Reply #6: Conn may lead the way for the rest of us [View All]

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

Congradulations on your efforst in CT!

My state had paperless voting for nearly 20 years in almost half of the state.

The public didn't know there were problems because no way to tell.
No auditing of undervotes overvotes, no auditing of elections by
our SBOE.

The reporters always took the word of election officials that
"there was just a minor glitch, no votes were lost, and the outcome
of the election was not affected (if votes were lost)."

If NC had been able to recount the 2004 election because of lost votes
in Carteret, many anomalies would have been discovered, and the jig would be up.

The 10% undervote in Burke could have been investigated, if they
had VVPB. Perhaps fraud would have been proven, if there were a paper ballot.

But alas, they coudn't recount the ballots, and election officials said
that 1 out of 10 voters in Burke really went to the polls to vote for the county commissioners,
and not for the President. 7% didnt' vote for Governor!

The huge resistance by some politicians and some election directors to VVPB
shows me that there is great fear of the paper.

The paper can show that "the loss of votes DID affect the outcome"

I don't know if our 2006 election will actually represent the will
of the people or the will of the corporations.

Passing HR 550 would make the general population aware of the problem.

Right now, only a small percentage are aware.