Voting Machines ... oh my

I just sent an email calling on California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley to decertify paperless electronic voting machines in California elections, and I hope you will send one, too.

The call for decertification arose following the disenfranchisement of thousands of California voters during the March 2, 2004, election due to technical problems with electronic voting systems. In Alameda County, problems with Diebold smart card encoders affected one-fourth of the County's polling places; in San Diego County, encoder problems affected nearly 40 percent of the County's polling places. In Orange County, thousands of voters were given the wrong electronic ballots; many were unable to cast votes in contests for which they were eligible, while others were allowed to vote in districts in which they did not reside.

It only took me a few seconds to send an email, and I'm hoping you'll send one, too. Click here to send an email.
 
posted by Margaret at 9:38 AM