Re: ACLU annual meeting Monday 7PM at law school

[Evan Daniel Ravitz <evan@xxxxxxxx>]

I forgot the room: 154.

On Thu, 22 Apr 2004, Evan Daniel Ravitz wrote:

>
> Folks,
>
> I just talked to Boulder ACLU chair Barry Satlow. He said he would
> bring up the voting situation at the ACLU's annual meeting this
> Monday and invited us -or anyone else- to attend. The main topic of
> the meeting is Boulder's intended changes to the Occupancy ordinance
> (no more than 3 unrelated people per unit, in most places).
>
> When I was on the ACLU board, this event attracted over 100 people,
> so this is a great opportunity to get people thinking about the
> issue -and to find a lawyer to get an injunction against electronic
> voting until NIST standards are set.
>
> I must point out that ONLY SEVEN citizens spoke at the hearing today
> -that's WAY down from the 50 or so who've come before. I believe
> this is because the discussions of this group are FAR too technical
> for most people to follow. This has precluded our growth into a
> group with clout. As I've said before, if we want to be successful,
> we need a strong, understandable position. I've suggested:
>
> "Hand-counted paper ballots until NIST electronic voting standards
> are set."
>
> If we'd had 100 people today, we might well have won.
>
> Evan
>
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