[nfb-talk] paperless voting

[Mike Freeman]

(1) NFB has not definitively expressed either support or opposition to 
the Holt bill. Thus, signing a petition is premature for NFB members 
IMO.

(2) On-line petitions aren't worth a farthing! Politicians don't pay an 
iota of attention to them in that there is no way to assess their 
validity. So it's a large, unproductive waste of time!

Sorry to rain on the parade!

Mike Freeman, President
NFB of Washington

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sherri" <flmom2006 at gmail.com>
To: <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>; <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>; "Multiple recipients of 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:26 AM
Subject: [nfb-talk] paperless voting


> Please sign the petition below, but it does give a space for comments.
> Please let them know that blind people still need the wright to cast 
> an
> independent ballot. This petition supports the bill introduced by 
> Long-time
> voting reform advocate Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) who is the sponsor of the 
> Voter
> Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007, and it's 
> co-sponsored
> by close to 200 other representatives from both parties. He supports 
> keeping
> our wright to vote independently while having a varifiable paper trail 
> and
> spoke to all those attending the NFB Washington Seminar. Thanks for 
> signing
> this petition. See message below.
>
> Sherri
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Too many voters are still stuck with paperless voting 
> machines-machines that
> are vulnerable to tampering and malfunction.
>
> A new bill in Congress would ban paperless voting. It's got enough 
> support
> to pass, but time is short. This week, the Democratic leadership is 
> deciding
> what Congress will take up next. If they don't put voting on the 
> agenda,
> there simply won't be time to make the change by the 2008 presidential
> election.
>
> We need Congress to ban paperless voting before it's too late.
>
> Can you help out by signing this petition to Congress? It's really 
> easy-just
> click the link below:
>
> http://pol.moveon.org/paperlessvoting/?referring_id=-5505232-mk_UT5d4cp2OwgKrSnFTzA&taf=1
>
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