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From: Vincent J. Lipsio [mailto:Vince@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:01 PM
To: pklammer@xxxxxxx
Subject: Paperless Voting finally rejected by the League of Women Voters
Greetings!
Yesterday, at their biannual convention, the LWV altered their
position about verified voting; the complete resolution is below.
There is a great deal of history behind this. Many have long been
amazed that the League of Women Voters both departed with their normal
custom of formulating policy from the ground up, imposing the dogmatic
position damning verified voting from the national organization, and had
had the anti-democratic platform that they did, formerly having on their
website and in their literature absolutely venomous propaganda against
verified voting, supplied by voting equipment vendors.
A couple of years ago, Dr. Barbara Simons ran as president of the LWV
with this as her sole platform; she did not expect to win (doing this
only to publicize the travesty of the LWV's position), but actually came
close to so doing. (I was among those who, at Barbara's request, helped
with the effort.) The result of that effort was the League's adoption of
a position that was no longer explicitly hostile to verified voting,
although many local chapters (including, I'm told, the Florida state
organization as well as many local chapters in Florida) remained strongly
in favor of paperless voting.
Having personally lost track of what was going on, I learned about
this year's effort only last week: After our testifying to some members
of the House Science Committee, Dr. Doug Jones and I were conversing and
I learned that he was flying to Saint Paul, MN and together with Barbara
Simons was scheduled to speak about the shortcomings of voting equipment.
A few days later I learned of their success from the message which I
forwarding.
Vince Lipsio
Gainesville, Florida
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http://www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org/article.php?id=6363
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 12, 2006
Contact:
Courtenay Strickland Bhatia, President & CEO, Verified Voting Foundation
+1 415 487-2255 work or +1 415 235-0126 cell,
courtenay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bobbie Brinegar, Verified Voting Senior Political Advisor and League of
Women Voters of the District of Columbia Board Member
+1 202-441-8068 cell, bobbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Verified Voting Applauds League of Women Voters' Passage of Resolution in
Support of Voter-Verified Paper Records, Audits
MINNEAPOLIS --- Verified Voting applauds the League of Women Voters
(LWVUS) for its passage today of a resolution in support of
voter-verified paper records and mandatory random manual audits of voting
systems nationwide. The resolution was drafted by the League of Women
Voters Minnesota (LWVMN) and put forward at the National League's Annual
Convention, being held in Minneapolis.
Verified Voting's Bobbie Brinegar, Board Member of the Washington DC LWV,
said "This support for voter-verified paper records, coming from the
League of Women Voters, is truly a major step forward for election
integrity. The League has long been a credible and reliable force in
safeguarding our nation's elections."
Barbara Simons stated, "I'm thrilled that the League has reaffirmed its
core value of protecting the citizens' right to vote and have that vote
accurately counted." Dr. Simons is a Board member of Verified Voting, and
past chair of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Several state Leagues, like Minnesota's, have been instrumental in
supporting the passage of legislation for voter-verified paper records.
The "Resolution Related to Program Requiring a Voter-Verifiable Paper
Ballot or Paper Record with Electronic Voting Systems" reads as follows:
Whereas:
Some LWVs have had difficulty applying SARA Resolution (Secure, Accurate,
Recountable and Accessible) which passed at the last convention, and
Whereas:
Paperless electronic voting systems are not inherently secure, can
malfunction, and do not provide a recountable audit trail,
Therefore be it resolved that:
The position on the Citizen's Right to Vote be interpreted to affirm that
LWVUS supports only voting systems that are designed so that:
a) they employ a voter-verifiable paper ballot or other paper record,
said paper being the official record of the voter's intent; and
b) the voter can verify, either by eye or with the aid of suitable
devices for those who hve impaired vision, tht the paper ballot/record
accurately reflects his or her intent, and
c) such verification takes place while the voter is still in the process
of voting; and
d) the paper ballot/record is used for audits and recounts; and
e) the vote totals can be verified by an independent hand count of the
paper ballot/record; and
f) routine audits of the paper ballot/record in randomly selected
precincts can be conducted in every election, and the results published
by the jurisdiction.
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Verified Voting Foundation, 1550 Bryant St., Suite 855, San Francisco, CA
94103, +1 415 487-2255 telephone www.verifiedvotingfoundation.org
Folks, breaking news: The League passed a resolution at their convention
in support of VVPR. Here's the link, and the text of our press release
APPLAUDING this (at long last). High-fives to the Minnesota LWV for
drafting the resolution. -- Pam
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, June 12, 2006
Contact:
Courtenay Strickland Bhatia, President & CEO, Verified Voting Foundation
+1 415 487-2255 work or +1 415 235-0126 cell,
courtenay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bobbie Brinegar, Verified Voting Senior Political Advisor and League of
Women Voters of the District of Columbia Board Member
+1 202-441-8068 cell, bobbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Verified Voting Applauds League of Women Voters' Passage of Resolution in
Support of Voter-Verified Paper Records, Audits
MINNEAPOLIS b?? Verified Voting applauds the League of Women Voters
(LWVUS) for its passage today of a resolution in support of
voter-verified paper records and mandatory random manual audits of voting
systems nationwide. The resolution was drafted by the League of Women
Voters Minnesota (LWVMN) and put forward at the National League's Annual
Convention, being held in Minneapolis.
Verified Voting's Bobbie Brinegar, Board Member of the Washington DC LWV,
said "This support for voter-verified paper records, coming from the
League of Women Voters, is truly a major step forward for election
integrity. The League has long been a credible and reliable force in
safeguarding our nation's elections."
Barbara Simons stated, "I'm thrilled that the League has reaffirmed its
core value of protecting the citizens' right to vote and have that vote
accurately counted." Dr. Simons is a Board member of Verified Voting, and
past chair of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Several state Leagues, like Minnesota's, have been instrumental in
supporting the passage of legislation for voter-verified paper records.
The "Resolution Requiring a Voter-Verifiable Paper Ballot or Paper
Record" reads as follows:
Whereas:
Some LWVs have had difficulty applying SARA Resolution (Secure, Accurate,
Recountable and Accessible) which passed at the last convention, and
Whereas:
Paperless electronic voting systems are not inherently secure, can
malfunction, and do not provide a recountable audit trail,
Therefore be it resolved that:
The position on the Citizen's Right to Vote be interpreted to affirm that
LWVUS supports only voting systems that are designed so that:
a) they employ a voter-verifiable paper ballot or other paper record,
said paper being the official record of the voter's intent; and
b) the voter can verify, either by eye or with the aid of suitable
devices for those who hve impaired vision, tht the paper ballot/record
accurately reflects his or her intent, and
c) such verification takes place while the voter is still in the process
of voting; and
d) the paper ballot/record is used for audits and recounts; and
e) the vote totals can be verified by an independent hand count of the
paper ballot/record; and
f) routine audits of the paper ballot/record in randomly selected
precincts can be conducted in every election, and the results published
by the jurisdiction.
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