Voting problems draw out intense activists

[wildeyed]

RALEIGH - State lawmakers considering how to fix problems with the state's voting machines recently watched a computer security expert show their committee how easily -- and quickly -- a saboteur could hack into the type of electronic voting systems that many counties use.

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The General Assembly's committee on electronic voting reform is studying flaws in electronic voting machines, some form of which are used in most N.C. counties. The small crowd that has loyally attended each meeting is an intensely interested group, more passionate than the bland hallways of the legislature are accustomed to.

They want a paper ballot that the voter can see and officials can use for recounts, citing an electronic voting machine in Carteret County that lost 4,438 votes in November in their arguments. They didn't rally to the Capitol through expensive mailing lists, such as the major parties or special interest groups cultivate. They communicate through e-mail, Web site message boards and word of mouth.

"They have been actually urging us to do this for a year," said N.C. Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, a Democrat from Chapel Hill who co-chairs the committee.

"We have been snowed with information, links to articles, persuasive arguments ... This is probably the new wave of grass-roots activity," Kinnaird said. "They would give us the names of these experts and our staff would look them up. All of this really has been dug up by the folks who are the grass roots behind all this."

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[w4rma]

1. working link

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/10726274.htm

[wildeyed]

2. oops, thanks! n/t

[starmaker]

3. legislature convenes tomorrow

nc rocks

[intheflow]

4. Right on, NC Dems!

Screw that Dixiecrat BS, these are people pounding the halls, fighting for their right to fair and accountable elections. More documentation in the ever-expanding evidence against computer voting.

:yourock:

[mom cat]

5. tin foil rules!

:bounce:

[chomskysright]

6. come join NCVerifiable Voting....

"Make Every Vote Count, Count Every Vote."
Contact Joyce McCloy, [e-mail]
Coordinator, N.C. Coalition for Verifiable Voting
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27106
336-794-1240 website: http://www.ncvoter.net

[KissMeKate]

7. Rock on, NC Dems!

Thank you for your hard work!

[MGKrebs]

8. Good luck! We will prevail!

Y'all are a beacon for many to follow.

Keep us posted!

[KatieB]

9. N.C. wants verifiable voter ballots - manual counting