Re: push for precinct voting?

[Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Since you are a technology guru and someone influential in Boulder politics,
I pose the following question to you: How are vote centers different than
DREs? 

Vote centers are subject to nearly all the abuses of DREs.

A person who carefully takes his/her (mail-in, etc.) ballot to a polling
place to make sure that "my vote is counted correctly" completely misses the
point that it doesn't matter if "your" vote is counted correctly if those in
control of the voting process can cast two votes for every one of yours. 

Vote centers allow that abuse by not allowing election judges and poll
watchers to know who is voting..

I hope you change your mind about vote centers.

Ralph Shnelvar



On Thu, 9 Mar 2006 10:56:57 -0700, you wrote:

>Thank you Ralph,
>
>I support vote centers and oppose DRE. This group was founded in opposition
>to DRE. I believe that we are all here to oppose DRE. I consider all other
>battles less important.
>
>Paul Tiger
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ralph Shnelvar [mailto:ralphs@xxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 8:08 AM
>To: Citizens for Verifiable Voting
>Subject: Re: push for precinct voting?
>
>Ugh.
>
>Do we husband our meager political capital to fight DREs or voting centers.
>
>I say we focus on DREs.  Let's not lose further focus.
>
>I am, of course, opposed to voting centers.
>
>Ralph Shnelvar