First, pick a state legislator. Better yet, pick 2 - your state house and senate representative.
Pledge to educate them about electronic voting. Face to face. One on one. Call them, get an appointment and force a meeting with them.
Thanks to HAVA, electronic voting is coming to your state. By 2006. Stop it now.
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Go to
http://www.votersunite.org and download the Myth Breakers brochure they have prepared. Read it. Understand it. Then explain it to the legislators you have an appointment with.
Face to face. One on one.
Print out and hand deliver a copy of each of these studies to your legislator:
2001 CalTech/MIT Study
2003 John Hopkins Study
2003 SAIC Study showing 328 Known Security Flaws with Diebold
2004 RABA Technologies Study of the "fixed" SAIC Flaws - Hacked in Seconds
2003 CompuWare Study
Elections are governed by state law; not federal law. You have to fight electronic voting on a state level.
Do it today. Make the appointment and ensure your legislator can't claim ignorance of the facts of electronic voting and the dangers associated with it.
Follow up by forming a local activist organization. Go to http://www.onlinepolicy.org and request a free mailing list. Stay in touch, get organized.
Make a difference.