Election Verification Project - press conference Nov 18

[WestHoustonDem]

Coalition of Voting Rights, Computer Security Experts Hold Post-Election Press Conference
November 18th, 2004





FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:

Faye Anderson, for the
Election Verification Project
[e-mail]

NEWS ADVISORY


WHAT:

A national coalition of voting rights and computer security experts will hold a post-election press conference to provide a preliminary analysis of electronic voting problems and solutions, and their implications for increasing voters' confidence in the legitimacy of elections.

WHO:

-- Kim Alexander, California Voter Foundation
-- Lillie Coney, National Committee for Voting Integrity/Electronic Privacy Information Center
-- David Dill, Ph.D., Verified Voting Foundation
-- Will Doherty, Verified Voting Foundation / Election Incident Reporting System
-- Chellie Pingree, Common Cause
-- Matt Zimmerman, Electronic Frontier Foundation

WHEN:

Thursday, Nov. 18, 10:30 a.m. to 12 Noon

WHERE:

Cabinet Room
Beacon Hotel and Corporate Quarters (formerly Governor's House Hotel)
1615 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
(Metro Stop: Dupont Circle or Farragut North)

The Election Verification Project is a coalition of technology, legal and voting rights organizations committed to promoting transparency and accountability in the voting process. The Project advances reforms that reduce computerized voting risks, and fosters public confidence in the integrity and accuracy of the electoral process.

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[indigo11153]

1. hummm.

So this might be good. Who are these people and what are they up too?

[Eloriel]

2. All good. Don't worry, all good. nt/

[WestHoustonDem]

4. More info here...

http://www.verifiedvoting.org/index.php

[Helga Scow Stern]

3. Kick.

[madrigal]

5. Any updates on this? n/t

[kitp]

6. anyone have any news on this?

kick

[Blue in the face]

7. Kick

I'd also like to know what was said. It was my impression that www.verifiedvoter.org was laying down like a dog over the potential fraud issue.

On the other hand, Common Cause is stepping up to the plate!

"Due to overwhelming turnout and high community concern, we will now host a meeting in Cincinnati. We invite voters and poll workers from around the state to testify on this year's election at the following venues, tonight, November 18, starting at 6:30 pm:

Corryville Public Library
2802 Vine Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45219

To get involved, sponsor this hearing, or testify please contact Bill Woods at 513-381-4041.

Please also note that Common Cause and several other national organizations are supporting a request for a recount of votes in the presidential race in Ohio. And, we are calling on Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, whose partisanship in this election has drawn comparisons to Katherine Harris in Florida, to remove himself from any recount related procedures. So if you have not done so already, please join us in signing our nationwide petition requesting that Secretary Blackwell remove himself from any and all recount procedures:

www.commoncause.org/DemandPureOhioRecount

Please sign our petition and forward it to everyone you know so that we can help erase any doubt about the integrity of election process in Ohio."

[madrigal]

8. ABC/AP coverage

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=263829