Integrity of the Vote

ELECTRONIC MISCOUNTS OF VOTES
ARE A FACT - NOT A THEORY

Technologists warn that electronic voting machines are flawed. They say we should “trust but verify.” Others disagree. For example Florida’s Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Theresa LePore counters technologists’ analysis of electronic voting machine flaws with her claim: “It’s just a bunch of lies.” But Broward County is now unable to comply with Florida law because of the flaws technologists, Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL), and many others have pointed out!

Many people are very troubled by the use of uncertified software in recent California elections. Many are concerned about the backgrounds of some programmers and managers who control the secret voting machine software.

Our primary concern is the threat that unverifiable electronic voting poses to elections in the United States. We have been concerned that without a paper record verified by the voter, there would be no way of knowing whether votes were recorded accurately and no way to do a meaningful recount if one is necessary.

Now we are seeing these predicted problems occuring in real elections. We are seeing election results that will remain forever in dispute because an audit was impossible. We are seeing that electronic miscounts of votes is no longer a theory - it’s a fact.

What if the miscounts we know of are only the tip of an undetected iceberg of electronic miscounts? They might be. We have no way of knowing.

After the last two presidential elections, it’s incredibly important to repair our election system. We need to guarantee paper printouts for electronic voting machines, cut long lines, and prohibit partisan election officials.

There’s lots of legislation in Congress to do just that, and we need to demand our representatives pass it immediately.

This is urgent because states are preparing to spend over a billion dollars on new electronic voting machines. Unless Congress requires paper printouts now, we’ll be stuck with expensive machines that can’t do a simple recount.

I hope you’ll sign this petition to send this message to Congress.

Also be sure to check out the Velvet Revolution and see the many bi-partisan groups coming together to demand:

- A U.S. Constitutional Amendment guaranteeing The Right to Vote!
- Voter-verified, auditable paper ballots must be mandatory in every polling place in America.
- Elections officials must be non-partisan.
- Private companies may not run our elections through secret, proprietary, uninspected and unsecure software.
- Voter suppression, intimidation and gerrymandering of electoral districts for pure partisan gain must stop forever.

Also of interest, Conyers Forces Election Reform on House Floor By William Rivers Pitt.