[IP] you can choose a paper ballot!!
Begin forwarded message:
From: Bob Porter <bobporter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: October 31, 2004 1:56:44 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: you can choose a paper ballot!!
Reply-To: bobporter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
California voters who are worried about
electronic voting machines have an option to vote on paper this year.
EFF worked very hard to get this from the Secretary of State and it
was a major victory -- he was sued over it and won in federal court.
Now we've learned that several of the larger counties (including
Alameda, Santa Clara and Riverside) have instructed their pollworkers
that they cannot inform voters about this choice unless the voter asks.
They must steer voters to the insecure machines and can only offer
paper if a voter
affirmatively chooses it.
Needless to say, this is outrageous. To try to raise voter awareness
of the choice (and hopefully shame the registrars of voters to change
their minds), EFF has thrown together a website:
www.paperorplastic2004.org
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