Ohio blocks further deployment of paperless voting machines; NJ close!!!

[MoonRiver]

This was an email I received from True Majority:

In Response to Citizen Pressure, Officials Safeguard Voting Machines in
Ohio and New Jersey

In case you missed this great news, Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell has
blocked further deployment of paperless voting machines. When the Computer Ate My
Vote campaign started the year in Ohio, a crucial battleground state, 31 counties
were considering unsecure computer voting machines. Now, every one of them has
decided against these problematic machines for this November's election. That's
some victory, thanks to the efforts by members of TrueMajority, our partner groups,
and especially the Citizens' Alliance for Save Elections in Ohio.

In New Jersey last week, we ran a radio ad during Thursday morning drive time urging
listeners to call the Mercer County official who's in charge of local elections and
ask him to offer the paper ballot option. Before the day was over, County Executive
Brian Hughes faxed TrueMajority confirmation that he will seek permission from state
Attorney General Peter C. Harvey to do just that. We shifted the ad to a "Thanks,
Brian Hughes" message to honor his action. Next, we'll make sure Attorney General
Harvey issues the "all clear," then get New Jersey's other counties to follow Mercer
County's lead.

We are running ads in New Mexico and Washington as TrueMajority goes down the list
of localities that are still bent on using unsecure machines.

All the efforts to educate citizens, register them to vote, and get them to the
polls will be for naught if the votes aren't counted. Ensuring that votes actually
get counted is our goal, and we're honored to have a hand in it.

In thanks for your part,

Matt Holland and Mark Floegel
The Computer Ate My Vote coordinators

[NEOBuckeye]

1. Blackwell is an ass, but maybe he's still good for something.

At any rate, it's great news!

[bigwillq]

2. Some poll had Kerry

with just a 3 point lead in N.J.

[MoonRiver]

5. I definitely do not believe that poll was accurate.

Probably just the rightwing getting us primed for a bbv theft. Now, hopefully, that catastrophe has been prevented. O8)

[aquart]

3. God bless you and your efforts.

And from me, thank you.

[Karenina]

4. RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!!!

O8)