Adviser Is Being Paid to Lobby the (NY) Legislature Against Paper Ballots

[BrklynLiberal]

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=342009#342014

This article is as confusing as Election Reform, but it's good to note the millions that are probably being spent undermining Paper Ballots.


Ferrer Adviser Is Being Paid to Lobby the Legislature Against Paper Ballots

By MICHAEL SLACKMAN
New York Times
March 10, 2005

The chief political adviser for Fernando Ferrer accepted a $120,000-a-year contract last month to lobby state lawmakers to block passage of legislation in New York that would require voters to use paper ballots.

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Businesses, like the company Mr. Ramirez is representing, are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to push the State Legislature to allow for computer-based touch-screen voting machines. Other groups, like the League of Women Voters of New York State, have called for using optical scanners, which would require voters to first fill out a paper ballot, a system that would be less lucrative for the manufacturers of these products.

In his contract with VoteHere, Mr. Ramirez is called on to help persuade state lawmakers to push for legislation "requiring or permitting receipt-based verification," which would allow for voting machines that operate like a bank A.T.M., providing a receipt after a transaction.

Mr. Ferrer's spokesman, Chad Clanton, said yesterday that Mr. Ferrer wanted to see "paper backup on every vote cast on electronic voting machines," though he did not say whether that meant a ballot or a receipt.

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http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=4971

VoteHere Website:

http://www.votehere.net/default.htm

[JunkYardDogg]

1. New York- Follow what we are doing in Calif

Don't be shy


Start your campaign NOW
Do not wait until they are successful
Somebody has to take a lead
Work with all the DFA and PDA groups throughout N.Y.
Go to as many Local Dem Club meetings as you can, speak out on the need for VVPAT-Voter Verified Paper AUDIT Trails
get to speak at the Dem County Central Committee meetings
Start a letter writing campaign to all the Dem Elected Officials and Board of Supervisors in each county
Start creating a Consciousness and awareness on the subject.
Lay a Foundation.
Stop the Lobbyist in his tracks

refer to these posts for guidance and ideas

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=336599&mesg_id=336599

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x341078

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x341621

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x342406