Volunteers Needed For Humboldt Parallel Election

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** CITIZENS' AUDIT PARALLEL ELECTION **
Volunteers Needed on Election Day, Nov. 8, 2005
Concerned citizens are needed in Humboldt County. On Election Day, our team will invite voters to duplicate their vote on a paper ballot that will be counted by hand, in public, after the polls close. The results of this parallel election will be compared to the official election results that are counted by computers out of public view.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?

· To demonstrate what Democracy looks like
· To ensure the Consent of the Governed is sought and given
· To make sure your vote is counted as cast!

Parallel elections enable citizens to DOUBLE-CHECK the accuracy of official election results. The official ballots and vote tallies are recorded on optical scanners, electronic voting machines, and central tabulator machines that are operated with trade-secret software not disclosed to the public--not even to public election officials! When our ballots are counted with secret software, election officials cannot demonstrate that our votes are actually counted as we cast them.

HAND-COUNTING the parallel election ballots provides a comparative set of voting results, enabling statistical analysis of the official vote count that may detect discrepancies between the reported official tally and how citizens themselves say they voted. The parallel election paper ballots may also provide legal evidence for court challenges.

HOW DOES A PARALLEL ELECTION WORK?

1. Cast your official ballot inside the polling place.
2. After voting, exit and sign the Citizens' Audit Parallel Election roster book.
3. Vote again on a Citizens' Audit Parallel Election ballot*.
4. Place your Citizens' Audit Parallel Election ballot in the sealed ballot box.

* PLEASE VOTE THE SAME WAY YOU VOTED on the OFFICIAL BALLOT.

WHERE? The parallel election poll will be outside an official polling place - specific location TBA.

**We can't do this alone. We need you.**
*We have Preparation and Election Day jobs.*
To volunteer and help ensure our Democracy works contact:

Dave: 707-845-3749 or [e-mail]
For more info: www.studycaliforniaballots.org or www.voterconfidencecommittee.org

Download this flier.
Download 1/4 page leaflet.

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1. Parallel Poll Worker Training Session, Fri 5:30pm

http://guvwurld.blogspot.com/2005/11/parallel-poll-worker-training-session.html

Parallel Poll Worker Training Session, Fri 5:30pm

The Voter Confidence Committee will be conducting a Parallel Election training session this Friday, 11/4, at 5:30pm at the Liquid Cafe in Eureka's Burre Center (map).

Volunteers will be trained for conducting the Parallel Election next Tuesday, 11/8, when Californians also vote in the special election. Volunteering means serving as a parallel poll worker, encouraging voters to cast a second, secret, parallel ballot that goes in the parallel ballot box until we count the votes by hand, in public, after the polls close.

The parallel election is a way to double-check the accuracy of the official votes counted on trade-secret Diebold software. Please see this press release for more details.

Also listen for my interview with Mike Dronkers on KHUM, Thursday at 1pm. If you're outside of Humboldt tune in at KHUM.com.

If you are in Humboldt, and you missed it on Monday, I'll be on TV again Thursday night for Seeking Solutions with Eileen McGee. That's ch. 12 @ 6pm, though I come on at about 6:45. I've got this on DVD and will make it available online soon.