Stop Arnold's special election to eliminate paper requirement for DREs

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http://www.contestthevote.org/

"We are a group of real Californians attempting to educate voters that the Governor’s special election circumvents new laws going into effect in 2006 which removes paperless electronic machines from use."

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(Contest The Vote is a project of North County Coalition for Peace & Justice )
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UPDATE FOR 05/08/2005:
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Treasure Phil Angelides and Assemblyman Mark Leno urge people to

At a press conference held on the steps of San Francisco's City Hall today, California state treasurer Phil Angelides shared the podium with Assemblyman Mark Leno and www.ContestTheVote.org's Rick Hall to announce their support for a statewide effort to stop Arnold's special election.

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“Instead of working with the Legislature in good faith to address the complex issues facing the state, the governor has chosen to spend his time dining with out of state corporate interests, raising campaign dollars to fight against teachers, firefighters and nurses,” said Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco). “This is not what the people of California elected him to do. He should be in Sacramento, working with the legislature to tackle the state’s budget, education and healthcare crises.”

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“These so-called reforms will take California in the wrong direction, while doing nothing to address the real issues,” said California State Treasurer Phil Angelides. “Governor Schwarzenegger’s initiatives do nothing to balance the budget, invest in transportation, or increase educational opportunities for our young people.”
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‘www.ContestTheVote.org’ does not pay signature gatherers and we don’t raise money. We are a group of real Californians attempting to educate voters that the Governor’s special election circumvents new laws going into effect in 2006 which removes paperless electronic machines from use. We also want to send the Governor the message that not all Californians are in support of his idea to spend $70 million on an unnecessary and costly special election.

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Instead of spending the $70 million for a special election, we could provide a UC education to more than 9,000 eligible students or pay the salaries for more than 1,300 classroom teachers. We could provide healthcare for 50,000 uninsured, poor children or in-home support services for over 90,000 frail, elderly or disabled Californians.

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Governor Schwarzenegger claims that “the people” are the motivating force behind his special election, even though ‘Citizens to Save California’ will pay signature gatherers up to $15 per signature to get the 600,000 signatures needed to quality each of his initiatives for the ballot and the million signatures needed for his constitutional amendments.

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‘California for Democracy’ are asking Californians who care about this issue and want to help stop Arnold's waste of taxpayer money to log on to the ‘California for Democracy’ website: www.californiafordemocracy.com At that site Californians can connect with an on-line petition to sign, download their own petition form and make copies of flyers to hand out to friends and neighbors.

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“Going out of state to raise tens of millions of dollars for a special election in California, is a real affront to the working people of this state,” said Tom Brown, organizer for ‘California for Democracy.’ “We are trying to help real citizens of California make up their own minds about the future of the state.”

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Stop Arnold From Holding An Expensive, Unnecessary, Unverifiable, Special Election!
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California residents: do you want your vote to count? Do you know that, if a Special Election is held in 2005, your vote could be lost or stolen by electronic means that would leave not a trace? Yes, Arnold’s boondoggle of an election would not only cost $70 million dollars--the most distressing fact is that voting in 2005 would take place on the outmoded paperless and non-voter verified electronic voting machines.

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Governor skirting election law
An election held early, in 2005, is much less secure than one held in 2006. A November, 2005 election would circumvent the bill passed last September by the California legislature requiring that all direct recording electronic (DRE) voting machines include an accessible voter verified paper audit trail as of January, 2006. Holding a special election in 2005, before this requirement takes effect, clearly invites chaos and lack of voter confidence in the election result.

Why is Ahnold so intent on holding an election seven months prior to the regularly scheduled, more secure, June 2006 primary? Word is, he wants to circumvent yet another law, one that makes it illegal for him to raise and spend money for his initiatives closer to the time when he’s a declared candidate. Supposedly, he wants new statewide redistricting, but the timeline is so short for that, its feasibility is suspect. After all, candidates need to file their papers in early 2006, but can’t if they don’t know whether they still live in their district.


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Write this Special Election out of existence
There are many excellent reasons to Stop this Special Election. We need to make it clear to the Governor, and the media, that California voters do not want an expensive, unnecessary, unverifiable, and potentially chaotic statewide election in November 2005. We can wait until the regularly scheduled election in 2006, when a voter verified paper audit trail will be required for all direct recording electronic machines.

We need to get everyone we know to sign this petition to Schwarzenegger demanding he drop his wrong-headed idea of forcing a special election upon us. Polls show that support for the election falls when people know how much it costs. Add to that the mystery of what could happen to our votes, and support will dwindle even more.


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Timelines and deadlines
How much time do we have to publicize these issues and gain signatures? The Governor can call a Special Election as soon as one initiative completely qualifies—probably about the beginning of May. (By statute, he has until June to call a November election.)

Concerned Californians: sign on. Contact your friends. Let’s let the Governor know we oppose a special election set up for his Special Interests. It’s time for him to realize he doesn’t own California. The state belongs not to Arnold, but to us, the people of California.


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“Leno has been working with grassroots organizers who have been gathering signatures online and in person for petitions urging the governor to drop plans for a special election. As of Friday afternoon, the groups have collected nearly 17,000 signatures.”.
-San Francisco Chronicle
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Other: 2401

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ALAMEDA 4178
AMADOR 17
BETHEL 3
BUTTE 160
CALAVERAS 20
CHARLOTTESVILLE 1
COLE 1
CONTRA COSTA 1755
COOK 1
CUMBERLAND 5
DEL NORTE 17
DESCHUTES 1
EL DORADO 110
FRESNO 222
GLENN 5
HARTFORD 1
HENNEPIN 2
HUMBOLDT 171
HUNTERDON 1
IMPERIAL 1
INYO 19
KERN 197
KINGS 4
LAKE 67
LASSEN 5
LOS ANGELES 4346
MADERA 53
MARIN 777
MARIPOSA 18
MCLEAN 2
MENDOCINO 159
MERCED 17
MIDDLESEX 1
MODOC 1
MOHAVE 1
MONO 10
MONROE 1
MONTEREY 300
MULTNOMAH 1
NAPA 147
NEVADA 129
NEW CASTLE 1
ORANGE 1166
PLACER 144
PLUMAS 21
PRINCE GEORGE'S 1
RIVERSIDE 384
SACRAMENTO 609
SAN BENITO 23
SAN BERNARDINO 251
SAN DIEGO 1748
SAN FRANCISCO 8235
SAN JOAQUIN 76
SAN LUIS OBISPO 487
SAN MATEO 496
SANTA BARBARA 259
SANTA CLARA 1776
SANTA CRUZ 383
SHASTA 66
SIERRA 2
SISKIYOU 63
SNOHOMISH 1
SOLANO 138
SONOMA 736
STANISLAUS 109
SUTTER 13
TEHAMA 16
TRAVIS 1
TRINITY 1
TULARE 46
TUOLUMNE 31
VENTURA 428
VOLUSIA 1
YOLO 162
YUBA 14