Action Alert From VelvetRevolution and VoteTrustUSA

[JohnGideon]

Velvet Revolution and VoteTrustUSA are leading an effort to get citizens to tell the National Institute of Standards and Technology to listen to the voters rather than the corporations that sell voting machines.

NIST is developing standards for voting machines that will be forwarded to the Election Assistance Commission for review. The NIST process has been clearly favoring the views of the corporations first. By visiting Velvet Revolution at http://www.velvetrevolution.us/mailing.php?Mailing=02FA807D5000506022D32 you can send them a letter telling them that we want a voter verified paper record for recounts and audits that is inexpensive and simple to use -- and not to let the manufacturers set their own rules.

For more on the problem with NIST's process read "Is the NIST Technical Guidelines Development Committee Working for You, the Voter?: Voting Machine Rulemakers Poised to Violate Their Public Interest Mandate" by John Gideon http://www.dissidentvoice.org/May05/Gideon0505.htm or on Lynn Landes' site at http://www.ecotalk.org/NIST-EAC.htm

[EC]

1. done......... ............n/t

[dzika]

2. done. nt.

[Wilms]

3. Thanks. n/t

[RedEagle]

4. Kick

NM

[kster]

5. kick.nt

[hangloose]

6. completed with a smile ;)

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

7. reply from Ctr for Dem & Election Mgmt, also NIST

*I followed this action the other day and received this response:

I hope you will see what recommendations the Commission proposes before you weigh its value. Please wait and see how valuable the suggestions are.

Thank you,

N. M. Byrd


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Center for Democracy & Election Management
3201 New Mexico Avenue, NW Suite 265
Washington, DC 20016-8026
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.american.edu/internationalaffairs/cdem/


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To: [email protected]
From: Date: 04/28/2005 07:33PM
Subject: James Baker takes away any creditability you have, no confidence here


Nothing you do will have any legitimacy as long as James Baker is on this commission.
The commission is just a big farce, and due to his presence on it, the public will
have even less confidence in the election process.
What a sad day for our country.
Regards;

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Here is the other reply I got:

At 07:53 PM 5/6/2005 -0400, _____________ wrote:

I am joining VelvetRevolution, VoteTrustUSA and over 100 other electoral reform and voting rights groups in demanding that the standards to be adopted by the Election Assistance Commission (“EAC”) be in the public interest and in compliance with the federal Help American Vote Act (“HAVA”). I am very concerned, on the basis of published reports and

*Thank you for your comments.They will be posted shortly on the voting web site. They will also be available for review by the Technical Guidelines Development Committee and NIST staff

Regards


Allan C. Eustis
NIST Voting Systems Standards
Technology Building 225 Room B257
100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8901
Gaithersburg , Md. 20899-8901

[GettysbergII]

8. Done...kick

[Peace Patriot]

9. Done! Kick! n/t

[Carolab]

10. That felt good.

Thanks.

[Amaryllis]

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