[E-voting] major new doc on electronic elections

[Catherine Ansbro]

This announces and has a link to a newly-revised document created by 
Voters Unite for distribution to election supervisors and boards of 
election in the US and anyone else interested in issues related to 
electronic voting.

I think you'll find it well worth reading.

Catherine
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Press Release - VotersUnite.org
Contact:
Ellen Theisen
ellen at votersunite.org <mailto:ellen at votersunite.org>
360-437-9922
John Gideon
jgideon at votersunite.org <mailto:jgideon at votersunite.org>
360-377-4925

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

VotersUnite.Org Announces the Release of
"Myth Breakers: Facts about Electronic Elections"

Port Ludlow, Washington. January 20, 2005. The second edition of "Myth 
Breakers" is now available on the VotersUnite.Org website 
(http://www.votersunite.org/MB2.pdf). This compendium of facts about 
electronic elections is an updated version of "Myth Breakers for 
Election Officials," released in April of 2004.

The first edition was distributed to at least 839 county election 
officials and innumerable others including Congress, state legislators, 
and journalists. The document was also testimony in three court cases 
related to electronic voting.

"We're hoping the new edition is distributed even more widely. Our 
decision-makers need solid, factual information in order to make wise 
decisions about election systems — decisions some of them are in the 
process of making right now," said Ellen Theisen, Executive Director of 
VotersUnite.Org and author of the document.

Like the first edition, the new release contains well-documented, 
fully-footnoted facts about:

- HAVA misconceptions, such as the false belief that HAVA requires 
electronic voting
- the inadequate performance of electronic election equipment in past 
elections
- price comparisons for election systems
- HAVA-compliant alternatives to DREs
- some of the sources of the misinformation

The second edition is updated with news reports about the performance of 
election systems in the 2004 General Election, additional information 
about the testing and certification process for voting systems, and more 
details about the complexities added by the use of software to run 
elections.

Journalists and concerned citizens, as well as decision-makers, are 
invited to download and read the document, which is freely available at: 
http://www.votersunite.org/MB2.pdf.

This media release is available at: 
http://www.votersunite.org/takeaction/mb2-media.htm

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(Message edited by JohnGideon on January 20, 2005)
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