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Tuesday, February 22, 2005
Be There Or Be Square
From United Voters of New Mexico:
ACTION UPDATE
Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 23rd is Election Reform Day at the Roundhouse. Starting at 8 AM, come out to support fair and transparent elections in New Mexico.
If you can't make it to the Roundhouse, call your legislators and the legislators that are working on this issue. Even one call makes a BIG difference. The Omnibus Election Reform Bill is before the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee. Click for members. Find your lesiglators here .
Make the following points:
VOTER VERIFIABLE PAPER BALLOTS
*Legislation that doesn't specify WHO does the verifying leaves this open to interpretation. It could be argued that the current election code provides a verifiable print-out as it is.
*There is a difference between a PAPER TRAIL and PAPER BALLOTS. Again, we currently have a PAPER TRAIL, and it only provides a tally at the end of the night. PAPER BALLOTS become the official record for recounts and resolution of any discrepancies.
AUTOMATIC MANUAL AUDITS
*Election results tallied by a machine need to be checked to ensure the accuracy of the results. One small glitch in programming could change the results of an election, and without this check, the public is left to trust proprietary software that is owned by private companies and not subject to public scrutiny.
SCHEDULE
8:00 AM – 10:30 AM Be the lobbyist! Information packets will be available for you to share with your state legislators. Leland Lehrman will be in the rotunda to meet you and answer your questions. Leland is tall with long hair wearing a "Voter Verifiable Paper Ballots" button.
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM Voters lawsuit plaintiff’s press conference: Come hear first hand stories and a legal update from the voters who filed a lawsuit to obtain a permanent injunction on the paperless, electronic voting machines that caused so many problems in the 2004 General Election
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Verified Voting New Mexico will hold a press conference to address election reform bills.
SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:
Maggie Toulouse, League of Conservation of Voters
Agnes Mosses, NAACP
Representative Justine Fox-Young (R)
Representative Mary Helen Garcia (D)
Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino (D)
12:00 PM - Finish up lobbying!
Hope to see you there!!! https://UVoteNM.org
February 22, 2005 at 04:48 PM in Events, Local Politics | Permalink
Comments
What's this I hear about possible redistricting in NM? It's a good idea--if we add Corrales and dump Moriarty from the first district, we could definitely take Heather down. Any news about that on the streets?
Posted by: Kathy | Feb 23, 2005 12:41:53 AM
Here is a copy of a letter to the editors of NY Times and Albq Journal sent today, April 10th:
I have just finished reading about Karl Rove's stage two plan for selling the demolition of Social Security to the US. And I could not help but compare it to the WMD farce. THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE REMINDED. We fell for this tactic once before, after 9/ll. When Bush was asked about Osama Bin Laden, the 9/11 mastermind, he responded "he's hiding." After almost 1600 of our young men and women have died, and almost 11,000 are wounded because they were sent to Iraq because of WMD, Bush responds well...........................
When he wants to force the privatization of Social Security down our throats this will really be a WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION to our security. And if we succumb to it's destruction, it will be our fault.
Like Iraq, there are other solutions to be investigated regarding the stability of future Social Security benefits. But Karl Rove's team, with the backing of the financial marketplace (instead of the necons in the Defense Dept.), we will never hear an alternative because it is of no benefit to THEM.
Melva S. Kellett
6125 Katson Ave NE
Albuquerque NM 87109
505.872.0421
Posted by: Melva Kellett | Apr 10, 2005 12:53:37 PM
