Date:         Tue, 2 Nov 2004 15:06:25 -0500
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
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From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      NVC - Failures in politics.
Comments: To: Gnarlodious <gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <BDAD2AA2.5E297%gnarlodious@earthlink.net>
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Maybe there is some confusion between Bev Harris and Katherine Harris...
the highly-partisan former Secretary of State of Florida, who gained
prominence during the 2000 election. Two very different women, with *very*
different agendas.

Black Box Voting has been working hard to try and get states that are using
electronic voting machines to make sure there is a printed record of each
vote, to facilitate recounts if needed. Unfortunately, their efforts failed
here in New Jersey.


At 12:14 PM 11/2/2004 -0700, Gnarlodious wrote:
>Entity Jack spoke thus:
>
> > Be very careful!  The principal (Bev Harris) in blackboxvoting.org is
> hardly
> > non-partisan.  //jack
>In my observation she is nonpartisan. Her campaign is against the big 3
>corporations that make and manage the voting machines. She promotes no
>agenda regarding political issues other than that.
>It just so happens that "The Big 3" have close ties to the Bush
>administration, maybe that's the "partisanship" you should be looking at.
>
>-- Gnarlie
>
>
> >> non-partisan posting....
> >>
> >> http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78#breaking
> >>
> >> sorry, this was kind of alarming.
> >>
> >> if you are in a state with electronic voting, make sure that you ask
> >> the pollsters if they've been made aware of this issue.
> >>
> >> remember to vote today. it's your civic duty.
> >>
> >> please- no partisan posts or replies.
> >>
> >> that is all.