[WSIS CS-Plenary] Fwd: [cpsr-announce] "Computer Ate My Vote" Campaign

[Katitza Rodriguez]

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Subject: [cpsr-announce] "Computer Ate My Vote" Campaign
Date: Viernes, 16 de Julio de 2004 14:37
From: sevoy at cpsr.org
To: cpsr-announce at lists.cpsr.org

"Computer Ate My Vote"
Kick-Off Day of Action in 18 U.S. States
July 13, 2004

Rallies Nationwide Organized for Election Integrity and Paper Ballots
by a Coalition including Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility

Voters Asked Election Officials to Pledge to Count All Votes

Democracy is at risk unless state officials adopt voting machines
that produce paper trails by November

In the largest grassroots response to date to the security risks of
touch-screen voting machines, a coalition of prominent national
organizations representing a combined membership of over 3 million
Americans held a day of action across 18 states, in 24 cities,
urging elected officials to adopt voting systems that produce fool-
proof paper trails by the U.S. November 2004 election.

The campaign targets states that are currently slated to use
paperless electronic voting terminals - the same machines that
have already lost or changed votes in states across the country.
As many as 50 million Americans will use flawed touch-screen
voting machines unless action is taken soon to ensure voting security.

Attendees at this nationwide "Computer Ate My Vote" day of action
presented petitions favoring VVPBs and asked state election officials
to sign a Pledge for Election Integrity. The pledge commits the
signatories to use their authority to ensure the integrity of voting in
their state by requiring computerized voting machines to produce
paper records.

In June 2004 California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley issued
standards for an accessible, voter verified paper audit trail.

JULY 13 RALLIES TOOK PLACE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
San Diego, CA; Denver, CO; Hartford, CT; Ft. Lauderdale, FL;
Fort Myers, FL; New Port Richey, FL; Sarasota, FL;Tallahassee, FL;
Tampa, FL; West Palm Beach, FL;Indianapolis, IN; Annapolis, MD;
Boston, MA; Trenton, NJ;Santa Fe, NM; Albany, NY; Raleigh, NC;
Columbus, OH;Philadelphia, PA; Columbia, SC; Austin, TX;
Salt Lake City, UT; Everett, WA; Madison, WI

CONTACT:
Pam Smith, Nationwide Coordinator, VerifiedVoting.org
pam at verifiedvoting.org
760 613-0172 (cell)

Will Doherty, Executive Director, VerifiedVoting.org
press at verifiedvoting.org
415 695-0543 (office), 415 425-3936 (cell)
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Coalition organizations include VerifiedVoting.org,
TrueMajority.org, Democracy For America, Common Cause,
Electronic Frontier Foundation, MoveOn.org, Working Assets,
National Coalition for Voting Integrity, and Computer
Professionals for Social Responsibility.

Susan Evoy * Managing Director
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
P.O. Box 717 * Palo Alto * CA * 94302 USA
Phone: (650) 322-3778 * (650) 322-4748 (fax)
Email: evoy at cpsr.org
http://www.cpsr.org/


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Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
is the oldest non-profit, mass membership organization
working on social impacts of computer technology.

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