Of course I concur that we support this. However, this
appears as a federal issue. We should support it for all ballots in all
elections.
As discussed, and brought home again for me last
night, local issues: initiatives and referendums, are equally important.
Voters are concerned for this election at a
presidential level, which can blind them to the overall issue of all elections.
One might assume that this citizen’s initiative means
that, but elections officials could conceivable count only presidential races
at the polls and send the ballots to a central location for tallying of all
other races. Don’t put it past government to find the most costly and complex
way to do the least amount of work.
Paul Tiger
www.PaulTiger.com
"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that
which should not be done at all."
Peter Drucker
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Message-----
From: Joe Pezzillo
[mailto:jpezzillo@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 2:54
PM
To: Cvv-Discuss@Coloradovoter. Net
Subject: Fwd From Ellen @
VotersUnite
This was sent to the CVV "steering committee"
(info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) last night, and of course they want an answer today so
they can put it in their release tomorrow.
Seems like the kind of thing that CVV participants have generally supported, in
so far as we're seen as some kind of "group", should I tell her
"yes" ?
Joe
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Joe,
Will Boulder County Citizens for Verifiable Voting support the Emergency
Measures to Protect the 2004 Vote Count?
Paper ballots for federal offices, hand counted at the precinct and used as the
official count.
We're pushing:
Federal legislation:
http://www.votersunite.org/takeaction/federalpaperballot.asp
County action: http://www.votersunite.org/takeaction/emergencymeasures.asp
Ellen Theisen
www.votersunite.org
Avoid a national crisis in November!
Hand counted paper ballots for federal offices.
http://www.votersunite.org/takeaction/federalpaperballot.asp