Reply #4: The endorsement of Hillary - who is the sponsor of the Senate bill version of HR811 - by those

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wanting changes to HR811 before it is passed, is bad in what way?


Democracy for NH is indeed part of the group urging changes to HR811 - AND THEY ARE on our side.

As Kathy Dopp has said in a press release (and I stand with Kathy):
http://www.uscountvotes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=144&Itemid=41

"According to leaders of The National Election Data Archive, Black Box Voting, Democracy for New Hampshire, and Citizens’ Alliance for Secure Elections, OH, there are serious flaws in current election reform proposals proposed by U.S. Congressman Rush Holt and Senator Bill Nelson (HR 811 & S559) and by Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Senator Hillary Clinton (HR1381 & S804).

Some election officials agree. Douglas A. Kellner, Co-Chair of the New York State Board of Elections in a March 20, 2007 email correspondence said: "Congress got it wrong when it passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002 and there is a high probability that HR 811 in its current form could create another form of expensive mischief that could interfere with efficient administration of elections."

The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) have also written a joint letter on March 19, 2007 urging members of Congress to oppose HR811/S559.

Yet, federal election reform legislation is critically needed in early 2007 if it is to be in effect in time to assure the accuracy and truth of 2008 federal elections.

Kathy Dopp, President of the National Election Data Archive with help from state and county election officials and other election integrity activists such as Bev Harris, Director of Black Box Voting; Nancy Tobi, Cofounder of Democracy for New Hampshire and Chair, NH Fair Elections Committee; and Phil Fry of Citizens’ Alliance for Accurate Secure Elections OH have authored a "One-Page Concept Proposal for Federal Election Reform Legislation". The key ideas of their proposals are 1) citizen oversight of elections, 2) sufficient manual counts of paper ballots to verify the accuracy of election outcomes, 3) prohibit and monitor voter disenfranchisement, and 4) well-planned, long-term improvement of voting systems. They are also recommending that the US Election Assistance Commission be dissolved.

According to Dopp, their “One-Page Concept Proposal for Federal Election Reform Legislation” has more reasonable time frames, enforceable requirements, provisions for citizen oversight, respect of states’ rights and flexibility, provides sufficient funding to cover its requirements, and is more cost-efficient and effective than current election reform proposals.

AS TO THE ENDORSEMENT BY THE DISABLED DEAN SUPPORTER ROGER GUNN - THERE IS ALSO NO PROBLEM - HERE IS HIS BIO FROM RUN FOR OFFICE INTERNET SITE:

http://www.rogergoun.org/



Roger Goun, 46, grew up in New York, where he attended schools for severely-disabled children. At the age of 16 he began attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, where he studied computer science and engineering.

Roger's software engineering career has included work on computer-aided design and compound document architecture at Digital Equipment Corp., distributed systems research in the JavaSoft division of Sun Microsystems, Internet email infrastructure in Lotus Notes/Domino for IBM, and marketing systems for large retailers at a small startup company.

His political activation came as a result of Gov. Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign, for which Roger volunteered for seven months. Following the 2004 New Hampshire Primary, Roger was one of the co-founders of Democracy for New Hampshire, a state political action committee that supports socially progressive, fiscally responsible candidates. Roger was instrumental in Maggie Hassan's successful 2004 and 2006 State Senate campaigns.

In 2006 Roger founded ListenUp: NH, a non-partisan project that videotaped down-ballot candidates and put them on the Web for free. He currently serves as Technical Director and a member of the Board of Directors of Democracy for New Hampshire, co-chair of the NH Democratic Party's disability constituency caucus, and chair of the Brentwood Democratic Town Committee.

Roger lives in Brentwood with his wife of 21 years, Dr. Jody Kaufman, owner of Brentwood Country Animal Hospital.