Certified Voting-NYS WINS!

Written by: Hy Dubowsky on Jan 26, 2008 4:29 PM EST

Sometimes, all the hard work through solid grassroots organizing pays off and the people get to safeguard their precious right to vote, With a Court order over their heads, the NYS Board of Election voted to approve voting mschines that provide a full paper ballot audit trail thereby protecting the voting rights of New Yorkers.

Cheers to Bo Lipari of the New Yorkers for Verified Voting, the League of Women Voter, the New York DFA organizatiins (and our Bill Sel), Citzens Action and all the people who stepped up.

On to the next issue!

hy

A quick note from Bo on the good news.

I'm pleased to announce that after five years of hard work on the part of voting integrity advocates, New York State has rejected DREs and approved only the Automark and the Sequoia ImageCast scanner/marker for use in 2008 polling places. This momentous decision by the State Board of Elections virtually guarantees that New York State will vote on paper ballots and ballot scanners when it finally replaces lever machines in 2009.

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Location: Albany, NY 12211