1. Photos
a. PBOS pollsite - http://www.wheresthepaper.org/PBOSpollsiteBW200KB.pdf
b. PBOS vs VVPAT - http://www.wheresthepaper.org/NYPBOSvsVVPAT.pdf
2. Basic info
a. Overview of political process - http://www.wheresthepaper.org/OverviewNYprocess.htm
b. New voting machines for NY -
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/NewVotingMachinesForNY.doc
c. Keep Electronic Voting out of NY State! What’s Bad, What’s Good
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/KeepEvotingOutOfNYBadGood.htm
3. Big problems
a. Long voter wait lines - http://www.wheresthepaper.org/PeakHoursWaitTimeReport.pdf
b. High cost, initial and recurring - http://www.wheresthepaper.org/ny.html#costReports
c. Privatization of public elections – PEF Resolution..
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/PEF_opscan_res1_proofed4_1.htm
d. Targetted disenfranchisement of minorities
(1) Electronic Voting: New High-Tech Ways to Disenfranchise African-Americans http://www.wheresthepaper.org/EballotsDisenfranchiseAfricanAmericans.pdf
(2) HAVA and HR811 – Voting Machines’ Impact on Minority Communities
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/HAVAandHR811MinorityImpact070330.htm
(3) Wrong Time for an E-vote Glitch - Evidence that minority ballots can be handled
“differently" – http://www.wheresthepaper.org/WrongTimeForAnEvoteGlitch.htm
(4) New Mexico – 2 DREs accounted for 8% Hispanic and Native American undervotes
http://www.votersunite.org/info/NM_UVbyMachineandEthnicity.pdf
(5) New Mexico undervote rate plummets after switch from DREs to paper ballots
http://www.votersunite.org/info/NM_UVbyBallotTypeandEthnicity.pdf
(6) Parallel Testing Program, Findings (lost votes on Spanish ballots, pages 24-27)
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/Limited_Parallel_Testing_Findings.pdf
(7) PRLDEF statement.
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/PRLDEF5_07PaperBallots.pdf
(8) Coalition of Black Trade Unionists resolution, May 19, 2007.
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/CBTU_NYC_PBOSresolution.pdf
(9) English Proficiency and the Eligible Voter Pool, NYC Dept. of City Planning
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/BOE_EngProficiency.pdf
4. Trust? Computers are as "trustworthy” as the
people who make and use them
a. FBI Computer Crime Survey of 2005 – 87% had “security incidents,” 64% lost money
(the incident was not trivial), and 44% had intrusions from within their organization.
http://houston.fbi.gov/pressrel/2006/ho011906.htm
b. CA Secy of State Bowen, Press Release
www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting_systems/ttbr/db07_042_ttbr_system_decisions_release.pdf
c. CA Secy of State Bowen, Overview of Red Team Reports
http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voting_systems/ttbr/red_overview.pdf
d. EAC Interim Accreditation, Independent Test Authorities, Assessment Report, CIBER &
Wyle, http://www.wheresthepaper.org/Ciber_WyleAssessment_July2006.pdf
e. Election Fraud in America: The Problem is Secret Procedures and Lack of Observers
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/ElectionFraud_DontWorryAboutPaperBallots.htm
f. Resolution 228-A, New York City Council, Aug. 16, 2006
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/ny.html#CCreso228
5. Voting Machine Industry – a record of failure
a. E-Voting Failures in Nov 2006 -
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/E-VotingIn2006Mid-Term.pdf
b. Watchdog Group finds 100,000 errors in one election in one county
www.wheresthepaper.org/YahooNews060223WatchdogGroupQuestions2004FlaVote.htm
c. ES&S - the Midas Touch in Reverse -
http://www.votersunite.org/info/ESSMidasinreverse.asp
6. Accessibility
a. The most accessible equipment now and for the foreseeable future is PBOS -- Noel Runyan,
“Improving Access to Voting” Report on technology for accessible voting systems -
http://www.voteraction.org/reports/improving_access.pdf
b. Blind and Disabled Voter Advocates call for immediate ban of DREs, March 14, 2007
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4270
7. Irresponsible Vendors
a. New York State Office of the State Comptroller, Bulletin No. G-221,
Vendor Responsibility: Standards, Procedures and Documentation Requirements
http://www.osc.state.ny.us/agencies/gbull/g221.htm
b. Voting System Companies Fail to Meet NY State’s Requirements for “Responsible
Contractors” - http://www.wheresthepaper.org/IrresponsibleVendors070710.pdf
c. Abstract Memo I, The Voting Vendors Scheduled for Certification Testing Are Ineligible to
Contract with New York State - http://www.wheresthepaper.org/Memo1Abstract.pdf
d. Abstract Memo II, Alternative Voting Systems That Are HAVA-compliant, NYS-compliant
and Democracy-compliant
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/Memo2Abstract.pdf
8. Editorial Endorsements
http://www.nyvv.org/reports/EditorialEndorsements.pdf
9. Optical scanners can be diagnosed and fixed when they
malfunction
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/NYCBOEScanRpt030515.pdf
10. Where to start
a. Learn the issue – subscribe to the Daily Voting News (email to jgideon at votersunite.org)
b. Take a position
c. Invite speakers to local groups
d. Voice your concern to your party and all elected officials
e. Join local activists – send an email to admin at WheresThePaper.org for help finding your local group
11. Longer briefing:
Choose PBOS, not DREs, www.wheresthepaper.org/ChoosePBOS_notDREs.htm
This page: http://www.wheresthepaper.org/MaterialsList_Briefing.htm