Re: An Exit Strategy for Electronic Voting? VOTE PROVISIONAL TO PROTEST PAPERLESS TOUCHSCREENS

[Ralph Shnelvar <ralphs@xxxxxxxxx>]

Pete, you said it far better than I can or did.

How 'bout a slogan:
	Vote for paper. Vote provisionally.

Ralph Shnelvar



On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:45:56 -0600, you wrote:

>I agree with your statement, "Using a provisional ballot does NOT [...] stop
>fraud."  Of and by itself, you are correct.
>
>But your words which I left out, "in anyway" are missing the point: when
>large numbers of voters refuse to go along with election officials'
>paperless plans, when huge numbers of voters clog their bureaucracy with
>unexpected volumes of paperwork, when massive provisional turnout makes the
>press with delays in results, THEN something can happen that will reduce
>fraud: they will have to realize that objection to paperless DREs is real
>and widespread, not just hypothetical, academic, and rare.  Instead of "a
>few aggravated activists demand paper ballots," how about headlines: THE
>PEOPLE DEMAND PAPER BALLOTS!
>
>A provisional ballot IS a paper ballot at the polling place!
>
>The proposal here is NOT to perpetuate provisional balloting forever.  We
>agree, provisional balloting can be vulnerable.  That's not the point.
>
>If they dispense filthy milk, I say, don't drink their milk, piss in it and
>send it back.
>
>Anti-DRE provisional voting is a form of PROTEST, an act to express OUTRAGE,
>an organized REBELLION against election administrators who would rather herd
>us through their efficient machinery.
>
>Best hopes,