
Lever Voting Advocates Go Head-To-Head with State Board of Elections Commissioner in Public Forum on Thursday
Public Forum: The Threat to Voting in New York and What to Do About It
Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
Main Sanctuary at St. Marks Church in the Bowery, 10th Street and 2nd Ave in Manhattan
Douglas Kellner, Commissioner of NYS Board of Elections
Mark Crispin Miller, renowned author of "Fooled Again, The Real Case for Electoral Reform"
Andi Novick, attorney and driving force behind efforts to preserve New York's constitutionally-compliant lever voting system, founder of the Election Transparency Coalition
Sponsored by the Village Independent Democrats~snip~
At this free public event, Andi Novick will outline the reasons New York's Election Reform and Modernization Act (ERMA) is unconstitutional, Mark Crispin Miller will discuss the dangers of electronic vote counting systems, and Douglas Kellner will explain the state's insistence on an expensive change in election technology beyond what is required by the federal government.
Links:
Andi Novick/Election Transparency Coalition:
http://nylevers.wordpress.com/Mark Crispin Miller:
http://markcrispinmiller.com/Douglas Kellner:
http://www.elections.state.ny.us/Village Independent Democrats:
http://villagedemocrats.org/http://re-mediaetc.blogspot.com/2009/07/lever-voting-advocates-go-head-to-head.html