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Rush to Judgment on Voting Machines Risks Electoral Chaos in 2006
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coalition of New York voters and civic groups, including New Yorkers
for Verified Voting and the League of Women Voters of New York, announced
today that they are intervening to oppose a lawsuit filed by the US
Department of Justice (DOJ) against New York State.
On March 3, 2006 a Motion for Intervention in the DOJ lawsuit was filed
in the United States District Court, Northern District of New York,
by Larry Rockefeller, a longtime voting activist; Bo Lipari of New
Yorkers for Verified Voting; The League of Women Voters of New York
State; Lionel Logan of the Syracuse Onondaga County Branch NAACP; and
Steve DeWitt and Hank Nicols, Election Commissioners from Tompkins
and Otsego counties, who joined in their personal capacity as registered
voters.
If the Department of Justice action forces the State of New York to
overhaul New York’s voting systems before the September 2006
primary it risks Election Day chaos. The lawsuit could result in New
York being forced into hasty procurement of voting systems which are
not secure, poorly tested, and which fail to reliably and accurately
record and count votes. Using untested voting systems acquired in haste
is a recipe for disaster.
The United States Constitution guarantees the right of citizens to
have their votes counted in honest elections. The DOJ case represents
a threat to this fundamental right.
>> Joint
Press Release [~82kb PDF] <<
>> Motion of Intervention Brief [~1.8MB
PDF] <<
>> Selected
Press Clippings [~32kb PDF] <<
For
information contact:
Bo Lipari
607-387-9308 office
607-351-2314 cell
bolipari@nyvv.org |
