Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
The rise of electronic voting has created new ways to disenfranchise African-American voters””through high-tech ethnic profiling, inequitable allocation of equipment, and discrimination against non-computer-users and the elderly.
The solution? Prohibit the use of electronic voting systems, and replace them with voter-marked paper ballots, optical scanners, and stringent audits “” a combination that provides the most secure safeguards available today and in the foreseeable future.
The opportunity to ban electronic voting is before Congress now. HR 811, the “Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007,” does not prohibit electronic voting but must be amended to do so, in order to protect the voting rights of African-Americans.
“Many national organizations are pushing electronic voting machines, in spite of evidence that the machines are disenfranchising African-Americans and other minorities. Everyone must take a closer look at this “” and soon.”
Velmanette Montgomery, New York State Senator…
Release of Report on Voter Identification Issues LINK
Finnish scientist testifies how easy it is to hack system LINK
Touch-screen machines’ future at risk. LINK
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Soon … like yesterday already …