Computer Ate My Vote -- National Day of Action

Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 4:29 PM
Subject: Computer Ate My Vote -- National Day of Action

 Hi All:

The Computer Ate My Vote local press conference/rally will be held here in Tallahassee next Tuesday, July 13, 2004 at 11am on the steps of the Old Capitol.  Featured speakers will include Ion Sancho, Leon County Supervisor of Elections and Larry Spalding, Legislative Director of the Florida ACLU.

After the press conference, we will be hand-delivering petitions for voter-verified paper trails to Sec. Hood.

Simultaneous events will be happening nationwide on the same day!

The day of action is sponsored by Verified Voting.org, Common Cause, True Majority, Democracy for America, and others.  The non-partisan, local event has been coordinated by volunteer members of all of the above organizations.
 

I appreciate any help you can lend in spreading the word!  Thanks and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Lisa Lambert
850-445-9070
lisa_lambert@earthlink.net
 

On 7/9/04 at 1:55 AM TrueMajority <alerts@action.truemajority.org> wrote:

The national "Computer Ate My Vote" day of action is really taking off - in just the three days since we invited you to next Tuesday's big event, more than 20,000 TrueMajority members have added their names to the call for voter-verified paper ballots. Along with others who signed on earlier, and signatures from MoveOn, Democracy For America and VerifiedVoting.org, it adds up to a list of more than a quarter-million names. Come on down Tuesday, July 13th to join the crowd of Florida citizens who will deliver those petitions and call on your election officials to support voter- verified paper ballots. 

The rally and press conference is at  on Tuesday, July 13th.
There are 8 different rallies in Florida; check out - 
http://action.truemajority.org/ctt.asp?u=411370&l=726 to find the one near you.....

These events are happening in 17 more states besides Florida, and there's also a national telephone press conference that same day where Gov. Howard Dean will join our own Ben in promoting what you're doing. This will be the biggest day of grassroots action for secure elections yet - come be a part of it!

About this campaign:
The paperless computerized voting terminals being adopted by many states are vulnerable to software flaws, hardware failures, and security holes. The machines have already lost votes in a number of elections around the country, and without a paper printout there is no way to do a meaningful audit or recount. Every voter should be able to see a paper version of their ballot to verify their choices are recorded correctly, before leaving it with pollworkers as a permanent record. For more on the issue, see http://action.truemajority.org/ctt.asp?u=411370&l=727
 

Matt Holland and Mark Floegel,
Computer Ate My Vote campaign coordinators
 

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