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Enviro-Mich message from Phil Shepard
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Please note, there is a statewide non-partisan, non-profit organization
in Michigan that has been working hard on the voting mancy and related
issues for two years: MichiganElectionReformAlliance.Org
We are currently preparing major post-election vote count audit
legislation and working with the Advancement Project, NAACP, and ACORN
to challenge the MI Department of State's apparently improper
(mis)management of voter registration lists (which amounts to voter
suppression). Please see our web site for details. Or email me if you
would like to get our monthly newsletter.
Thanks.
Phil Shepard
MERA Legislative Coordinator
and Web Minder
Larry Nooden wrote:
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Enviro-Mich message from Larry Nooden <ldnum@umich.edu>
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In the end, the issue of accurate vote counting can be an environmental
issue. In the 2004 presidential election, there were significant
discrepancies between the exit polls and the voting machine results.
This has ended up against environmental (and social) interests. Even
if there is no change in the vote tallies, disruption in targeted
districts could shift a close race.
A Tale of Three (Electronic Voting) Elections
By ADAM COHEN
Flaws in electronic voting machines are still common and
could easily create havoc in this fall's voting.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/opinion/31observer.html?th&emc=th>
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