Below are some resources for when you meet with and talk to your House and Senate representatives.

Please share this information with them and encourage them to implement a voter verified paper audit trail bill in time for the 2008 Presidential election.

Talking Points

• Reasons to Enact HB18 and SB392 for 2008 Elections
• Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trails: Examining Maryland Options
• What Kind of Paper Trail is Best for Maryland Voters?

Cost

• 7-Year Cumulative Equipment Costs of Voter-Verified Paper Ballots
• Voter Verified Paper Ballots are Cost Effective
• Report on Summary of Changes in Total Annual Expenditures for Florida Counties Before and After Purchase of Touch Screens and A Comparison of Total Annual Expenditures for Touch Screens and Optical Scanners

Bill Testimony

• SB392 Testimony: responds to State Election Administrator Linda Lamone’s testimony
• HB18 Testimony
• SB63 Testimony

Articles

• "The Good News (Really) About Voting Machines", NY Times, Jan 10, 2007
• "Here Maryland Goes Again", Baltimore Sun, Dec 24, 2006
• "Diebold Shows How to Make Your Own Voting Machine Key", Freedom to Tinker, Jan 23, 2007

Other States

• "Cost for Utah Presidential Primary “Balloons” … Due to New Electronic Voting Machines”, Bradblog.com
• 2004 & 2006 New Mexico Canvass Data Shows Undervote Rates Plummet in Minority Precincts When Paper Ballots are Used