OT: DECEMBER 2nd - 8th IS HR2239 WEEK!!!

[Jim Herrmann]

For those of you who are interested in a verifiable election process by 
requiring a paper trail, please contact your representative about HR2239 
ASAP.  This bill also bans the use of undisclosed software and wireless 
communications.  I would recommend that you tell your rep and your 
senators that open source voting software is the only way to make it 
trustworthy.  There, that makes it on topic.

Here Aman Batheja, here's a topic for you to sink your teeth into and 
put a real story about a real problem in the KC Star for a change.  Open 
Source Software is the only way to create reliable voting machines.  See 
Wired: "Aussies Do It Right: E-Voting" 
http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,61045,00.html for a good start.  
Here's a snip.

"While critics in the United States grow more concerned each day about 
the insecurity of electronic voting machines, Australians designed a 
system two years ago that addressed and eased most of those concerns: 
They chose to make the software running their system completely open to 
public scrutiny.

Although a private Australian company designed the system, it was based 
on specifications set by independent election officials, who posted the 
code on the Internet for all to see and evaluate. What's more, it was 
accomplished from concept to product in six months. It went through a 
trial run in a state election in 2001.

Critics say the development process is a model for how electronic voting 
machines should be made in the United States.

Called eVACS, or Electronic Voting and Counting System, the system was 
created by a company called Software Improvements 
<http://www.softimp.com.au/index.html> to run on Linux, an open-source 
operating system available on the Internet."

Thanks for your time, and don't forget to contact your senators and 
representatives,
Jim Herrmann

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Subject: 	DECEMBER 2nd - 8th IS HR2239 WEEK!!!
From: 	VerifiedVoting.org: Pass HR2239 <pass2239 at verifiedvoting.org>
Reply-To: 	<pass2239 at verifiedvoting.org>
To: 	2239 <pass2239 at verifiedvoting.org>

DECEMBER 2nd - 8th IS HR2239 WEEK!!!

One more week until the Congressional session is over (probably).
One more week this year to make a huge difference.
One more week to call Representatives at 1-800-839-5276 and urge support.
Start today.

We have 84 co-sponsors, including three Republicans. We know of at least
one, maybe as many as 10 more, who have signed on but haven't shown up on
the Thomas site yet. We've all had a short break, so,  let's dig in one more
time this year and get more Representatives on board with the goal of fair
elections.

Call your Representative and 4 others today.
Call 2 more every day this week.
Call your Senators and ask for a companion bill.

Do it, do it, do it!!

Thanks,
~ the VerifiedVoting.org team