MidHudson Verified Voting

Actions
• Critical •	County Legislators: info Ask you legislaor to get the facts before they "write a check" for HAVA expenses. GO here!
• Ongoing •	Letter Writing Campaign! Folks can write letters to their local newspaper and to County and State Commissioners! Look here for some sample letters.Or reference this recent New York Times editorial For submission to the Poughkeepsie Journal, go here
	Voter: Email for a County Resolution Here is an easy email form to your county legislator giving them the facts about cost-effective ballot scanners. GO here!
	Here is an easy form to coordinate several actions. GO here!
	Voter: Email for Fiscal Responsibility Here is an easy email form to your county legislator giving them the facts about cost-effective ballot scanners. GO here!
	Mayors and Town Supervisors: Info Local governements will be asked to pick up some of the county-mandated election decisions. Local elected officials should GO here to get the facts before they "write a check" for HAVA expenses.

	Questions for Republican Candidates Why are so many of our Republican Leaders and Candidates: Complacent about private corporations counting our votes? Uninformed about the use of computerized voting to hamper seniors' voting participation? Unwilling to inform themselves about the significant cost overruns from touchscreen voting systems? Unable to follow the Republican Governor of Maryland's leadership in pushing for paper ballots & optical scanners? Unable to follow Republican Assemblyman Joel Miller's leadership in pushing for paper ballots & optical scanners? Refusing to oppose electronic voting now, when Election Commissioners are asked to pick a system without knowing what it will even cost? Inform them!
	Questions for Democratic Candidates Why are so many of our Democratic Leaders and Candidates: Complacent about private corporations counting our votes? Uninformed about the use of computerized voting to target minorities for “blank votes”? Unaware that touchscreen voting machines add uncertainty to close election races? Unwilling to inform themselves about the significant cost overruns from touchscreen voting systems? Unable to follow the Democratic Governor of New Mexico's leadership in pushing for paper ballots & optical scanners? Refusing to rein in costs, when New York State Election Commissioners are asked to pick a system without knowing what it will even cost? Refusing to acknowledge that if we don’t oppose electronic voting this year, we will have Security concerns down the line? Refusing to follow the DNC recommendation to support paper ballots & optical scanners, and oppose electronic voting? Inform them!
March/April 2006	Letter Writing Campaign! Folks can write letters to their local newspaper and to County and State Commissioners! Look here for some sample letters.Or reference this recent New York Times editorial For submission to the Poughkeepsie Journal, go here
File a Complaint Against HAVA Did you know that if your state took any funds from the federal government to purchase voting machines you have the legal right to file a complaint? And that you must be given a public hearing in the bargain if you ask for one? According to the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Section 402 any person who believes that there is a violation of any provision of HAVA Title III (including a violation which has occurred, is occurring, or is about to occur) may file a complaint which must then be dealt with in 90 days time. Title III of HAVA is the section that includes such things as the accessibility mandates of voting devices for disabled-voters, the ability to verify the votes selected by the voter on the ballot before the ballot is cast and counted, the requirement for warning voters of overvotes, audit capacity of voting systems, provisional voting, computerized statewide voter registration lists, and other issues. John Gideon (of VoteTrustUSA) has filed a compliant and it is now posted in full. HAVA mandates that every state must create a process for such complaints to be filed by voters. Feel free to use Gideon's complaint as a template if you like, or drop John Gideon an email if you have any specific questions.
Ongoing Actions :
Circulate and get signatures on the Columbia County Petition for PBOS Voting
Circulate and get signatures on the Dutchess County Petition for PBOS Voting
Circulate and get signatures on the Greene County Petition for PBOS Voting
Circulate and get signatures on the Orange County Petition for PBOS Voting
Circulate and get signatures on the Putnam County Petition for PBOS Voting
Circulate and get signatures on the Ulster County Petition for PBOS Voting Be a voting hero; present the isue to your own community group, circle, town board, civic association. Download and present the New Voting Presentation (using Powerpoint or Keynote).
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