Open Voting/Election Reform event in Santa Cruz, CA 2/4

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BE COUNTED! The Open Voting Consortium

Date: Friday, February 4th
Time: 7:30pm-9:30pm

Location: Veterans Memorial Building (846 Front
Street- next to the Post Office in downtown Santa
Cruz).

Watch parts of movies "Votergate" and "Electile
Dysfunction," hear from activists Emily Levy (about
election anomalies in Ohio) and Maureen Smith (about
her meetings with the Secretary of State), and meet
the creator of the open voting system, Alan Dechert.
There will also be live music from the Santa Cruz Jazz
Society and a political rock band- Ms. Information,
food, and a dance performance about the election
process by the Federal Dancing Authority.

Requested donation: $20-30; $10 students/young adults;
NO ONE will be turned away due to lack of funds!
Donate what you can. Everyone is welcome!

Contact info: 831-419-0758
[e-mail], www.OpenVoting.org


The open voting system involves computers that print a
paper ballot summary after each person votes. The
paper ballot summaries are then used to count the
votes (the PAPER ballot summaries are the ONLY source
of counting the votes, the votes are not tabulated
directly from the electronic voting machines
electronically). This system combines the advantages
of computer voting (blind people can vote without
assistance, it's easy to tell what choice the voter
intended to make) with the security of hand-countable,
voter-verified paper ballots. Plus, all machines use
open source software (anyone can see how the machines
are programmed) and recycled computers can be used
instead of expensive new touch-screens. For more
information, check out www.OpenVoting.org.