BREAKING: Suit Filed to Halt Purchase, Use of Touch-Screen Machines in CO!

[BradBlog]

BREAKING: Voters File Lawsuit to Halt Purchase, Use of All Touch-Screen Voting Machines in Colorado!
Complaint Seeks to Stop Use of Electronic Voting Systems Made by Diebold, Sequoia, ES&S and Hart InterCivic
Broadest State Filing Against Voting Machines Yet Filed, Follows Similar Suits in California, Arizona, New Mexico

In a complaint said to the broadest yet filed to halt the rise of the electronic voting machines, a non-partisan group of voters have announced they are filing suit today in Colorado to stop the the purchase and use of Direct Recording Electronic ("DRE" or touch-screen) voting machines in the state, The BRAD BLOG can now reveal.

The suit, being filed today in Denver District Court and modeled after similar actions filed previously in California, Arizona and New Mexico, calls for an immediate halt to the use of touch-screen machines made by all four of the major electronic voting machine vendors currentlly doing business in Colorado.

The group, advised and organized by VoterAction.org contends that voting machines made by Diebold, Sequoia Voting Systems, Election Systems and Software Inc. (ES&S) and Hart InterCivic "have a well-documented history of problems with security, reliability, verifiability, and disability access."...

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http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002895.htm

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[stepnw1f]

1. BAM, BAM, BAM! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

:evilgrin:

[redqueen]

2. wow... that's fantastic!

:bounce:

[KansDem]

3. LIVE FREE OR DIEBOLD!!!

Looks like Colorado is opting to "live free" :thumbsup:

[Hawkeye-X]

11. I took the initiative to inform the PR people at Progressive Now Action

when I heard that Dennis Gallagher decided to purchase the touchscreen DRE's because he "had no choice" to comply with HAVA.

Bullshit.

So, I'm glad they're definetely working together on this.

Hawkeye-X

[DearAbby]

4. YES!

Awesome!


:applause: :bounce:

[Turn CO Blue]

5. Just brilliant! Yay for those voters in Colorado! n/t

[yurbud]

6. now if we could just get Dems to start taking this seriously

[Divine Discontent]

16. that HL guy said he talked to Kerry today

check the thehollywoodliberal.com (I think that's the web addy) and you'll see where he said Kerry mentioned stopping the elec. machines today when he told Kerry about Ah-nuld's move earlier....



www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <--- CHECK THIS OUT 06 & 08 ProDem AntiRep & AntiBush stickers & shirts

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

7. I Like it! I Like It A Lot! BTW here is the Colorado Democratic Party

Platform:

Platform of the Democratic Party of Colorado, 2006

http://coloradodems.org/content/view/393/0/

Please link to it with the words Colorado Democratic Party Platform

Thanks!

JB

[ArmchairMeme]

8. K & R

That's great!

[AX10]

9. K&R

:party:
:bounce:
:kick:

[pola]

10. new links ? these don't work... eom

[Jack Rabbit]

12. Excellent

!!

[Amaryllis]

13. k and r

[FogerRox]

14. Sweet.......... KNR

[Wilms]

15. K&R n/t

[genieroze]

17. Good

[Rainscents]

18. Another one for Andy!!!

Andy is watching over us!!!O8) O8)

[jsamuel]

19. can someone do this in Arkansas?

[Vidar]

20. Lead on, Colorado!