Re: Many object to H.B. 550

["Kathy Dopp" <kathy.dopp@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/9/06, Al Kolwicz <alkolwicz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The Colorado Voter blog's "No H.B. 550" is posted at
> www.coloradoVoter.blogspot.com
>
> Black Box Voting's is at
> http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-bin/forums/board-auth.cgi?file=/1954/23277.html
>
>

I'm afraid I sent an email around in support of the Holt bill prior to
realizing what a horrible audit proposal it contained - although I
believe it would be a step forward nonetheless

I liked the orginal Holt bill (in early 2004) prior to adding this
unfortunate audit procedure (although I support audits).  I can' t
imagine that it is even constitutional to federalize elections by
having Bush appoint the people (the US EAC) who will perform the vote
count audits!  Insane idea

http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/paper-audits/VoteCountAudit-UT.pdf

Also, the idea that you would only check one precinct in any county is
ludricrous.  Every county should be required to have the same high
probability of detecting errors.  Election systems are maintained by
counties, so audits should be done on a county basis, not a state
basis.

Here is a far better proposal that was written by myself and Joycelynn
Straight - for how to audit vote counts using "independent auditors"
that are persons selected by all the candidates on the ballot, ensures
that a high probability of detecting any errors is achieved (and the
number could be modified that I've thrown in there), and is done
immediately after the election.


http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/paper-audits/VoteCountAudit-UT.pdf


Who came up with this Holt US EAC audit proposal!??

Although I wish all the people trying to push through the Holt bill
the best of luck, I believe that the state and federal legislatures
may already be too corrupted to obtain any real reform.  HAVA only
passed because it was a boon to vote tamperers.

We need another plan.

Best,

Kathy Dopp
http://utahcountvotes.org
http://electionarchive.org
http://kathydopp.com