OH Secretary of State, Sue Voting Machine Vendors for Product Liability (PETITION)

[mod mom]

please forward!

Dear Friends,
I have just read and signed the petition: "Ohio Secretary of State, Sue Voting Machine Vendors for Product Liability".

Please take a moment to read about this important issue, and join me in signing the petition. It takes just 30 seconds, but can truly make a difference. We are trying to reach 1000 signatures - please sign here:http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/help-save-Ohio-voting

Once you have signed, you can help even more by asking your friends and family to sign as well.

Thank you!



Can You Count on Voting Machines?

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/magazine/06Vote-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


Nearly half of voting machines tested fail

Montgomery officials tested the 5% of machines that drew complaints; 56 of those 125 machines failed.


By Lynn Hulsey
Staff Writer
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

DAYTON — After two days of tests, the results are in: About 2,500 people cast ballots in November on 56 malfunctioning electronic touch-screen voting machines in Montgomery County, said Steve Harsman, county board of elections director.

He said it is impossible to know how many people finalized their electronic ballots without realizing that the Diebold Elections Systems machines were inaccurately registering their votes. But people had three chances to review their votes before finalizing them, and all the machines accurately tallied the votes that were finalized by voters, Harsman said.



On Tuesday, county election officials completed testing of 125 machines identified in voter complaints collected by Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, which called for the investigation. Some 2,530 voting machines were used in the county on Election Day.

Harsman said several malfunctioning machines were clustered at certain precincts, indicating they may have been damaged during delivery by a trucking company that hauls the machines to the polls.

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http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/03/21/ddn032107elex.html

[EFerrari]

1. Will do. Kick.

[mod mom]

2. Thank you -there were less than 30 signatures last time I checked.

[EFerrari]

3. I'll send it to the L.A. Greens this evening. They have a good network

and a commitment to election integrity. Not to mention, a feeling of solidarity with OH.

[liam_laddie]

4. done & kicked n/t