CA SoS Bans Diebold

[newsguyatl]

have i missed something? why is there no talk of this here yet?

Calif. secretary of state bans electronic voting in four counties
Eds: Also moving on financial lines
By JIM WASSERMAN
Associated Press Writer
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Citing concerns about security and
reliability, Secretary of State Kevin Shelley banned Friday the use
of touchscreen voting machines in four counties.
Shelley said he may expand the ban to 10 other countries if they
do not meet a score of conditions.
The ban immediately affects new computerized voting machines
manufactured by Diebold Election Systems, the leading touchscreen
provider. Many of them were used for the first time in the March
primaries.
"We are acting boldly and responsibly to improve the system in
time for November," Shelley said.
But the decision means more than 2 million voters in San Diego,
Solano, San Joaquin and Kern counties could see paper ballots in
November, marking their choices in ovals read by optical scanners.
The decision follows a series of failures of touchscreen
machines in primaries this year.
Computer experts have criticized the machines, primarily because
they provide no paper record, saying they are susceptible to
hacking and malfunctions.
At least 50 million voters were expected to use the ATM-like
machines from Diebold and other companies in November.

(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
APTV 04-30-04 1708EDT

[librechik]

1. beat me to it!

great news!

[Dookus]

2. Here's a link to a story

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040430/us_nm/politics_california_voting_dc_1

[MoonRiver]

3. Awesome!!!

Another thread discussed Diebold being banned in Utah, I think.

WE'RE WINNING!!!

Kerry will take out * in a landslide if Americans' votes are simply counted!

[ParanoidPat]

4. We all knew this was coming DAYS ago!

Some of us even helped bring it about. (Thanks Bev, Jim March, Greg, and many many others who called, faxed, wrote and e-mailed! :hi: )

That's the problem with you news guys, you're always the last to know! ;-) :evilgrin:

[MoonRiver]

11. THANKS GUYS AND GALS!!!!!!!!! You are HEROES!!!!!!!

:loveya::grouphug::loveya::grouphug::loveya::grouphug::loveya:

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways!

[newsguyatl]

12. heh, actually i knew about the PENDING decision when YOU did

the news TODAY that i'm posting is that the decision was made.

as well, i'm in contact with bev frequently.

gimme a little credit, eh? ;-)

[ParanoidPat]

21. Sorry, I couldn't resist!

You whore you! :evilgrin: :toast:

[RedEagle]

30. Thanks to All!

Bev, Jim, Greg, AND Pat!

And to everyone who went to the meetings and called and wrote.

Like I've said elsewhere- tell Shelley he done good!

Not just requests, rewards and 'atta boys' too.

Contact information elswhere in this thread.

I just called and they were appreciative of support.

Don't let good actions go unrewarded!

[Trajan]

5. Three Cheers for Bev, Andy, Pat, and the REST of the BBV Crew ! ..

Hip Hip HOORAYYYYYYY ! .....

Hip Hip HOORAYYYYYYY ! .....

Hip Hip HOOOORAYYYYYYYYY ! .....

DAMN you guys are great ! .....

[napi21]

6. Hope we can use this as a precident in other States.

There's been a lot of fighting in Ga. about these touch screen machines. Especially after the 2002 vote where there were so many surprise upsets like Max Clelland and our first Repub Gov. in 130 years!

[MallRat]

7. 10 other COUNTRIES?

"Shelley said he may expand the ban to 10 other countries if they
do not meet a score of conditions."

Wow! I didn't know that the California Secretary of State had such wide-ranging jurisdiction!

;-)

-MR

[SoCalDem]

8. We use Sequoia here in Repube-ville (Riverside county)

:(

[Trajan]

10. I used to live in Riverside ...

Near Van Buren and California ...

I do not miss Riverside one bit ....

[ParanoidPat]

14. SHHHHHH! That's supposed to be a SECRET!

We're forming a coalition of the hot tubbin' cheese eatin' wine drinkin' peacenicks! :evilgrin:

We have dual capitals in San Francisco and Amsterdam. :smoke: :hippie:

[narcjen]

9. Ban the black boxes

Having paper receipts on them are useless. Paper receipts are only useful in case of a close enough race that would require a recount by law. To get around this, Diebold would only need to rig the vote by a large enough margin to avoid the recount.

Lets take a cue from the Irish. 100% paper ballots are the only way to go!

[Trajan]

15. Voter Verified Paper Ballots .....

The 'voting machines' will ONLY print the ballot with the voters choices ....

Who will then REMOVE the paper ballot, and VERIFY it has the proper votes before he drops the 'voter machine' generated and personally verified paper ballot into the ballot box .....

There is NO objection to using machines to PRINT the ballots ... Its the 'DRE" part that is problematic ...

We also still have problems with optical scanners, which can also be comprimised ...

[Occulus]

34. solution to your concern

"Who will then REMOVE the paper ballot, and VERIFY it has the proper votes before he drops the 'voter machine' generated and personally verified paper ballot into the ballot box ....."

One possible solution I have read about to this is a locked metal box with a glass window on the front. The tape passes in front of the window, the voter reads it, confirms their choices, and the tape is cut and dropped into a second sealed box. Two different people have the keys, so to open and collect the paper receipts requires at least two people, plus a possible third to actually remove the box from the machine proper.

Tedious, but necessary, IMO, if we're going to use the voter verified paper trail option.

[BevHarris]

39. Dead on, Trajan,

The subtleties of what you just wrote will take a while to percolate up into consciousness. Keep repeating the message --

If touch screens are used, the best way is to have them act as a printer only, never a vote recorder plus printer.

And optical scan systems have problems too: Washington state, they never were certified at all. And the central tabulator is a security nightmare.

[Cookie wookie]

41. "If touch screens are used,

the best way is to have them act as a printer only, never a vote recorder plus printer."


What does that mean? Why would anyone in their right mind install these expensive voting machines just to use them as printers? That makes no sense.

There are two systems that are NASED certified, one with open source code (TruVote). The TruVote and Accuvote system printing technology can be retrofitted to Diebold voting stations.

To view how TruVote works: http://www.truvote.com. The owner of TruVote, and also the inventor of their voting technology, Athan Gibbs, was killed in a collision with an 18 wheeler truck on March 12, 2004, in Nashville Tennessee, on his way to work. He was demonstrating the technology around the country, which because of the simplicity and auditibility should have put the big vendors out of business, that is if voting administrators around the country knew anything about technology and weren't so gullible (and possible corrupt? maybe) when the big vendors were smoozing them.

Gibbs had just come down from Nashville at the request of Georgia VVPAT activists to demonstrate the technology for the Senate State and Local Governmental Operations committee which was hearing Senate Bill 500, which mandated VVPAT, about a week before his death. The technology survives him, and solves many if not all (it still uses MS OS) of the problems that are inherent with DRE voting. http://www.tennessean.com/obits/archives/04/03/48330576.shtml

However, that being said, my vote is for paper and pencil and old fashioned hand counting. There could be many solutions to how blind voters be accommodated, so they could vote in private, without having to throw away the vote of everyone else,

Sometimes our love for technology exceeds the bounds of common sense.

[BevHarris]

16. 'scuse me? Ireland is going touch screen in 30 days.

I've been doing one interview after the next with Irish media, and the people there are apalled.

Bev

[SoCalDem]

Bev... check this link

http://www.enn.ie/news.html?code=9410281

::E-GOVERNMENT
Irish e-voting system gets canned
Friday, April 30 2004
by Anthony Quinn
in association with


Electronic voting will now not be used at the polls in June, according to the Irish government.

Latest ENN headlines
For the record 30 April
Hanafin publishes upbeat e-gov report
Analyst says 3G will be the norm in 2009




Did you know you can get the e-Government Digest sent direct to your inbox every week? Just email us to get your free copy.




Voters in all constituencies will be using a paper ballot rather than voting electronically on 11 June following the publication of the interim report of the Independent Commission on Electronic Voting.


More time was needed for further testing of the Nedap/Powervote electronic voting system and the commission could not recommend using the proposed system at the local and European elections and the citizenship referendum due to be held on 11 June, reported the 5-member commission Friday. Although the commission's remit was advisory, the government had said that it would abide by whatever recommendations were made.

[ParanoidPat]

19. Bev, this was slash dotted, have you seen this?

http://www.environ.ie/DOEI/DOEIPub.nsf/6fb57b90102ce64c80256d12003a7a0d/da7e7190b31d99db80256e86003b5578?OpenDocument

I think you made a difference there too! :evilgrin: :thumbsup:

<snip>

The Government decided two months ago to establish an independent Electronic Voting Commission to examine the secrecy and accuracy of the chosen electronic voting system. The formal role of the Commission is an advisory one. The Government has nonetheless made it clear that it will respect the recommendations of the Commission which, under its terms of reference, was required to address the application or non-application of electronic voting to the June polls.

The Government notes that the independent Commission is unable to provide sufficient positive assurance, in the time available, in relation to using the chosen system of electronic voting at the June elections. The Government has decided that the electronic voting system will not be used at the June polls. These will be conducted in all constituencies on the basis of the traditional paper ballot. Arrangements will be in place to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the polls on June 11th.

<more>

[ParanoidPat]

17. Part of the proposed solution is a random audit of a percentage.....

.....of all the ballots or paper records in every election to look for problems with the machines. If the paper totals don't match the machine totals then all of the paper is counted. :evilgrin:

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Mountainman]

13. What is the repub take on this?

I would think that either they think there is nothing wrong with the machines or they believe that the machines will be rigged to make Bush the winner.

If Repubs thought that we were going to rig the machines they would have been gone long ago.

[madeuplikebowie]

18. I heard

a repub talking about his dismay over Bush's low approval rating's recently. Then he said "Don't worry, we've got diebold on our side".

sigh...

[narcjen]

20. Contact the state and tell them to ban electronic ballots altogether

We need to keep up the pressure!
-----------------

CALIFORNIA

Secretary of State - Kevin Shelly

California Secretary of State
1500 11th Street
Sacramento, California 95814

Phone: [phone]

Elections Division

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
TDD: 1 800 833 8683 (No Charge to Calling Party)
Vote Fraud Hotline: [phone] VOTE (8683) Recorded
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact: http://www.ss.ca.gov/cgi-bin/

[ParanoidPat]

25. Contact ALL of your election officials and the States Attorney.....

CALIFORNIA

Secretary of State - Kevin Shelly

California Secretary of State
1500 11th Street
Sacramento, California 95814

Phone: [phone]

Elections Division

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
TDD: 1 800 833 8683 (No Charge to Calling Party)
Vote Fraud Hotline: [phone] VOTE (8683) Recorded
E-Mail: [email protected]
Contact: http://www.ss.ca.gov/cgi-bin/print_form.cgi

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[Occulus]

35. electronic ballots don't necessarily need to be banned forever

They only need to be made secure. The only tried and true way to do this is to make the code the machines run completely open source. As in, compile and run it on your livingroom PC.

Let the script kiddies and true hackers around the world find and plug every single security hole there is. Cheaper and more reliable. Public and open, but secret results until the count.

In light of those fact, one wonders why the code is presently secret. Ulterior motive, anyone?

[Duncan Grant]

22. From California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley

<snip>
Friday, April 30, 2004

"I want to state clearly and unequivocally: there will be a paper trail for every single vote cast in the state of California, and it will happen on my watch, " Shelley said.

<snip> http://www.ss.ca.gov/executive/press_releases/2004/04_030.pdf

California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley 2004 News Releases:
http://www.ss.ca.gov/executive/press_releases/news_releases.htm

[Zorra]

23. This is a victory, but the war is far from over.

The republicans are going to throw everything in the book at us to prevent us from "disarming" their not so secret weapon.

[narcjen]

24. Hmmm

"Shelley said he may expand the ban to 10 other countries if they
do not meet a score of conditions."
---------------

I wonder what those conditions may be.

I think they should be banned throughout the entire state, not just a few counties.

[ParanoidPat]

27. I agree with you but what he banned was the TSx machines......

.....used in four counties. The other DRE (Direct Recording Electronic) machines in use are the AccuVote TS model. All the machines were found to be using uncertified software in previous elections.

They all should have been banned IMHO. :evilgrin:

Where are the Secret Service and FBI cyber-crimes guys when you need them? :shrug:

(Hi Mike! :hi: This one's for YOU! :toast: )

[narcjen]

29. Yes, Diebold doesn't need them to be in every county

to fix the election for Bush. Just having them in a few counties would be enough to do the trick.

Shelley should know better. It would be pointless to ban them in only a few areas of the state. The election here is compromised as long as they exist in CA at all.

[UrbScotty]

26. YIPPEEEEEEEEE! Great to hear!

Finally, some good news for a change.

[RedEagle]

28. Get on the Horn to Shelley- And Let Him Know You Support Him!

Shelley is going to get a lot of flack from the Diebold county election officials who are so sold on voting without proof.

In reality, these people should face lawsuits of their own, for purchasing uncertified equipment in the first place. Not one contract line should have been signed without it, irregardless of the paper issue.

Shelley is a hero and he deserves your support and recognition. This isn't everything, but it is a HUGE first step!

[ParanoidPat]

31. Go a step further and call your County Elections Supervisor......

.....Let your elections representatives know what you want! :evilgrin:
Mention the decertification of the TSx machines and ask them to remove all DRE's until the problems have been addressed.

Here's the decertification documents. (PDF) :evilgrin: :thumbsup: :toast:

:kick:Decertification of AccuVote-TSx Voting System:kick:

Decertification and Conditional Certification for certain DREs

Voting Machine Type & Contact Information by County for California.

Alameda (01) ----------- Diebold AccuVote-TS ------ touchscreen / DRE
Bradley J. Clark, Registrar of Voters
1225 Fallon Street, Room G-1
Oakland, California, 94612
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:30am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.alameda.ca.us/rov/index.htm
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Alpine (02) ------------ Datavote ----------------- punchcard
Barbara K. Jones, County Clerk
99 Water (Federal Express Only)
P O Box 158
Markleeville, California, 96120
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:30am - 12:00pm / 1:00pm - 5:00pm
http://www.co.alpine.ca.us/dept/clerk/clerk.html
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Amador (03) ------------ ES&S Optech -------------- optical scan
Sheldon D. Johnson, Registrar of Voters
500 Argonaut Lane
Jackson, California, 95642
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.amador.ca.us/depts/elections/index.htm
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Butte (04) ------------- Mark-A-Vote -------------- optical scan
Candace Grubbs, County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar
25 County Center Drive
Oroville, California, 95965-3375
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
1-800-894-7761 (Toll Free within Butte County only)
Hours 9:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.calaveras.ca.us/departments/recorder.html
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Calaveras (05) --------- Datavote ----------------- punchcard
Karen Varni, County Clerk
Elections Department
891 Mountain Ranch Road
San Andreas, California, 95249
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 4:00pm
http://www.co.calaveras.ca.us/departments/recorder.html

Colusa (06) ------------ ES&S Optech -------------- optical scan
Kathleen Moran, County Clerk-Recorder
546 Jay Street
Colusa, California, 95932
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:30 - 5:00pm
http://www.colusacountyclerk.com/doc.asp?
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Contra Costa (07) ------ Mark-A-Vote -------------- optical scan
Stephen L. Weir, County Clerk
524 Main Street
P O Box 271
Martinez, California, 94553
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.contra-costa.ca.us/depart/elect/index.htm

Del Norte (08) --------- Datavote ----------------- punchcard
Vicki Frazier, County Clerk-Recorder
981 H Street, Room 160
Crescent City, California, 95531
Phone: [phone]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.del-norte.ca.us

El Dorado (09) --------- Datavote ----------------- punchcard
William E. Schultz, Recorder-Clerk - Registrar of Voters
2850 Fairlane Court
P O Box 678001
Placerville, California, 95667
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us/elections
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Fresno (10) ----------- Diebold AccuVote-OS ------ optical scan
Victor E. Salazar, County Clerk/Registrar of Voters
2221 Kern Street
Fresno, California, 93721
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 7:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.fresno.ca.gov/2850/index.html
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Glenn (11) ------------ Datavote ----------------- punchcard
Vince T. Minto, County Clerk-Recorder
516 W. Sycamore Street
Willows, California, 95988
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.countyofglenn.net/Elections/home_page.asp
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Humboldt (12) --------- Diebold AccuVote-OS ------ optical scan
Carolyn Wilson Crnich, Recorder, County Clerk & Registrar of Voters
3033 H Street
Eureka, California, 95501
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:30am - 12:00pm / 1:00pm - 5:00pm
http://www.co.humboldt.ca.us/election
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Imperial (13) --------- Datavote ----------------- punchcard
Dolores Provencio, County Clerk-Recorder
940 West Main Street,
Suite 202
El Centro, California, 92243-2865
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.imperialcounty.net/Election

Inyo (14) ------------- Datavote ----------------- punchcard
Beverly J. Harry, County Clerk/Registrar of Voters
168 North Edwards
P O DRAWER F
Independence, California, 93526
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 9:00am - 12:00pm / 1:00pm - 5:00pm
http://www.countyofinyo.org
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Kern (15) ------------- Diebold AccuVote-TSx ----- touchscreen / DRE
Ann Barnett, Auditor-Controller-County Clerk-Registrar of Voters
Elections Office
1115 Truxtun Avenue
Bakersfield, California, 93301
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.kern.ca.us/elections/
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Kings (16) ------------ Sequioa Optech ----------- optical scan
George Misner, County Clerk-Recorder
Government Center
1400 West Lacey Boulevard
Hanford, California, 93230
Phone: [phone] Ext: 4401
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.countyofkings.com
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Lake (17) ------------- Mark-A-Vote -------------- optical scan
Diane C. Fridley, Registrar of Voters
255 North Forbes Street
Lakeport, California, 95453
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 9:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.lake.ca.us
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Lassen (18) ----------- Diebold AccuVote-OS ------ optical scan
Theresa Nagel, County Clerk
Courthouse
220 South Lassen Street, Suite 5
Susanville, California, 96130
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 9:00am - 12:00pm / 1:00pm - 4:00pm
http://www.clerk.lassencounty.org/registrar.htm
General Election Information E-Mail address: [email protected]

Los Angeles (19) ------ InkaVote ----------------- optical scan
Conny McCormack, Registrar - Recorder/County Clerk
12400 Imperial Hwy.
Norwalk, California, 90650
Mailing Address:
P O Box 1024
Norwalk, California, 90651-1024
Toll Free: 1 800 815 2666
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.lavote.net
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Madera (20) ----------- Mark-A-Vote -------------- optical scan
Rebecca Martinez, County Clerk-Recorder
209 West Yosemite Avenue
Madera, California, 93637
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.madera-county.com
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Marin (21) ------------ Diebold AccuVote-OS ------ optical scan
Madelyn De Justo, Assistant County Clerk/Registrar of Voters
3501 Civic Center, Room 121
San Rafael, California, 94903
Mailing Address:
P O Box E
San Rafael, California, 94913-3904
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am to 4:30pm
http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/RV/main/index.cfm

Mariposa (22) --------- Sequioa Optech ----------- optical scan
Marjorie Wass, County Clerk
Hall of Records
4982 10th Street
P.O. Box 247
Mariposa, California, 95338
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.mariposacounty.org
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Mendocino (23) -------- Diebold AccuVote-OS ------ optical scan
Marsha Wharff, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder
Elections Department
501 Low Gap Rd., Room 1020
Ukiah, California, 95482
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.mendocino.ca.us/acr/index.html
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Merced (24) ----------- ES&S iVotronic ----------- touchscreen / DRE
M. Stephen Jones, County Clerk/Registrar
2222 "M" Street, Room 14
Merced, California, 95340
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.merced.ca.us/elections/index.html
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Modoc (25) ------------ Diebold AccuVote-OS ------ optical scan
Maxine Madison, County Clerk
204 Court Street
P.O. Box 130
Alturas, California, 96101
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:30 - 12:00pm / 1:00pm - 5:00pm
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Mono (26) ------------- Sequioa Optech ----------- optical scan
Renn Nolan, County Clerk-Recorder
Annex II
Bryant Street
P O Box 237
Bridgeport, California, 93517
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 9:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.monocounty.ca.gov

Monterey (27) --------- Datavote ----------------- punchcard
Tony Anchundo, Registrar of Voters
1370 S Main St # B
Salinas, California, 93901
Mailing Address:
PO Box 4400
Salinas, California, 93912
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.MontereyCountyElections.us
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Napa (28) ------------- Sequoia AVC Edge --------- touchscreen / DRE
John Tuteur, Registrar of Voters
Napa County Registrar of Voters
900 Coombs Street, Room 256
Napa, California, 94559-2946
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.napa.ca.us/GOV/Departments
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Nevada (29) ----------- ES&S Optech -------------- optical scan
Lorraine Jewett-Burdick, County Clerk-Recorder
HEW Building
10433 Willow Valley Rd., Suite E
Nevada City, California, 95959-2367
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://new.mynevadacounty.com./elections
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Orange (30) ----------- Hart eSlate -------------- touchscreen / DRE
Steve Rodermund, Registrar of Voters
1300 South Grand Ave., Bldg. C
Santa Ana, California, 92705
Mailing Address:
P O Box 11298
Santa Ana, California, 92711
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.oc.ca.gov/election/
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Placer (31) ----------- Diebold AccuVote-OS ------ optical scan
Jim McCauley, County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar
2956 Richardson Drive
Auburn, California, 95604
Mailing Address:
P O Box 5278
Auburn, California, 95603
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.placer.ca.gov/elections
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Plumas (32) ----------- Diebold AccuVote-TS ------ touchscreen / DRE
Kathleen Williams, County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar of Voters
520 Main Street, Room 102
Quincy, California, 95971
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.countyofplumas.com/clerkrecorder/elections/index.htm
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Riverside (33) -------- Sequoia AVC Edge --------- touchscreen / DRE
Mischelle Townsend, Registrar of Voters
2724 Gateway Drive
Riverside, California, 92507-0918
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.voteinfo.net

Sacramento (34) ------- Mark-A-Vote -------------- optical scan
Jill LaVine, Registrar of Voters
7000 65th Street
Sacramento, California, 95823-2315
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.saccounty.net/elections
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

San Benito (35) ------- Datavote ----------------- punchcard
John R. Hodges, County Clerk-Auditor-Recorder
Courthouse, Room 206
440 Fifth Street
Hollister, California, 95023-3843
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.san-benito.ca.us/departments/car

San Bernardino (36) --- Sequoia AVC Edge --------- touchscreen / DRE
Scott Konopasek, Registrar of Voters
777 East Rialto Avenue
San Bernardino, California, 92415-0770
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.sbcrov.com
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

San Diego (37) -------- Diebold AccuVote-TSx ----- touchscreen / DRE
Sally McPherson, Registrar of Voters
5201 Ruffin Road, Suite I
San Diego, California, 92123
Mailing Address:
P O Box 85656
San Diego, California, 92186-5656
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.sdvote.com
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

San Francisco (38) ---- ES&S Optech -------------- optical scan
John Arntz, Acting Director of Elections
City Hall - 1 Dr. Carlton B Goodlett Place, Room 48
San Francisco, California, 94102-4635
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/election/index.htm
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

San Joaquin (39) ------ Diebold AccuVote-TSx ----- touchscreen / DRE
Debbie Hench, Registrar of Voters
212 North San Joaquin Street
Stockton, California, 95201
Mailing Address:
P O Box 810
Stockton, California, 95201-0810
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.san-joaquin.ca.us/elect
General Election Information Contact Form: http://www.co.san-joaquin.ca.us/elect/contact.htm

San Luis Obispo (40) -- Diebold AccuVote-OS ------ optical scan
Julie Rodewald, County Clerk-Recorder
1144 Monterey Street, Suite A
San Luis Obispo, California, 93408-3237
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.sloclerkrecorder.org/elections/electionsmain.htm
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

San Mateo (41) -------- ES&S Optech -------------- optical scan
Warren Slocum, Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder
40 Tower Road
San Mateo, California, 94402
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.shapethefuture.org
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Santa Barbara (42) ---- Diebold AccuVote-OS ------ optical scan
Joseph E. Holland
County Clerk, Recorder and Assessor
1101 Anacapa, 2nd Floor
Santa Barbara, California, 93102
Mailing Address:
P O Box 159
Santa Barbara, California, 93102-0159
Phone: 805 SBC VOTE (722 8683)
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.sbcvote.com

Santa Clara (43) ------ Sequoia AVC Edge --------- touchscreen / DRE
Jesse Durazo, Registrar of Voters
1555 Berger Drive, Bldg. 2
San Jose, California, 95112
Mailing Address:
P O Box 1147
San Jose, California, 95108-1147
Phone: 408 299 VOTE (8683)
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.sccvote.org
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Santa Cruz (44) ------- Mark-A-Vote -------------- optical scan
Richard W. Bedal, County Clerk-Recorder
701 Ocean Street, Room 210
Santa Cruz, California, 95060-4076
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.votescount.com

Shasta (45) ----------- Sequoia AVC Edge --------- touchscreen / DRE
Ann Reed, County Clerk
1643 Market Street
Redding, California, 96001
Mailing Address:
P O Box 990880
Redding, California, 96099-0880
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.shasta.ca.us/departments/countyclerkregistrarofvoters/index.html

Sierra (46) ----------- Datavote ----------------- punchcard
Mary J. Jungi, County Clerk-Recorder
Courthouse, Room 11
P O DRAWER D
Downieville, California, 95936-0398
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 9:00am - 12:00pm / 1:00pm - 4:00pm
http://www.sierracounty.ws
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Siskiyou (47) --------- Diebold AccuVote-OS ------ optical scan
Colleen Baker, County Clerk
311 - 4th Street, Room 201
Yreka, California, 96097
Mailing Address:
P O Box 338
Yreka, California, 96097-9910
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.siskiyou.ca.us/clerk/index.htm

Solano (48) ----------- Diebold AccuVote-TSx ----- touchscreen / DRE
Laura Winslow, Registrar of Voters
P.O. Box I
Fairfield, California, 94533
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.solanocounty.com/elections
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Sonoma (49) ----------- Mark-A-Vote -------------- optical scan
Janice Atkinson, Assistant Registrar of Voters
435 Fiscal Drive
Santa Rosa, California, 95403
Mailing Address:
P O Box 11485
Santa Rosa, California, 95406-1485
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.sonoma-county.org/regvoter/index.htm

Stanislaus (50) ------- ES&S Optech -------------- optical scan
Lee Lundrigan, County Clerk-Recorder
1021 I Street, Suite 101
Modesto, California, 95354-2331
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 4:00pm
http://www.stanvote.com

Sutter (51) ----------- Mark-A-Vote -------------- optical scan
Joan Bechtel, County Clerk-Recorder
463 Second Street
Yuba City, California, 95991
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.sutter.ca.us/index.aspx?doc=depts/cr/elections.xml

Tehama (52) ----------- Sequoia AVC Edge --------- touchscreen / DRE
Mary Alice George, County Clerk-Recorder
444 Oak St, Room C
Red Bluff, California, 96080
Mailing Address:
P O Box 250
Red Bluff, California, 96080-0250
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.tehamacountyadmin.org/Departments/Elections.htm
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]/elections.cfm

Trinity (53) ---------- Diebold AccuVote-OS ------ optical scan
Dero B. Forslund, County Clerk-Recorder-Assessor
101 Court Street
Weaverville, California, 96093
Mailing Address:
P O Box 1258
Weaverville, California, 96093-1258
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.trinitycounty.org/elections
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Tulare (54) ----------- Diebold AccuVote-OS ------ optical scan
Jimmy R. Allen, Auditor-Controller/Registrar of Voters
221 South Mooney Blvd., Suite G28
Visalia, California, 93291-4596
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.tularecoauditor.org/elections

Tuolumne (55) --------- ES&S Optech -------------- optical scan
Tim R. Johnson, County Clerk-Auditor-Controller
Elections Department
39 N. Washington St., Suite A
Sonora, California, 95370
Mailing Address:
Administration Center
2 South Green Street
Sonora, California, 95370-4696
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm

Ventura (56) ---------- Datavote ----------------- punchcard
Phil Schmit, County Clerk-Recorder-Registrar of Voters
800 South Victoria Avenue, L-1200
Ventura, California, 93009-1200
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.ventura.org/election/elecidx.htm
General Election Information E-Mail Address: www.ventura.org/recorder/faqie.htm

Yolo (57) ------------- Datavote ----------------- punchcard
Freddie Oakley, County Clerk-Recorder
625 Court Street, Room B05
Woodland, California, 95695
Mailing Address:
P O Box 1820
Woodland, California, 95776-1820
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.yoloelections.org
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Yuba (58) ------------- Datavote ----------------- punchcard
Terry A. Hansen, County Clerk-Recorder
915 8th Street, Suite 107
Marysville, California, 95901-5273
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Hours 8:00am - 5:00pm
http://www.co.yuba.ca.us/clerk/clerk.html
General Election Information E-Mail Address: [email protected]

[Ladyhawk]

32. LOL, I'm in one of two counties that doesn't have an URL. (nt)

[Ladyhawk]

33. I'm aware of some of the issues, but could someone give a good list...

...of talking points against these machines?

Which machines are considered scary because of no paper trail? I know that Diebold's machines can be hacked in less than five minutes with no trace of the hacker's escapades.

What else can be put into a few talking points to bring up with election officials?

LH

[Andy_Stephenson]

36. here.

History of the Controversy So What’s the Big Deal?
• Before the 2000 election, a private company wrongfully purged over 50,000 voters from the Florida voting rolls.
• Ballots that were undecipherable or otherwise faulty plagued the Florida election.
• After the 2000 election debacle, Congress passed HAVA, the "Help America Vote Act."
• Using HAVA funds, many states are rushing to buy the newest electronic "touch screen" voting machines.
• The private companies that create these machines assert that their software is a trade secret.
• This fall, Renton activist Bev Harris broke the story of the problems with these machines in her acclaimed book, Black Box Voting, Ballot Tampering in the 21st Century.
• On November 24, voting activist Andy Stephenson began his campaign for Washington’s Secretary of State, the state’s top elections official. Andy believes election officials should work for voters’ rights not corporate rights.
• What was always intended as a transparent and public process—counting our votes—is now subject to the veil of corporate secrecy.
• Computer systems are vulnerable to glitches, software errors, and tampering. Problems plague elections throughout the nation and even worldwide.
• No voter, no citizens' group and no academic experts are allowed to verify the integrity of these machines, either before or after the election.
• The elections software that was (accidentally) made public is riddled with security holes.
• No paper trail exists to verify our votes so recounts are impossible; your vote is whatever the machine declares it to be.
• Wholesale and widespread vote fraud is virtually undetectable.







What can I do to ensure our elections remain free and fair?

1. Demand that a “voter verified paper ballot” be used to randomly audit all elections
2. Demand a paper “ballot” not a paper “trail”. We have a 200-year tradition of ballots. Only paper ballots should have legal standing as the arbiter of the vote.
3. Demand proper auditing procedures of voting systems, and impartial voter registration.
4. Demand Publicly Owned Open-Source Software!




“Voter-Verified Paper Ballots” not “Paper Trails”
• In order for the paper ballot to be a truly separate audit layer for election officials to validate the accuracy of the machine count, the paper must be the final legal record of the vote count. In short, the paper hand-count must trump the machine count.
• Currently, in the State of Washington, machines with ballot cards, like the Diebold Optical-Scan units used in King County, use the machine count as the legal record of your vote. In the event of a recount, the “ballot cards” are simply fed into the machine again. So if the machine is altered, and the software is hacked, the “recount” is simply the same process all over again. This is not a proper way to audit the system, and will not catch malfeasance.
• Hand-counting the paper record, and comparing it, openly and in public, to the machine count is necessary to ensure both accuracy and public trust in the system.

Proper Auditing Procedures
• Voter verified paper ballots allow each individual the ability to audit their own ballot, the legal record of their vote, before it is placed in the ballot box.
• Individual machines should print reports before being transmitted to any central tabulation unit, and these reports should be made public
• Random 5% hand-recounts of paper ballots compared to machine count should be mandatory for all elections.
• Precinct level tally reports must be posted publicly before transmission.
• Proper chain of custody rules in handling absentee ballots should be established.
• Contracts with private companies for the collecting and sorting of our absentee ballots should be terminated immediately.
• New rules to eliminate corporate owned and operated for profit corporations from controlling the vote count software should be established. Vote counting software should be written on a for-hire basis, and should be retained as a public good, the code should be owned by the people, and open to inspection by the people.
• Open Source Software allows computer scientists the ability to audit the code.
• Voters and all citizens must take an active role in monitoring their own elections systems, and officials.


Additional Help Needed!

• Write letters to the editor of your local newspaper. You can send letters to a few national papers and many Washington State papers on http://www.andystephenson.com
• Support Andy Stephenson for Washington’s Secretary of State
• Buy “Black Box Voting” by Bev Harris (http://www.blackboxvoting.org), read it and pass it on.
• Talk to your friends about the issue.
• Throw a house party or host a BBQ, invite the Campaign and we’ll send speakers and materials.
• Bring up the issue at any political gathering you attend.
• Visit http://www.andystephenson.com
• Sign the petition for clean voting on Andy’s website.
• Get involved in Andy Stephenson’s campaign and volunteer!
• Invite Andy to speak to your group. Call the campaign at [phone].


Please send donations to “The Committee To Elect Andy Stephenson”
4500 9th Ave NE, University Center, Suite 300,
Seattle, WA 98105

[Ladyhawk]

38. Thank you!

I have this bookmarked.

Sometimes knowing too much can scare you shitless, eh?

[deek]

40. wow! Thanks!

I wrote to every level of elections officials last year. The locals were willing to humor me, but spent the $$ anyway.

Time to remind them they need to take their responsibilities a bit more seriously.

Our counties did not have the funds to buy this junk because of *'s war.

Demand a refund!

[Cookie wookie]

42. Check out the verifiedvoting.org website

That website has a great overview and history and may answer some of your questions.

As far as "Which machines are considered scary because of no paper trail?"

The answer is, all of them.

For documentation of this from credible authorities, check out the resolution signed by 1700 technologists (last time I looked) at the verifiedvoting website who said that "Voting machines should not be purchased or used unless they provide a voter-verifiable audit trail." http://www.VerifiedVoting.org/resolution.asp

[rman]

37. related: Ireland bans Nedap/Powervote machines

Irish government leak criticises Dutch electronic voting machine
19/04/2004 by Joe Figueiredo
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=1541

Ireland scraps plan for e-voting in June elections
30 April 2004
http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/040430131155.4c6kwa5h