My comments to the Essex County Freeholders at last nights meeting

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3 Members of the NJ Att. Gen. Office were there to answer the Freeholders questions---

I took notes on what the AG staff was & was not saying.
Which I then used as talking points when we were allowed to later speak to the Freeholders.
When the AG staff exited the meeting romm we--Frances, Trina, and I followed them and engaged them together and individually on many different topics.
Going by Memory:
Frances asked aboout opscans and paper ballots--Donna Kellys responce was interesting. Her behavoir changed--she verbally quipped--rolled her eyes-and seemed physically agitated, as she spoke. and really didnt answer the question.
I asked about the certification process in NJ specifically as it involves the Avante Trakker full scareen DRE. Marcus seemed to be more familiar so we ended up talking to the side --
He said he has seen the Avante demo and he liked the Avante coting its full face 30" csreen and easy to read ballot---where the "line" went staright across. He mentioned that it may be certified in NJ before the Sept, 1 dealine. At that point I directly asked him---"What can I do to help". he froze and changed the subject--which then became--we would be willing to have a forum with your groups--if you can get enough people--and they were informed that the groups we represent nave something over 4000 (IIRC) members.

Of course what would a forum do to speed up the certification process?

Another thing I found interesting was Donna Kelly (AG office) refering to the BLACK BOX while speaking to the Freeholders---she meant the VVPT law compliant Printer. I feel that when a lawyer wishes to be specific, a lawyer can be--in this case I might assume that she wished in infer some ambiguiity. The BLock box comment I addressed later with the Freeholders.

Here are my above mentioned talking points --

--Avante full face trakker, DRE, --has 30 " screen and the "line" is intact.

--lets be clear, you are buying not just a DRE but an entire system--PC-- Workstation Smart cards -- software---etc----

----I went over prices for machines--making it clear that Sequoia sells the Veri Vote printer for the Edge DRE for $500 when a printer for the Advantage is ----$2000----if you ever see it ?

--Small face DRe can be brought into the car of a handicapped person

--VVPT is a Sample audit of IIRC 2%

--HAVA doesnt mandate all machines to be replaced--it mandates one HAVA compliant, per polling place

--Sequoia charges a 15% lisencing fee for software--the clerk later came up with these #s--150k 1st yr and then 30k thereafter, possible 10% increase in years 2-5.

--The Advantage is old--released in "86 NJ cert in "87

--And why did the state just buy 3000 audio devices for the Advantage? Which Fransis gave to me-- credit her.