Iowa,April 27th:VotersUnite.org Delivers the E-Voting Goods

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Iowa,April 27th:VotersUnite.org Delivers the E-Voting Goods


Media Alert

Project Myth Breaker delivers facts on E-voting to local election officials

WHO: Activists in multiple counties around Iowa, recruited through Democracy for Iowa (www.democracyforiowa.com) in collaboration with VotersUnite!, a non-partisan voter awareness organization.

WHAT: A simultaneous delivery of "Myth Breakers for Election Officials," a 59-page research document detailing little-known e-voting facts including:

- HAVA misunderstandings
- recent election disasters
- price comparisons of e-voting systems
- hidden costs of DREs
- election complexities of DREs
- alternative HAVA-compliant voting systems

WHERE: County election officials’/auditors’ offices in multiple counties throughout Iowa. The locations are listed at (http://www.votersunite.org/takeaction/kickoff-participantsIA.htm).

WHEN: Tuesday, April 27

Background Brief

"Myth Breakers for Election Officials," was compiled through extensive research by Ellen Theisen, co-founder of VotersUnite! and former Executive Director of VerifiedVoting.org.

"Election officials are in a real bind," says Ms. Theisen. "They are under pressure to make decisions quickly about a complex machine that carries out the most important function in our democracy. In most cases they rely on the vendors, and that isn't always the best source of objective information."

"Even the local media is sometimes sidetracked by the enormous amount of misinformation being distributed. We’re here to help them separate fact from myth."

Individual activists and members of grassroots organizations across the country, united in this nationwide campaign known as Project Myth Breaker, will download "Myth Breakers for Election Officials,” at (www.votersunite.org) and distribute the document until each of over 3000 local election officials across the United States has received a copy.

"Nothing is more important to a democracy than assuring fair elections," says Dr. Alta L. Price, co-founder of the new statewide organization Democracy for Iowa, inspired by Howard Dean’s Democracy for America. "We also believe in fiscally responsible government, and want to ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent wisely when voting machines are purchased. We would like to deliver this document to every county auditor in Iowa."

Members of the press are also invited to download their copies at (www.votersunite.org/takeaction/mythbreakers.pdf)

Contact:
Alta L. Price, MD
563-332-5051 or 563-421-1140
[e-mail]
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Ellen Theisen
360-437-9922
[e-mail]