EAC - Voluntary Voting System Guidelines

Name : | Marinel Fuller
Organization : | N/A
Post Date : | 9/6/2005
General Comments
Comment : | Statement of Support Hello, I have been attempting to educate myself on voting issues since the 2000 Presidential Election. California was faced with a change in political slant within the Secretary of State's office, when out last Democratic governor was thrown out of office. Many of us are concerned about the direction, secrecy and implementation of the Voting Rights Act in California at the present time. I have attended several meetings at the Secretary of State's office regarding voting machines, and several meetings of a group called Open Voting. I was impressed with their presentation and the testimony that I heard from their spokesman. I am writing to encourage you to please give Open Voting a hearing. Please consider their plan and how it easily it could be implemented in California. I am asking that you not consider and outright band proprietary systems and the wireless machines and method that they use. Elections must reflect our ideas of democracy. It is too unsettling to our government and citizens for elections to be held, and have a large number of Americans questioning our government leadership because of the corporatization of our voting system. WE SHOULD HAVE PAPER TRAILS AVAILABLE FOR RECOUNTS, VOTING MACHINES SHOULD BE VALIDATED BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE ELECTION AT THE PRECINCT LEVEL, SECRETARY OF STATES POSITION SHOULD BE A NON-PARTISAN ONE, FEDERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS ON VOTING MACHINES SHOULD BE IN PLACE SO THAT THERE IS CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT OUR NATION, AND THERE SHOULD NEVER BE PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE OR SYSTEMS USED IN GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS. I WANT TO SEE THAT MY VOTE COUNTED, AND THAT I WOULD OR COULD CHECK TO SEE THAT IT WAS RECORDED AS MADE. Thank you for your time and consideration.