My Email back from Harry Reid (I live in NV)

[dbonds]

Thank you for contacting me to express your concerns
regarding irregularities during the November 2, 2004 election. I
understand your concerns and I appreciate hearing from you.

As you may know, a Nevada district court judge refused to
reopen registration for Clark County residents who believed that
their voter application forms were destroyed. People who
registered but were not listed in the voter registration rolls were,
however, allowed to vote using a provisional ballot.

I am committed to ensuring that all elections are held in a
fair and legal manner and that every American is allowed to
exercise their right to vote. I believe that one important step in this
process is to ensure that there is a verified paper voter record in
order to maintain voter confidence. For this reason, I cosponsored
S. 2437, the Voting Integrity and Verification Act (VIVA)
introduced by Senator John Ensign (R-NV) on May 18, 2004. This
bill would clarify Congressional intent with respect to the
permanent paper record and voter verification provisions of the
Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002. Each voting machine
used for federal elections will be required to produce a voter
verified permanent paper record.

In the 2004 election, Nevada was the only state in the union
to have the electronic voting system in place statewide. I am
pleased with the success Nevada experienced with this system, and
I am hopeful that in the future, all states will be able to implement
electronic voting.

If you have specific concerns regarding the administration
of elections in Nevada, please contact the Office of the Attorney
General the office closest to you:

Carson City
Nevada Department of
Justice
100 North Carson Street
Carson City, NV 89701-
4717
[phone]
Fax - [phone]

Reno
Nevada Department of
Justice
5420 Kietzke Lane Suite
202
Reno, NV 89511
[phone]
Fax - [phone]

Las Vegas
Nevada Department of
Justice
555 E. Washington Ave,
Suite 3900
Las Vegas, NV 89101
[phone]
Fax - [phone]


Again, thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with me. For more
information about my work for Nevada, my role in the United States Senate Leadership, or to
subscribe to regular e-mail updates on the issues that interest you, please visit my Web site at
http://reid.senate.gov. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

My best wishes to you.




Sincerely,

HARRY REID
United States Senator

[pbartch]

1. I understand your concerns and I appreciate hearing from you but...well...

so what is he saying? He isn't addressing what occurred! He didn't address what happened in Ohio .. Florida .. and Lord knows what other states the RePIGlican's cheated and stold votes in.....

[dbonds]

2. That was kind of what I thought

A lot of words, but didn't really say anything.

[Carolab]

3. Jesus this is bad

I am pleased with the success Nevada experienced with this system, and
I am hopeful that in the future, all states will be able to implement
electronic voting.

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!


I recommend you contact the AG--as he suggests in the last paragraph.

DO IT!!!

[Zan_of_Texas]

4. anybody can say anything in politics -- the fact is that Nevada is the

ONLY state in the union to have statewide paper ballot confirmation in place for November 2004.

Somebody deserves credit for that. When I talked to the Nevada SOS, Dean Heller, he seemed like he really GETS this stuff. Nice guy!

[FullCountNotRecount]

5. My understanding was that Clark County did not have Paper Trail...

the rest of the state (GOP counties, did). This was a media creation to make us believe that NV was an honest state. Rove met with this guy in October. Rove is from Nevada. Clark County had the older Sequoia machines, too. Also a paper trail is good but you need each party to have random audits to make sure the machine totals match the paper....that's what we are doing in New Hampshire. Otherwise the paper receipts are worthless because they are counted up, the machine totals are.

[Zan_of_Texas]

6. Nevada? Anybody actually there who can report?

I was under the impression it was ALL counties.

[dbonds]

7. Right

I voted in Clark. No paper trail. It wasn't a computer screen though, it was a large panel about 5'x4' with LEDs that lit up when you pressed the text, like a micro contact switch. There was no option to vote a straight ticket either. But there were no signs of intimidation, or any problems voting other than no paper.