Materials List – Briefing

8/20/07

 

 

1. Photos

    a. PBOS pollsite - http://www.wheresthepaper.org/PBOSpollsiteBW200KB.pdf

    b. PBOS vs VVPAT - http://www.wheresthepaper.org/NYPBOSvsVVPAT.pdf

 

2. Basic info

    a. Overview of political process - http://www.wheresthepaper.org/OverviewNYprocess.htm

    b. New voting machines for NY -

        http://www.wheresthepaper.org/NewVotingMachinesForNY.doc

    c. Keep Electronic Voting out of NY State! What’s Bad, What’s Good

        http://www.wheresthepaper.org/KeepEvotingOutOfNYBadGood.htm

 

3. Big problems

    a. Long voter wait lines - http://www.wheresthepaper.org/PeakHoursWaitTimeReport.pdf

    b. High cost, initial and recurring - http://www.wheresthepaper.org/ny.html#costReports

    c. Privatization of public elections – PEF Resolution..

        http://www.wheresthepaper.org/PEF_opscan_res1_proofed4_1.htm

    d. Targetted disenfranchisement of minorities

(1)   Electronic Voting: New High-Tech Ways to Disenfranchise African-Americans  http://www.wheresthepaper.org/EballotsDisenfranchiseAfricanAmericans.pdf

(2)  HAVA and HR811 – Voting Machines’ Impact on Minority Communities

      http://www.wheresthepaper.org/HAVAandHR811MinorityImpact070330.htm

(3) Wrong Time for an E-vote Glitch - Evidence that minority ballots can be handled

      “differently" – http://www.wheresthepaper.org/WrongTimeForAnEvoteGlitch.htm

            (4) New Mexico – 2 DREs accounted for 8% Hispanic and Native American undervotes

                  http://www.votersunite.org/info/NM_UVbyMachineandEthnicity.pdf

(5) New Mexico undervote rate plummets after switch from DREs to paper ballots

                  http://www.votersunite.org/info/NM_UVbyBallotTypeandEthnicity.pdf

            (6) Parallel Testing Program, Findings (lost votes on Spanish ballots, pages 24-27)

                  http://www.wheresthepaper.org/Limited_Parallel_Testing_Findings.pdf

            (7) PRLDEF statement.

                 http://www.wheresthepaper.org/PRLDEF5_07PaperBallots.pdf

            (8) Coalition of Black Trade Unionists resolution, May 19, 2007.

                 http://www.wheresthepaper.org/CBTU_NYC_PBOSresolution.pdf

            (9) English Proficiency and the Eligible Voter Pool, NYC Dept. of City Planning

                 http://www.wheresthepaper.org/BOE_EngProficiency.pdf

 

4. Trust? Computers are as "trustworthy” as the people who make and use them

    a. FBI Computer Crime Survey of 2005 – 87% had “security incidents,” 64% lost money

        (the incident was not trivial), and 44% had intrusions from within their organization.

        http://houston.fbi.gov/pressrel/2006/ho011906.htm

    b. CA Secy of State Bowen, Press Release

        www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting_systems/ttbr/db07_042_ttbr_system_decisions_release.pdf

    c. CA Secy of State Bowen, Overview of Red Team Reports

        http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting_systems/ttbr/red_overview.pdf

    d. EAC Interim Accreditation, Independent Test Authorities, Assessment Report, CIBER &

        Wyle, http://www.wheresthepaper.org/Ciber_WyleAssessment_July2006.pdf

    e. Election Fraud in America: The Problem is Secret Procedures and Lack of Observers

        http://www.wheresthepaper.org/ElectionFraud_DontWorryAboutPaperBallots.htm

    f. Resolution 228-A, New York City Council, Aug. 16, 2006

        http://www.wheresthepaper.org/ny.html#CCreso228

 

5. Voting Machine Industry – a record of failure

    a. E-Voting Failures in Nov 2006 -

        http://www.wheresthepaper.org/E-VotingIn2006Mid-Term.pdf

    b. Watchdog Group finds 100,000 errors in one election in one county

        www.wheresthepaper.org/YahooNews060223WatchdogGroupQuestions2004FlaVote.htm

    c. ES&S - the Midas Touch in Reverse -

        http://www.votersunite.org/info/ESSMidasinreverse.asp

 

6. Accessibility

    a. The most accessible equipment now and for the foreseeable future is PBOS -- Noel Runyan,

        “Improving Access to Voting” Report on technology for accessible voting systems -

        http://www.voteraction.org/reports/improving_access.pdf

    b. Blind and Disabled Voter Advocates call for immediate ban of DREs, March 14, 2007

        http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4270

 

7. Irresponsible Vendors

    a. New York State Office of the State Comptroller, Bulletin No. G-221,

       Vendor Responsibility: Standards, Procedures and Documentation Requirements

        http://www.osc.state.ny.us/agencies/gbull/g221.htm

    b. Voting System Companies Fail to Meet NY State’s Requirements for “Responsible 

        Contractors” -  http://www.wheresthepaper.org/IrresponsibleVendors070710.pdf

    c. Abstract Memo I, The Voting Vendors Scheduled for Certification Testing Are Ineligible to

        Contract with New York State  -  http://www.wheresthepaper.org/Memo1Abstract.pdf

    d. Abstract Memo II, Alternative Voting Systems That Are HAVA-compliant, NYS-compliant

        and Democracy-compliant

        http://www.wheresthepaper.org/Memo2Abstract.pdf

 

8. Editorial Endorsements

    http://www.nyvv.org/reports/EditorialEndorsements.pdf

 

9. Optical scanners can be diagnosed and fixed when they malfunction

    http://www.wheresthepaper.org/NYCBOEScanRpt030515.pdf

 

10. Where to start

a. Learn the issue – subscribe to the Daily Voting News (email to jgideon at votersunite.org)

b. Take a position

    c. Invite speakers to local groups

    d. Voice your concern to your party and all elected officials

    e. Join local activists – send an email to admin at WheresThePaper.org for help finding your local group

 

11. Longer briefing:

Choose PBOS, not DREs, www.wheresthepaper.org/ChoosePBOS_notDREs.htm

 

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