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Posted by bleever]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:24:21 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by GK]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:42:52 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Fact: DREs count votes in secret which goes against our right to observer that count publicly. The only paper they generate is a summary total of what the machines have already tabulated internally.
Posted by jirrera]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:21:25 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by joycemccloy]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:00:22 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Give us our paper ballots NOW!
Posted by KnoxBill]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:38:28 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Can you substantiate this statement with actual numbers:

"Fact: The space needed to store the optical scan machines and the ballots will be larger than the space required to store the electronic machines."

For example, what would you estimate to be the cubic footage needed to store the scanners and ballots from a single precinct? How does that compare with the cubic footage needed to store touch-screen equipment for the same precinct?
Posted by Mary Land]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:02:39 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Of course, to do that, Master Tre would still have to grow a pair of balls."

I like your style Mr. Ellis! Care to run for office?
Posted by mad_merc]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 20:56:47 -0600 Memphis Flyer
But to begin, thank you for your past service to democracy in Tennessee (regardless of how you vote personally).
Posted by Bernie Ellis]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:56:29 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Fact: Brook Thompson did not appoint or pick any election administrators.

Fact: According to the statutes, the State Election Commission and the County Election Commissions have a political composition which is controlled by which party has the majority in the legislature.

Fact: Election Administrators, one per county, are appointed by County Election Commissions. No where in the statutes does it specify this is a partisan appointment.

Fact: County Election Commissions are appointed by the State Election Commission who are mandated to "consult with legislators" who represent each county.
Posted by 1voter1voice]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:27:32 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Eliz77]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:43:23 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by mad_merc]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:28:34 -0600 Memphis Flyer


1) Do you believe Tennesseans deserve fair and accurate elections? and

2) Which would you prefer, paperless electronic voting machines that count votes using software that the good folks of Tennessee can't see or monitor, or paper ballots that give the citizens of the state something tangible to oversee, recount, and audit?

Posted by marymancini]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:59:54 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by mad_merc]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:47:05 -0600 Memphis Flyer
The NC SBoE worked with lawmakers to submit a HAVA plan that allows for the use of some HAVA funds to assist in ballot programming and some printing. This helped our counties alot when we ditched paperless machines in 2005.

North Carolina is a state where we have appointed election officials, who have a job as long as they do a good job, its not political and we don't hire our elections officials by voting for them.
Posted by joycemccloy]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:34:22 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by marymancini]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:23:44 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Jeff]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:23:38 -0600 Memphis Flyer
So I have to ask, which would you prefer, paperless electronic voting machines that count votes using secret software that the good folks of Tennessee aren't allowed to even see (let alone monitor), or paper ballots that give the citizens of the state something tangible to oversee, recount, and audit?

The power for accurate elections should be in the hands of the people of Tennessee, and the people of Tennessee want paper ballots. That's why the original legislation to give us paper ballots (plus mandatory random audits and the paper ballot as the ballot of record when recounts are necessary) originally passed almost unanimously in the TN General Assembly - that means that 56 out of a possible 59 Republicans voted for the TN Voter Confidence Act in 2008.

It truly was a bi-partisan effort.

The bill to delay the TN Voter Confidence Act that will most likely be voted on in January of 2010, not only delays the date the Act must be implemented (until 2012) but also guts the mandatory audit procedures.

But audits are important, as The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (TACIR), who spent over a year studying the vulnerabilities of different voting systems, stated in their comprehensive report, Trust But Verify: Toward Increasing Voter Confidence in Election Results, TACIR: “(Paper ballots) reassure voters that their vote is being counted accurately and can be audited or recounted…..
Posted by marymancini]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:52:52 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Jeff]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:09:59 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by SJM]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:51:59 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Bernie Ellis]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:42:01 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by SJM]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:25:40 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by htmldon]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:50:47 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by mad_merc]]> Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:18:13 -0600 Memphis Flyer