www.wheresthepaper.org/NYCshouldChoosePBOS.htm
Teresa Hommel
June 29, 2005
(Paper
Ballots, Optical Scanners, and
Automark
Ballot-markers for voters with special needs)
A. Jurisdictions with PBOS love PBOS.
1. "Optical Scan Survey
Results"
http://www.nyvv.org/reports/OptScanSurvey.pdf
B. Many voters with disabilities are enthusiastic about
the Automark, and are concerned
about the security of
their vote as well as accessibility.
2. Automark: "AutoMARK
Quotes"
C. PBOS costs much less than evoting, both initial
purchase and continuing operation.
3. "… Acquisition Costs
of DRE and Precinct Based Optical Scan Voting Equipment …"
http://www.nyvv.org/reports/AcquisitionCostDREvOptScanNYS.pdf
4. "Paper Ballot Costs and
Printing"
http://www.nyvv.org/reports/PaperBallotPrintingCosts.pdf
5. "How many paper ballots
must be printed for an election?"
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/HowManyPaperBallotsAreNeeded.htm
6. "Comparing Annual Costs of
DRE and Optical Scan systems"
http://www.nyvv.org/reports/ComparingAnnualCosts
DREvPBOS.pdf
7. "Cost Comparison of Voting
Equipment for New York State, Touchscreen DRE with
VVPT Printer vs. Precinct Based Optical Scan + Ballot Marking
Device"
http://www.nyvv.org/doc/CostComparisons.pdf
D. We should learn from the experience of other jurisdictions,
such as Miami Dade County,
Florida, which are
struggling to convert to PBOS and to get rid of their evote equipment
due to lost votes and
out-of-control cost overruns.
8."Miami Dade County Officials
Recommend Scrapping DRE system for Optical Scanners"
http://www.nyvv.org/reports/MiamiDadeDumpsDREs.pdf
9. Computerworld, April 14, 2005,
"Fate of $25M e-voting system in Miami-Dade dangling"
http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/policy/story/0,10801,101105,00.html
E. We should be forewarned by the documented failures of
evote vendors and their equipment.
10. VotersUnite.org list of
failures of 7 vendors.
http://www.votersunite.org/info/messupsbyvendor.asp
11. Brief Summary of New Mexico
State Election Data
http://www.nyvv.org/reports/NewMexico2004ReportSummary.pdf
12. Summary Report on New Mexico
State Election Data
http://www.nyvv.org/reports/NewMexico2004ElectionDataReport-v2.pdf
F. We should be forewarned by increasing citizen opposition
to evoting. Evoting undermines voter
confidence in
the legitimacy of elections: voters cannot meaningfully witness the recording
and
casting of their own
votes. Observers cannot meaningfully witness the storage, handling, and
counting of votes.
13. Inside Bay Area, June 18, 2005.
"Call rises to 'dump diebold'"
http://www.insidebayarea.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=2810029
14. Daytona Beach News-Journal
Online, June 8, 2005. "Voter verification"
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/Opinion/Editorials/03OpOPN95060805.htm
G. Buyer beware! Despite claims of eager vendors, we should
be guided by the experience of
other jurisdictions,
warnings of computer professionals and computer scientists, past reputation
of vendors, and the
expressed distrust of voters.
15. "Refuting Sequoia Claims
about Optical Scan"
http://www.nyvv.org/reports/CorrectingSequoia.pdf
16. USA Today, "Doubts over
touchscreen tech choice for Venezuela recall"
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/world/2004-07-12-venezuela-evote_x.htm
17. www.MilitaresDemocraticos.com,
"Coup in Venezuela, Evidence of Fraud Abounds"
http://militaresdemocraticos.surebase.com/articulos/en/20040817-01.html
18. www.venered.org, "A
Summary of the Tulio Alvarez Report on Fraud"
http://www.venered.org/english/ then click "Más articulos"
19. "New York Should Ban Communications
Capability in Voting … Equipment"
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/BanCommunications.htm
I. Security concepts derived from paper ballots and
mechanical lever machines won’t help us
with computer
technology.
20. "Paper Ballot Concepts in
a Computerized World"
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/PaperBallotConcepts.htm
J. Evoting undermines democracy in numerous ways, and any
benefit attributed to evoting
can be obtained
with less risk from lesser technology.
21. "Frequently Asked
Questions, Why Do Informed Citizens Oppose Electronic Voting?"
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/EvotingFAQ.htm
22. "Electronic Voting - Why
It's Bad For Democracy"
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/Evoting_BadForDemocracy.htm
K. Computer security is impossible to control. When major
financial institutions with
sophisticated computer
security departments experience massive losses, how will Boards
of Elections prevent
electronic tampering with computerized elections?
23. USA Today, "40 Million
credit card holders may be at risk"
http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/general/2005-06-19-breach-usat_x.htm?csp=34
L. More information about PBOS.
24. “Precinct Based Optical Scan
Voting Systems”