Re: Landes lawsuit

[Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@xxxxxxxxx>]

As a Libertarian, I have no problem with the private sector counting votes.
What difference does it make if the votes are counted by the County Clerk or
by Lou Puls, Inc.?

The point is, the voting process has to be completely transparent.  Anyone
and everyone should be able to watch the votes being counted and be
confident that the votes are being counted accurately,

If Lou Puls, Inc. wants to get the contract to print the paper ballots,
count the votes, post the results on the Net, perform the statistical
analysis showing that the votes cast corresponded roughly to the exit polls
... I, for one, would be happy because Lou Puls will do a hell of a better
job than the County Clerk and the Secretary of State.

Government is not always the answer.

Ralph Shnelvar



On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 11:52:13 -0700 (GMT-07:00), you wrote:

>This is one of those fundamental appositions of safety vs. freedom.  If "proving injury" means that each individual misvoting machine has to be shown to be injurious, then like the war on terror it will be an endless effort until the basic source of the problem is resolved.  The source of the voting machine problem is the privatization (with proprietary claims) of a public function charged to carry out an individual right.  The ACLU et al. has not yet had the courage to take on this fundamental Constitutional crisis, and it is left to an individual to protect our right and freedom to vote.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Margitjo@xxxxxxx
>>Sent: Feb 2, 2006 10:23 AM
>>To: attendees@xxxxxxx, cvv-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: Landes lawsuit
>>
>>Press Release    Source: Lynn Landes    
>>Voting Systems Lawsuit Reaches U.S. Supreme Court
>>Monday January 30, 11:01 am ET 
>>WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- A little-noticed voting rights lawsuit
>>has made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court (Docket No. 05-930). 
>
>... snip ...
>
>>Attorneys for the defendants have successfully fought Landes, claiming that
>>she did not prove an injury and therefore does not have standing. 
>
>>Landes counters that she has the right to challenge the constitutionality of acts
>>of the legislative branch under federal statute and case law, most
>>significantly under Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803). 
>>24, 2006. 
>
>> The Landes lawsuit can be found at the following url:
>>http://www.EcoTalk.org/lawsuit.doc <http://www.EcoTalk.org/lawsuit.doc> . 
>
>>    EcoTalk.org
>>    Lynn Landes, publisher
>>    215-629-3553
>>    lynnlandes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:lynnlandes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>