Tales of Voting and Complaining, Part 1
Posted by Mary Mancini on October 26, 2006 under Uncategorized | 
On Tuesday, Lisa Z. reminded us that we should all complain about a lack of a paper trail when we vote this time around. Her story is here. On the same day, our friend Marga suggested that we should also make a xerox copy of our complaint before handing it in to a poll worker since the last time she complained the election commission claimed they never received it.
Today, Jackson voted and tried to complain but was told that there’s no such thing as a complaint form. So, he called the Davidson County Election Commission and spoke to Ray Barrett. Jackson writes, “I was told that the Davidson County Election Commission had no control over the move to electronic voting. I was told that the Davidson County Election Commission has had no access to review to source code powering the vote tallying and storing software on the voting machines. I was told that there was no independent citizen review of the machines being used in this election.”
He then urges us all, regardless of who we are voting for, to “contact your election commission by phone at the time of your vote and in writing as soon as you can to let them know that you demand a system that includes a paper record of your vote. Our democracy depends on it.”
Yes. Yes, it does. And for those of you on the more conservative side of the aisle who want to label us as part of the “tin-foil hat brigade” (I’m talking to you, Mr. Bart and Mr. Williams), please realize that this threat to our democratic process is harmful to all of us. This is more about the right to elect our representatives disappearing before our eyes than it is about partisanship.
To see what I mean try this little experiment. Read chapter 4 of Armed Madhouse
Are you concerned yet?
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