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> From: SusanMarieWeber <susanmarieweber AT earthlink.net>
> To: EG Group Notices <susanmarieweber AT earthlink.net>
> Subject: Please choose paper at the Polls - Make your vote count
> Date: 25 Oct 2004 23:06:08 -0700
> 
> The message below is from Cindy Cohen,  Electronic Freedom Foundation
> 
> After all the work we have done in this area, to have the REgistrars of 
> Voters be so arragant is intolerable.
> 
> If you don't live in California, please forward this to all your California 
> Friends. - the website is entertaining
> 
> Susan Marie Weber
> ========================================================================
> 
> Hi All
> 
> We need your help.  California voters who are worried about 
> electronic voting machines have an option to vote on paper this year. 
> We worked very hard to get this from the Secretary of State and it 
> was a major victory -- he was sued over it and won in federal court.
> 
> Now we've learned that several of the larger counties (including 
> Alameda, Santa Clara and Riverside) have instructed their pollworkers 
> that they cannot tell voters about this choice.  They must steer 
> voters to the insecure machines and can only offer paper if a voter 
> affirmatively chooses it.
> 
> Needless to say, this is outrageous. To try to raise voter awareness 
> of the choice (and hopefully shame the registrars of voters to change 
> their minds), we've thrown together a website:
> 
> www.paperorplastic2004.org.
> 
> Please take a look and send the link on to your friends, family and 
> other voters in the 11 affected counties (the list is on the 
> website).  We have very little time to get the word out, and I'm 
> hoping that we can spread this far and wide and hopefully even 
> provoke a little media coverage as well.
> 
> We're working on versions in Spanish, Tagalog and a couple of other 
> languages too.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Cindy
>