ACTION ALERT FOR OUT-OF-STATERS: HELP FLA!! Contact Gov Crist

[AmBlue]

IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE OF FLORIDA, PLEASE CONTACT GOVERNOR CRIST DIRECTLY HERE:
http://www.flgov.com/contact_form

PLEASE TELL THE GOVERNOR:

Congrats to you, Governor Crist, on your PAPER BALLOT plan to reform Florida’s voting systems. Floridians are fed up with being a national laughingstock and the rest of the country is cheering Florida on to get this right. Now is the time for the LEGISLATURE to pass a CLEAN BILL in support of your plan – free from political baggage – and IMPLEMENT meaningful PAPER BALLOT voting system reform – fully effective for the 2008 Presidential election. Please don't allow your great PAPER BALLOT plan for Florida to be polluted with partisan politics.

THANK YOU!!!

Voting Integrity Alliance of Tampa Bay
Member, VoteTrustUSA Leaders Group
Co-Founder, Florida Voters Coalition
www.VIATampaBay.org

[snappyturtle]

1. Done...I wrote Gov. Crist......

I told him I hope that he was the beginning of a tidal wave of states to adopt paper ballots.

[AmBlue]

2. Thanks so much

We need all the help we can get down here.

[snappyturtle]

3. You're most welcome! Where is everybody? Election

transparency is our road to freedom!

[AmBlue]

4. Just in: EAC calls special mtg on FLA HAVA expenditures

We also just got word that the EAC has called a special public meeting in DC (very unusual) to decide on whether Florida can use it's $93MM in HAVA funds to upgrade to paper ballot systems that would replace the failing DREs our state certified. It will be very difficult for Florida folks to attend that meeting. See here: http://www.eac.gov/docs/EAC%20-%20Sunshine%20Notice%20(%205-1-07%20Meeting%20).pdf

More to come shortly on who at EAC and in Congress needs to hear from us. Feinstein for sure, probably others.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

5. My state used HAVA funds to switch to all paper - see link

NORTH CAROLINA USED HAVA FUNDS TO REPLACE PAPERLESS MACHINES WITH VVPP, OPTICAL SCAN AND BALLOT MARKING DEVICES

See Fiscal Analysis for NC Paper Ballot Law passed August 2005

Financial analysis from the NC state government -- using data supplied by the State Board of Elections --

Section 7 -- Change in HAVA Fund Language. This section changes language of the statute
that created, pursuant to federal law, the fund into which is placed federal money
that the State received to implement the requirements of the Help America Vote Act
(HAVA). The change clarifies that the money in the fund may be used not only to
comply with HAVA but for purpose permitted by HAVA to comply with State law.
Section 7.1 -- County Grants. This section allows each county to receive a grant of up to
$12,000 per polling place and one-stop site (plus two backup units per county) from
the Election Fund for voting equipment that complies with the requirements of
HAVA and this act. It also allows each county to receive a grant for central
administrative software for tabulation. That grant would be equivalent to $1 per
voter in the 2004 presidential election, but would be no less than $10,000 and no
more than $100,000.

http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/FiscalNotes/Senate/PDF/SFN0223v4n1.pdf

Vendors Prices as bid to state of North Carolina in December 2005

Diebold price list bid to NC
http://www.ncvoter.net/downloads/diebold_equipmentpricing.pdf

ES&S price list bid to NC
http://www.ncvoter.net/downloads/ess_equipmentpricing.pdf