list?
>
>It is important that all political parties express their support for paper
>ballots.  By passing the resolution at caucuses, it qualifies for
>consideration at the county assemblies.  By passing it at county 
>assemblies,
>it qualifies for consideration at the State Assemblies.
>
>Getting it passed by the state assemblies will certainly be press-worthy.
>
>A copy is pasted below.
>
>Thanks
>
>Al
>
>
>CAMBER
>Citizens for Accurate Mail Ballot Election Results
>2867 Tincup Circle
>Boulder, CO 80305
>303-494-1540
>AlKolwicz@xxxxxxxxx
>www.users.qwest.net/~alkolwicz
>
>==============================================================
>
>FINAL - Wednesday, March 31, 2004
>
>Trustworthy Elections Resolution
>
>WHEREAS trustworthy elections are basic to democracy,
>
>WHEREAS trustworthy elections require that each vote is anonymous, secure,
>verified by the voter and counted as intended by the voter,
>
>WHEREAS paperless voting machines make it impossible for us to verify that
>our votes are correctly recorded,
>
>WHEREAS paperless voting machines make it impossible to prove that each 
>vote
>is correctly counted,
>
>WHEREAS a receipt printer on a paperless voting machine would not solve
>these problems because the votes printed on the receipt can be different
>from the votes stored in the machine, and because votes on the receipts
>would rarely be counted,
>
>WHEREAS accurate re-counting requires that the votes on the original paper
>ballots be examined and counted, and that the results from a previous count
>are not known to the people doing the re-counting,
>
>WHEREAS failure to conduct trustworthy elections opens the door to
>undetectable errors and fraud and destroys voter confidence,
>
>THEREFORE, we voters want to hand mark or machine mark our votes onto
>full-ballot-text paper ballots, to check our votes before we cast them, to
>know that the votes on our paper ballot are what get counted, and to have
>access to proof that every ballot is accounted for and that every vote is
>correctly understood and counted.
>
>================================================================
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Mcgrath [mailto:mcgrath_mcnally@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 7:16 AM
>To: cmehesy@xxxxxxxxxxx; davide475@xxxxxxxx; david.ellington@xxxxxxxxxxx;
>donna@xxxxxxxxxxxx; jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx; mlambie@xxxxxxxxx;
>mlambie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; texico86@xxxxxxx; peter.raich@xxxxxxxx;
>TresCeeA@xxxxxxx; michelle.mulder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; tahommel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Cc: cvv-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Sequoia Vote Code released
>
>I found this posted on the CA-based SAVE-Democracy Yahoo Groups weblog...
>
>
>From:  Phil Fry <phily@xxxx>
>Date:  Sat Apr 3, 2004  2:47 pm
>Subject:  [CASE_OH] Sequoia Vote Code released
>To:  CASE_OH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>This is probably too much for one email, but I will try:
>
>1. I just found out that the Sequoia voting code is available on the net.
>http://www.blackboxvoting.org/WinEDS200.zip
>I started to download it but found it is 45M and I have a dial up so it is
>just not practical. Would someone with high bandwidth please download it 
>and
>
>share it with me. I would love to look at it. I have never been inside
>computer voting code before and I don't even know what language is used.
>
>2. There is a good article on the release of the Sequoia code that many of
>you will find interesting.
>http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0404/S00028.htm
>
>3. There is MUST READ story at:
>http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0404/S00024.htm
>This one gives incredible details about how code was probably manipulated
>during recent California election. Even if it turns out later that there 
>was
>
>no wrong doing, this piece helps make it clear how complicated it is to
>observe tampering and how easy it is for someone who is trained to do it.
>
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