MAKING PAPER TRAILS COUNT?
WHY SHOULD WE DO THAT?
It's distressing to read that our new Schwarzenegger appointed Secretary of State, Bruce McPherson, has decided to oppose Senator Debora Bowen's newest election integrity measure SB370, which would merely allow our paper trails to be counted. Both republicans and democrats of California's Senate and Assembly have approved this "no brainer" good government legislation with their nearly unanimous support.
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YOO HOO, MR. McPHERSON, THE FEDERAL COURT HAS ALREADY RULED AGAINST YOU
In an Op Ed piece authored by Bruce McPherson that appeared in the
San Jose Mercury on September 9, 2005, we witness the following weak logic:
"My biggest objection in using the paper trail to check voting machine performance is that it denies many in the disabled community the ability to have the same level of confidence in the process that all other voters enjoy."
See: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/12599389.htm
Have you noticed? McPherson's arguments against SB370 are flimsy at best, i.e the paper trail lacks a watermark or appropriate paper weight. Guess what? Invisible computerized ballots don't have those security features either. Also, his primary argument that counting paper trails would discriminate against the disabled is unsound and the US federal court on July 6, 2004, concurred. This is an old argument and the federal court has ruled that it is unsound. See: http://evotingcase.notlong.com
NEWS ALERT: DESPITE LESSONS FROM BLACKWELL, E-VOTING VENDORS ARE WELCOMED INTO OUR ELECTION INTEGRITY CLEAN ROOMS
Interestingly, last month Senator Debora Bowen's SB11 was killed, which would have prevented our Secretary of State and county election officials from receiving monies from electronic voting vendors. Now we, the citizens, are left to wonder where these good folks might be getting their advice.
McPherson can do better, and I know WE can.
WHAT YOU CAN DO:
- NEED A REPUBLICAN QUICK! We need a republican that supports this good government accountability measure to write an Op Ed pieces saying that support of SB370. Call your good government republicans representatives and implore them to invoke the USDC ruling of July 6, 2004 (linked above) to support an accountable voting system by supporting SB370.
- WRITE A PARAGRAPH! Write a letter to the San Jose Mercury in opposition to the piece that McPherson wrote on September 9th. Their
address is:
letters@mercurynews.com
3. SIGN THIS PETITION: http://www.usalone.com/sb370.htm