Big Week for Election Integrity in The Big Apple

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Big Week for Election Integrity in The Big Apple

by Howard Stanislevic

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First the stunning but perfectly reasonable declaration by Columbia County Election Commissioner Virginia Martin in a State Assembly hearing in the City last Thursday, where she testified that she would not certify an election counted by computers "unless an appropriately designed audit of the paper ballots is conducted."

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Here's our testimony from last Thursday's hearing including some graphics. And here's a full recap complied by Teresa Hommel of WheresThePaper.org.

Martin also said that given today’s fiscal environment, the state budget and current and future deficits, the only prudent thing to do is to amend the New York Election Law to allow counties to continue to use their lever voting machines.

In a related E.I. development, tomorrow in response to calls for fiscal responsibility and election integrity, New York City Councilmember Helen D. Foster will introduce a Resolution to keep the City's 7,300 lever voting machines which, contrary to popular belief, the Help America Vote Act does not require to be replaced.

Advocates and fellow public officials will commend Councilmember Foster at a press conference on the steps of City Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 12:45 PM. The public is invited to attend.

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Lot's of links

http://e-voter.blogspot.com/2009/10/big-week-for-election-integrity-in-big.html