E-voting opponents leave mark-By lawsuits and law, paper ballots regaining ground

[kpete]

E-voting opponents leave mark
By lawsuits and law, paper ballots regaining ground
By Myung Oak Kim, Rocky Mountain News
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Some think government and the makers of electronic voting machines have too much power over elections.

Some don't want computers to have any part in how we elect representatives.

Still others believe Al Gore got cheated out of the presidency.

Agree with them or not, these well-educated and persistent local activists are more than a fringe political voice.

Their work is part of why Colorado voters will see fewer electronic voting machines and more paper ballots during this fall's presidential election. They also are a big reason the legislature passed a measure creating a new election-reform commission to study how we conduct elections and suggest changes to state officials.

much more at:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jun/24/e-voting-opponents-leave-mark/

[Stevepol]

1. Great article. K&R!

[kster]

2. This part made my day

"The group of people who were concerned about electronic voting started as a very small group and were not paid much attention to," said outgoing Senate Majority Leader Ken Gordon, D-Denver. "But I believe the group has gotten larger. It's become more mainstream and people are paying more attention to them."

Your goddam right they are!!!



Break out what paper ballots that we have, in the neighborhood/polling place and count em, BY HAND.

Simple Solution......... K&R


:)

[intheflow]

4. Denver has a great group of people who've been working hard on this issue.

K&R for their good work in helping to restore the Denver election process. :kick:

[BeFree]

5. Hey, keest!!!

Where the heck are all the so called Election Integrity (EI) folks on a great thread like this? Here we have a wonderful sign of citizen reform and I expected all those naysayers turned EI'ers to be all over this thread, but all I see here are true reformers.

EI'ers, where are you? Hello, anybody home?

*crickets*

[lonestarnot]

3. There is hope!

:applause:

[EFerrari]

6. What a great article. What about reposting in GD?

Thanks, kpete!