King County Washington plans to adopt mail ballot tracking. This adds a unique barcode to your ballot which is linked to your voter id. This is unconstitutional and illegal. Activists Tim White and Allan Rosato have already sued San Juan County, the first jurisdiction in the country using mail ballot tracking.
White and Rosato will be speaking in Seattle WA Tuesday May 1st at 7:00pm. See the full announcement below the fold.
We've been discussing mail ballot tracking and unique barcodes on WashBlog: How Your Vote Can Be Tracked to you: San Juan County Ballot Tracking
PROTECT OUR SECRET BALLOT
King County plans to adopt mail ballot tracking. This is more than envelope tracking. It adds a unique barcode to each ballot that is linked to the voter's id. This eliminates the secret ballot, taking away all voter privacy. Unique barcodes on ballots are unconstitutional, illegal, and bad policy.
Tuesday May 1, 2007
7 pm - 9 pm
University Heights Center
Room 212 (second floor, middle of the building)
5031 University Way NE
Seattle WA 98105
AGENDA
1 - Greeting
2 - Discuss Public Hearing Monday May 14th
King County's Citizen Election Oversight Committee has a hearing to receive public feedback on the Vote By Mail business case. This includes mail ballot tracking and new Diebold ballot counting systems. We will present information packets with issues and concerns. We'll encourage everyone to attend the CEOC hearing and testify.
Public Hearing: Proposed New Ballot Counting System
3 - Protect Our Secret Ballot
Tim White and Allan Rosato have sued San Juan County for adding unique barcodes to their ballots. These barcodes are linked to voter ids when the ballots are produced, before being sent to voters.
Tim and Allan will explain mail ballot tracking, the lawsuit, and their efforts to date.
Activism is not free or easy. Tim White and Allan Rosato need our donations to continue their work. There will be an appeal during this event.
White & Rosato v San Juan County
Sponsored by Washington Citizens for Fair Elections
http://www.wafairelections.org