CO BBV activists - Exhibition Saturday in Boulder!

[Bushfire]

Hanging chads no more?
By ERIC BONTRAGER Colorado Daily Staff


Fearing a local version of Florida's election debacle during the 2000 presidential race, and in compliance with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), Boulder County will hold a voting systems fair this Saturday to demonstrate four voting machines that are being considered to replace Boulder's 28-year-old punch card system.

The fair, to be held from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. Saturday in the Houston Room at the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder's offices located at 1750 33rd St. in Boulder, will allow the public to try voting on these systems and evaluate their effectiveness. The fair is free and open to the public.

Four companies, Diebold Election Systems, Sequoia Voting Systems, Avante International Technology and Hard Intercivic will demonstrate their systems for selection by Boulder County officials.

Most of the systems, called Direct Recording Electronic (DRE), are described as an ATM-style touch screen system, while another system uses a "wheel" system in which the voter turns to their selection and then presses a button to record their vote.

more...

http://www.coloradodaily.com/articles/2003/10/09/news/news08.txt

[laylah]

1. This needs to

stay up for awhile, anyway, for the Colorado DU'ers :kick:

[Bushfire]

2. Thanks for the kick

GD is moving pretty quick these days. Back to page 1 again...

[el_gato]

3. kick

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[ParanoidPat]

4. A kick to keep the Colorado fires burning!

Thanks for the 'heads up' Bushfire! :hi: :evilgrin:

If we can head these machines off at the pass perhaps we'll get a chance to Firebush*. :)

:kick:

[SemperEadem]

5. What does "BBV" mean?

I"ve seen it a number of times... sorry so clueless..

[Bushfire]

7. Electronic Voting Machines

with proprietary software not open source coding. more info at:

www.blackboxvoting.com

www.blackboxvoting.org

[shirlden]

6. Yo......mile highers

Check out the blackboxes




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[angka]

8. damn i wish i could be there!

but sadly, i have to work 13 hours tomorrow. which really sucks.

somebody tell me how it goes...

[eleny]

9. kick

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[BigBigBigBear]

10. I never had a problem

with Boulder's voting machines.

?

[IkeWarnedUs]

11. Exhibition in Chicago October 23 & 24

I haven't been able to find this online, but our local paper had this in an article:

Cook County Clerk David Orr is planning a two day exhibition and demonstration of every type of election system on the market - from optical scans to electronic voting devices to touch-screen voting stations. It will be October 23 & 24 in the Grand Ballroom of McCormic Place South, 2301 S. Martin Luther King Drive. It is open to the public, civic organizations, elected officials and the media. Election jurisdictions across the state will also be able to send representatives to test the equipment.

I plan to go with flyers to pass out to people there. Anyone care to join me?

[hedda_foil]

12. I'll go!

I've got the topic pretty well down after presenting it to Jan Schakowsky for an hour a few weeks ago. Could you PM me with your email address please ... and where do you live? I'm in Evanston.

[ParanoidPat]

13. Hedda, if you have a video camera.....

.....please bring it! Even still frames and an audio recording will do. :evilgrin:

[Bushfire]

14. Go Hedda!

You are an inspiration to us all! Let those officials get an earful from you. You Rock!

[laylah]

16. Please pm me

with information. If at all possible I would like to be there. I am in Coal Valley (QC area).

Thanks
Jenn

[peabody71]

15. kick