Bowen under the gun for decertifying rigged voting machines: write news editors & legislators

[yurbud]

to show her broad public support.

Find your CA legislators here:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/port-zipsearch.html

If you don't live in CA, send one of our local pols a letter and say you WISH your secretary of state would do what Bowen did.

This is the email I got on this:

__________________________________________________________

This message was sent by your California for Democracy organizer,
Vicki Cosgrove.

Dear Michael,

Our SOS Debra Bowen is on the hot seat for decertifying hackable
electronic voting machines. We've got to support her and there is no
better group of people to do that than DFA and California for
Democracy. PLEASE send a letter, there's clear direction below. And
pass this along to your list. Let's MAKE SOME NOISE!
***************************************************

Election Reform Alert from Jerry Berkman of election-reform.org.

As a result of her Top-To-Bottom review of voting systems, Secretary
of State Bowen last Friday issued orders for most of the voting
systems used in California.

The orders first decertified the systems, then recertified them with
additional conditions. The most widely discussed is that with Diebold
and Sequoia systems, Counties may have only one touchscreen voting
machine per polling place, because they are unsafe. Hart Intercivic
systems do not have this restriction. There are many other
conditions, for a summary, see:

http://election-reform.org/california_review/scorecard.html

As expected, she is getting a lot of opposition from the Registrars
and machine vendors. Most of the major newspapers are reporting on
this negatively. She needs our support. Write a letter to the editor
of your local newspaper.

For details on writing letters to the editor, go to:

http://election-reform.org/letter_re_decert.html

Thanks.

--
You can update your email preferences at:
http://www.dfalink.com/edit_profile.php?t=privacy

[EFerrari]

1. Good idea. Part of the problem is the papers.

The SF Chronicle already slammed her on Sunday -- just as it was instrumental in sliming Kevin Shelley out of office.

Btw: the slam story was on line and had a comments' section. POST TO THESE when you find them. Push back!

:hi:

/oops

[yurbud]

2. find the link for that comments section!

[EFerrari]

4. Here:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article/comments/view?f=/c/a/2007/08/05/BAVARD46B1.DTL&o=1

[yurbud]

26. thanks--some weird ass astroturf comments there "this hurts poor people"

[EFerrari]

27. Yeah -- they really stick out, don't they?

[yurbud]

28. grammatical clean, content slick but rings false

[EFerrari]

31. What an education DU has been.

:wow:

[yurbud]

3. still working on my letter. somebody got a list of university studies done on the machines?

[EFerrari]

6. I don't but you might check Debra's web site. I'm sure

she has something up.

[AlCzervik]

5. i sent a letter off to the Sacbee already after they ran a really nasty editorial

in todays paper.

[EFerrari]

7. Do you have a link? I'll write to them.

:hi:

[AlCzervik]

9. here ya go, from this morning.

http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/311800.html

:hi:

[EFerrari]

10. Thanks! We can't let them Shelley Debra. n/t

[EFerrari]

8. Oh -- and does anyone know when Peter B Collins is back

from vacation? He's GREAT on this issue and Debra has been on his show in the past.

[fooj]

24. Did I share the letter I sent to Collins with you?

Can't remember...

[EFerrari]

25. No. No one ever tells me anything.

lol

But, I don't know when he's back. I want to email him and alert him because I know he'll be interested.

:hi:

[fooj]

29. I'll pm you a copy.

[Richard Steele]

11. 5th rec! nm

[xxqqqzme]

12. She campaigned on this issue.

She is doing what she was elected to do...simple.

[AlCzervik]

14. indeed, she did what she said she would, my God, the nerve!

we didn't have electronic voting here yet and i am really glad we aren't getting it, fill in the bubble has worked just fine so far.

[Gregorian]

13. Wiggins is taking calls. And they're quite appeciative.

I was a bit taken by the enthusiastic understanding the caller had when I called to support Bowen's decertification.

Boy, they sure get it. And it sounds like they're dying for more support. They took my name.

[EFerrari]

16. Out of the loop -- who is Wiggins?!

[Gregorian]

18. California state senator.

I figured it was a good place to send my comments.

[EFerrari]

19. Good call. I just called Debra's office and told them we've

seen what the papers are doing and that we're pushing back. :hi:

[MsLeopard]

15. Here's mine - sent to the SD Tribune

Thank you, SOS Debra Bowen, for having the courage of your convictions to decertify California's hackable electronic voting machines. Our democracy hangs by the slimmest of threads after six-plus years of dictatorship rule by neocon thugs with dreams of empire. Using voting machines produced and maintained by these same neocon manipulators has proven time and again to be an exercise in madness, as we trust our election process to those with zero respect for it. We need more politicians with integrity to stand up for clean elections, so we might finally have one after 7 horrendous years.

[EFerrari]

17. Hi there -- did the Trib run a hit piece?

:hi:

[MsLeopard]

20. Wouldn't be surprised if they did....

...knowing the Trib. I stopped reading them years ago, along with most MSM (Keith is the exception), so I don't know what they've had to say about it. But they're my local rag so I sent it to them, to support Bowen.
:hi:

[EFerrari]

21. Got it! Thanks. n/t

[EFerrari]

22. I did a quick search and the manure is hitting the rotating member today

in the papers. Okay, some of these pieces are just legit concern. But, as an editor of the ER Daily News, this sure looks like piling on to me. :tinfoilhat:


Concern over cost:
http://www.thereporter.com/ci_6563633?source=rss

Concern over delayed results:
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/111310.html

Concern over concern (Riverside Co, a hotbed of concern trolls)
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=6898173

Personal attack from Napa Co official:
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/todaysnews/ci_6572490

Disinformation in SanBerdoo:
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_6569450

(If I find mo', I'll post them below this post. ef)

[hunter]

35. A great explosion of stinky slime.

Some of it: :wow:

(OMG, John Tuteur, did someone insult your mistress?)

And of course the SJ Mercury went calling Bev.

Sigh. But we already knew what was crawling around in there before Bowen pried the lid off...

The fight is not done. These machines are not fit to count our votes, and there are good solid technical reasons that they never will be. Invisible votes are not secure, and toilet paper printer outputs cannot take the place of individual paper ballots.

[EFerrari]

23. Edit: I just called my CA Senator Leland Yee and was told

mine was the first call on this topic. AND they were in full agreement with Debra.

Thanks, Dr. Yee!

[yurbud]

30. My letter to LA TIMES: pick on purchasers on rigged machines not Bowen

Debra Bowen's decision to decertify all electronic voting machines was entirely justified based not just on her review, but the experience of voters all over the country when election results didn't match exit polls, and studies done by major universities like the UC one Bowen relied on, but also Princeton, Johns Hopkins, and Caltech among others.

I care more about my vote counting than some hack county clerk squealing like a stuck pig because they were caught buying machines than can rig votes. Those who approved the purchases and the companies themselves should be criminally investigated and prosecuted.

[BeFree]

32. And

We ought to get our money back for these lemons! They have proven to be the worst things for democracy since republicorruptans first showed their miserable faces.

[EFerrari]

36. NIce coinage, BeFree.

lol

[EFerrari]

33. kick

[musette_sf]

34. K&R

Alameda County has removed these slot machines, i mean voting machines, already.

i voted on one of the slot machines once. in the recall election. and now we know how the Governor was selected, not elected.

[EFerrari]

37. Kick.

[Gelliebeans]

38. Done to both of my papers.

I will do anything to help out Debra Bowen as it takes a great deal to swim against that current.

[EFerrari]

39. Great!

:hi:

[Gelliebeans]

41. Hey you

:hi:

[EFerrari]

42. Thank you, Gellie!

:hi:

[bridgit]

40. Go Debra!!

:)

[EFerrari]

43. SF Chronicle Editorial attack. Game ON:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/08/09/EDLPRF5JS.DTL

[yurbud]

47. Jesus--that's either a blatant bought response or profoundly ignorant

[EFerrari]

49. I'd say it bought. They've gotten plenty of feedback for years.

They know better.

And remember, these are the same people who helped slime Shelley out of office.

[yurbud]

48. points out a problem with how issue is framed: it's not hacking pranksters but rigging politicians

that are the problem, potential and past.

[EFerrari]

44. Kick

[EFerrari]

45. kick

[EFerrari]

46. kICK

[EFerrari]

50. KIngs Co: Cost concern + personal attack:

http://www.hanfordsentinel.com/articles/2007/08/10/news/doc46bb6eabb7118150914208.txt