30,000 sign e-voting petition sent out by Howard Dean last night.

[madfloridian]

http://www.blogforamerica.com/

E-Voting Expert Weighs In As 27,000 Sign Petition
Twleve hours ago, Governor Dean sent a message to the grassroots calling for transparency in our voting systems. In those twelve hours -- in the middle of the night and this morning -- over 27,000 people have signed the petition!

Keep forwarding Governor Dean's message, and keep inviting your friends to sign. We will present this petition to the Congress and the secretaries of state who have purchased electronic voting machines.

The response has been overwhelming because this issue is so vitally important. As David Dill, a professor at Stanford and a leading expert of electronic voting, writes a special op-ed for the DFA homepage today:

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/

Every election is in question unless there is some way to do a recount. For example, late last year there was an election in Florida where 134 blank votes were cast when there was a single race on the ballot. Supposedly, 134 voters drove to the polls, signed in, walked up to the machine, and voted for no one. There was a mandatory recount under Florida law because the margin of victory was 12 votes. The recount was conducted by printing out a second copy of the vote totals. I've heard at least five explanations for the 134 non-votes, but there is no way to know what really happened.

How would you feel if the the Presidential race or the control of the Senate were decided similarly in November?

You can read the whole commentary over in today's op-ed on DemocracyForAmerica.com.

You can have your say when you sign the petition calling for verifiable voting:

http://petition.democracyforamerica.com/page/p/verify

UPDATE: Past 30,000 as of 11 AM ... have you signed?