NM Forum to Focus on Right to Vote Counting Accuracy

From Verified Voting NM and United Voters NM:
“Your Right To Have Your Vote Counted Accurately” is the theme of an upcoming  public forum sponsored by a coalition of election reform activists in New Mexico. The event will feature commentary by leading national advocates also concerned with strengthening accuracy in vote counting, auditing and recounting.

The forum will be held Sunday July 9, 2-4 PM, at the Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Santa Fe, Barcelona at Galisteo. It is open to the public and co-sponsored by the Congregation’s Forum and by Verified Voting NM and United Voters of New Mexico. Click for flyer.

The event coincides with the opening in Santa Fe of the summer conference of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), who generally are the chief election officials in their jurisdictions. “The tremendous amount of money – up to $50,000 apiece – being raised by the NASS from the voting machine manufacturers seems to put our electoral system at risk,” said Terry Riley of United Voters of New Mexico. 

“This event highlights the oncoming November election and the critical problems caused by untrustworthy voting machines and administrative actions that deter voters from casting their ballots,” said Pat Leahan, member of the VVNM steering committee.

Topics to be discussed are: The U.S. November Election – Train Wreck in the Making?; Problems Ahead for New Mexico’s Conversion to All Paper Ballots; and the Role of Secretaries of State in Ensuring Verifiable and Verified Elections.

Among the scheduled speakers are: Warren Stewart, director of legislative issues and policy of VoteTrustUSA and Heleni Thayre of Unitarian-Universalists for Verified Voting, Boston.   

VerifiedVotingNM  and  UnitedVotersNM
329 Sena St., Santa Fe NM 87505,  988-3718
PO Box 218, Corrales NM 87048,  898-1237 
A coalition of organizations and individuals concerned with strengthening accuracy in vote counting, auditing and recounting

For more info contact: Robert Stearns, 988-3718 or Terry Riley, 899-6275