I am Voter Hear Me Roar: Meet the New York Amici

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December 15, 2007

by Rady Ananda

I am Voter Hear Me Roar: Meet the New York Amici

Over 200 pages of legal documents from dozens of organizations, activists, election officials, and county legislators, representing tens of thousands of people, spoke on behalf of hand-counted paper ballots yesterday, through an amicus curiae brief (friend of the court), filed in USA vs. NY State Board of Elections.

In this federal case, the Dept. of Justice seeks to force New Yorkers to buy computerized voting systems, which have failed across the nation, election after election, and which the scientific community repeatedly condemns.

Attorneys Andi Novick and Jonathan Simon, from Election Defense Alliance, head the cooperative effort. Novick saluted the “cooperation and enthusiasm displayed by our colleagues across the election integrity spectrum,” noting that “it means a great deal in court, as well as in the court of public opinion, when so many groups and leaders pull together behind such a proposal.”

Dave Berman’s HCPB Forecast Tool provides the Court with a simple and effective means of calculating what it would cost New York to hire a 4-person hand-counting team per precinct (Election District) should the court allow it.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_rady_ana_071215_i_am_voter_hear_me_r.htm

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