CAMBER says,
"Reject the HART/InterCivic proposal"
"Reject
the HART/InterCivic proposal," CAMBER today asked Boulder County's
Voting Equipment Proposal Evaluation Committee.
For several years, Boulder
County voters have spoken
out loud and clear. They want one ballot per voter and that ballot must be a
full ballot text paper ballot.
The County received only one response to its RFP for Voting Equipment. The
response is from HART/InterCivic.
HART proposes digital ballots. The people want paper ballots.
HART's solution does not permit disabled voters to verify the votes printed on
the Audit Trail printer. The RFP requires independent verification of the
printed ballot -- since they would be used for recounts.
The County refuses to evaluate other solutions, such as the AutoMark and the
Vote-PAD. Other states are happily meeting their HAVA deadlines using these
full ballot text paper ballot devices.
Check these facts:
New
Mexico prudently chooses "paper only"
DRE
digital ballot equipment is just not working
Boulder
County Clerk pushes for unpopular digital ballots
There is something
fishy happening at the Secretary of State's office. The SOS office wants a
totally digital state -- e-mail and FAX for absentee voting, and DRE digital
ballots in voting centers for in person voting.
They know that this approach closes the door to independent oversight. There
would be no way to hold officials accountable for errors and fraud. Nobody will
know.
The SOS office has misused their authority and blocked certification of paper
ballot solutions.
It's too bad that we don't have an Attorney General that will stop their misuse
of power.
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
www.coloradovoter.blogspot.com
CAMBER is a dedicated group of
volunteers who are working to ensure that every voter gets to vote once, every
vote is counted once, and that every ballot is secure and anonymous.
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