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E-Vendors Dominate "Future of California Voting" Hearing
California's Electronic Voting Booths Need An Upgrade But It Won't Be Cheap
Aired 2/8/2010 on All Things Considered Aired2/9/2010 on Morning Edition
Sacramento, CA -- California elections officials say their computerized voting booths are in need of upgrades, but they can’t afford to make big improvements. Capital Public Radio's Steve Shadley reports: Listen
Two statewide elections are coming up later this year but local elections officials say they’re working with outdated electronic voting booths.
Private companies that sell the equipment say the state and counties would be better off buying new systems rather than trying to modernize the old equipment.
That would require millions of dollars that governments don’t have right now.
At a public hearing on the issue in Sacramento, some citizens urged the officials to get rid of electronic voting, period.
Photo: Steve Shadley, Capital Public Radio
Tom Courbat is with the Riverside County group Save Our Vote:
Courbat:
“We’re not convinced there is enough security in these voting systems to justify continuing to purchase them. We have seen demonstrations over and over again of machines being hacked...”
Courbat says it would be more secure if voters cast paper ballots that would be counted by hand.
But advocates for the disabled say not everyone can fill out a paper ballot.
Georgia Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to State E-Voting System
Media Advisory
Georgia Supreme Court to Hear Landmark Voting Rights Case
WHO: Voters Organized for Trusted Election Results in Georgia (VoterGA) is a diverse, non-partisan coalition of Georgia voters and organizations who filed a voting rights lawsuit against the current method of Georgia electronic voting that they contend cannot be properly verified, audited, or recounted.
WHEN: Monday July 13, 2009
10:00 am
WHERE: 40 Capitol Square #507
Atlanta Ga. 30334
WHAT: The Georgia Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a landmark E-Voting rights case that is being followed nationally.
Plaintiffs contend that their voting rights are being unconstitutionally abridged based on admissions collected by election officials that:
• Tabulation server results can be altered on Election Day without detection;
• Votes can be swapped between candidates on Election Day without detection;
• The voting machines do not meet legal requirements under which they were procured and allegedly certified;
• County and state tabulation servers cannot be certified according to state and federal procedures; and much more.
Media Contacts:
Garland Favorito
(404) 664-4044 or (404) 606-3206
Motions & Case Information: www.voterga.org
Additional articles on the evolution of this lawsuit: http://electiondefensealliance.org/georgia
