Monday, October 24, 2005

[puma-news] Fwd: Important! Fair Elections Petition

I am forwarding this on, as it is an issue I am very concerned about.
If you don't like signing petitions, you can go to the website just to
read more about the new House Bill, and then call or write your Rep.

Begin forwarded message:

<excerpt><bold><fontfamily><param>Helvetica</param><color><param>0000,0000,0000</param>Subject:
</color>Important! Fair Elections Petition

</fontfamily></bold>

Hi Folks

I don't usually spam folks anymore about political things, but this one

seems simple and so effects our rights for have our vote counted as it
was

intended, the root of a democratic society. It's very easy to sign the

petition - the link goes straight to the site. If you see fit, please
pass

this one on.

Naomi

This petition is for a national law giving us voter verified paper
ballots

by 2006. Many of our current voting machines are DRE's (Direct
Recording

Electronic systems) which do not produce a record of individual votes
at

all. Other systems have optical scan ballots, but only the vote total

produced by the ballot scanning software is ever counted. The GAO
continues

to warn that we are too reliant on voting software and that errors can

become certified election results.

HB550 would require that ballots be the vote of record upon which we
base

our election results. The petition's website is:

http://www.icountcoalition.org/ .

Please let your voice be heard in Washington by signing this petition,
and

forwarding the link. People of all political affiliations are
interested in

this bill. After all, nothing is more reflexive to the American
psyche than

counting everyone's vote.

Thank you for helping to make verifiable elections a reality!

--

----

"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of

strength that will endure

as long as life lasts." --Rachel Carson

</excerpt>

No comments: