A Fair and Balanced Look at the DoJ's HAVA Lawsuit Against NY

Bill Bored

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Fri Mar-24-06 05:08 PM
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A Fair and Balanced Look at the DoJ's HAVA Lawsuit Against NY

Edited on Fri Mar-24-06 05:14 PM by Bill Bored

NY: The DoJ's got NOTHIN'! (And they know it!):rofl:

As this author predicted, the evildoers in Abu Gozales's justice department are backing off from requiring the great state of NY to FULLY COMPLY with the anti-Constitutional provisions in the Orwellian Help America Vote Act by this year's Primary Election in Sept.

The suit, which among other things, could have required the state to waste millions of taxpayer dollars on the purchase of insecure, unreliable, riggable and exploitable electronic voting systems, which have been known to be extremely problematic in other states -- possibly affecting the outcome of elections -- continues. But the following report issued by New Yorkers for Verified Voting indicates that Abu and the rest of the Shrubbies are backing off a bit.

I suspect it's because they know they don't have a case. Never did. Never will.

After all, what court in its right mind would sanction the replacement of relatively reliable, relatively secure, and relatively accurate mechanical lever voting machines with open-source hardware that can be readily inspected at any time before, during or after an election, with unreliable hardware and secret vote counting by private corporations using proprietary software that can only be audited randomly with paper trails and can only be inspected upon certification or under a court order in the event of a contest of election?

Here is the memo from New Yorkers for Verified Voting detailing the latest developments in the DoJ's non-case. Stay tuned for more Fair and Balanced coverage of this most important development.

Meanwhile: NY! :loveya: -- STILL PROUD TO BE HAVA-FREE!:patriot:

(Fair and balanced.)

From: New Yorkers for Verified Voting, www.nyvv.org
March 23, 2006

The Motion to Intervene in the Department of Justice/NYS HAVA lawsuit filed
by New Yorkers for Verified Voting, the League of Women Voters of New York
State, and other New York State citizens was denied today in U.S. District
Court. Judge Gary Sharpe expressed concern about keeping the case from
getting unwieldy if too many parties became involved. The Court held open
the possibility that the proposed Intervenors may be allowed to participate
later, at a point when a specific plan for HAVA compliance has been
proposed.

In another positive development, Judge Sharpe pressed the Department of
Justice (DOJ) to concede that it is not seeking to force the remedy called
for in the original complaint, which called for "full and complete" HAVA
compliance by September. The DOJ attorney signaled that they do not intend
to try to force full compliance this year, and understand that there are
physical constraints on what could be realistically accomplished in the
remaining time.

In a new development, the Court ordered the State Board of Elections to
produce a proposed compliance plan by April 10. The Department of Justice
will then have 10 days to react. At that point, the Court will evaluate the
plan and determine how to proceed. The State Board has indicated that it is
still working out the details of an interim solution.

"Our constitutional right to vote and to have those votes accurately counted
must be protected." said Bo Lipari, Executive Director of New Yorkers for
Verified Voting. "We believe that our Motion to Intervene should have been
granted, so that New York State citizens have a voice in the outcome.
However, we are encouraged that the Court has held the door open for us to
participate later, when a specific plan is on the table."