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Take Action
5. Send a Letter to the Editor
Use the links below to send a letter to your local paper. You can
find many issues and facts to present when writing your letter.
Some points you might want to consider making are:
- We need a voter verified paper audit trail.
By creating a paper ballot with each electronic vote we will be
able to conduct random audits to ensure that the electronic record
is consistent with the paper record. In addition, we will be able
to have recounts when needed. Without a paper record there is
no way to do an independent audit or recount.
- Cancel the contract with Diebold. Dielbold
has shown itself to be untrustworthy and partisan. The have put
in place uncertified software in other states without the board
of elections certifying it. Their leadership are partisan political
activists – they should not be counting our vote.
- Every vote is important and must be counted accurately.
There is no way to tell whether the voter’s selection seen
on the screen is the same as the voters selection counted by the
machine. We need to be sure. The only way to ensure accuracy in
the vote count is a voter verified paper audit trail.
- Let’s get it right: This is an opportune time
in history. Voters are concerned about the accuracy of
the vote count and technology can do more than ever before to
make sure votes are counted accurately. This is the time to put
in place a voting system people can trust – where they can
be sure their vote is counted as cast.
- Voting is the core – the very foundation of our
democracy. If we cannot trust the way votes are counted
than our democracy is no longer legitimate.
Keep your letter short. It should be no more than
150 words – you can make one or two points – not more.
If you write letters that are too long they are most likely to be
ignored. It is best if your letter is in response to an article
or editorial published by the newspaper.
Email addresses:
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Take Action Today to Make Sure Your Vote Counts!
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Breaking News
• Sept. 23, 2004 'A Massive Experiment' in Voting in The Washington Post
• Sept. 20, 2004 The Magic Voting Touch, an Editorial in The Washington Post
• Aug. 27, 2004 After Your Vote Vanishes, an Editorial in The Washington Post
• Aug. 26, 2004 Voting machine safeguards in question in The Baltimore Sun
• Aug. 25, 2004 Md. Machines Seek Vote of Confidence in The Washington Post
• How
They Could Steal The Election This Time: The Nation Magazine's exhaustive
examination of the potential problems with DRE voting systems, including Diebold in Maryland
• The Washington Post on TrueVote MD!
• Blackwell Halts Deployment of Diebold Voting Machines for 2004
• Gov. Ehrlich appoints new member
to election board
• E-voting regulators often join other
side when leaving office
• Women Voters Drop Paperless Vote Support
• The Disability Lobby and Voting
New York Times editorial
•Scans of the Hack the
Vote article
from the April issue of Vanity Fair magazine.
•Think You Voted in Maryland? Think Again
• Takoma Park
supports legislation to require modifications to new voting machines
purchased by the State of Maryland to create a verifiable paper trail
• Diebold "basically
had no interest in putting actual security in this system," said
Paul Franceus, one of the consultants. "It's not like they did
it wrong. It's like they didn't bother."
• MD Senate report finds security
risks, recommends paper
• Diebold gives paper
trail for FREE to San Diego County!!
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