Below is an action alert from Bo Lipari at New Yorkers for verified
voting. Please take the called for action. This could be the time
when a truly irreversible decision is made about the kind of voting
system we will have here in NY.

Note some of the links below may not survive in the way this email
gets to you. Please email me directly if you have difficulty.

John McBride, DFNY Organizer



Bo Lipari wrote:
From: "Bo Lipari"
To: "Bo Lipari"
Subject: Urgent Action Alert - NY Voting Machine Decision Imminent!
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:14:38 -0500


The Decision On Voting Machines For New York State Is Imminent!

As a result of the Department of Justice lawsuit regarding New York
State's lever machine replacement, New York State's county level
election commissioners have until February 8, 2008 to choose whether
to use either a paper ballot based ballot marker and scanner system,
or a direct recording electronic (DRE) voting system for each county.

After reaching a compromise with the federal court to provide ballot
marking devices for disabled voters in each polling places in 2008,
the New York State Board of Elections has recklessly redefined ballot
marking devices to include DRE voting machines. Let's be clear - the
untested DRE devices which commissioners are now empowered to purchase
are not Ballot Marking Devices, they are DRE touch screen voting
machines. Because this choice will commit over half of the funding
available for new voting machines, if a county selects a DRE in
February your county will vote on touch screen voting machines.

Concerned New Yorkers can help by notifying the county commissioners
of the importance of choosing a paper ballot based system, and putting
the media spotlight on the issue. It is urgent that you contact your
local election commissioners in writing before the end of the month,
and include newspapers and county legislators in that correspondence.

Contact information for all of New York State's county level election
commissioners
can be found at the New York State Board of Elections web site:
Contact information for all of New York State's county level election
commissioners can be found at the New York State Board of Elections
web site:
Click to access County Board of Elections contact information:
http://www.elections.state.ny.us/por..._schema=PORTAL
Duplicate, sign and send the following letter to county level election

commissioners, and your local media and county legislators:
Click to access Sample Letter:
http://www.nyvv.org/newdoc/ActNowJan...erToCounty.rtf
Please act now! The decision whether you will vote on electronic touch
screen voting machines
or voter marked paper ballots will be made in the next few weeks !
See our action page on NYVV's website:
http://www.nyvv.org/ActJan08.shtml