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Fair Elections Wisconsin       Agenda      Tuesday July 22, 6 to 7:30 
At Capitol Lakes (formerly Meriter Maingate), Apt. 405, 333 W. Main,  Madison

July 15 & 16 - Gov't Accountability Board meeting at 9:30 in Madison  Ballot access issues for candidates (Wednesday), Review of Election Administration Manual, new category of provisional ballots

August 12 - Madison Election Advisory Committee

Ask your favorite organization to endorse the following resolution

ADVOCATING PAPER BALLOTS AND RANDOM AUDITS

WHEREAS, voting systems should be transparent, recountable, and auditable; and

WHEREAS, voters increasingly distrust electronic voting machines with non-transparent software that may be incorrect or corrupted; and

WHEREAS, optical scan systems, counting paper ballots marked by the voter, are recountable and auditable;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, _______________ actively supports legislation to:

REQUIRE FUTURE PURCHASES OF VOTING SYSTEMS be limited to optical scan systems;

MANDATE RANDOM MANUAL AUDITS in all elections to verify the machine count; and

REQUIRE THAT RECOUNTS INCLUDE at least some manual counts.

Word file with background information.  Please email Paul Malischke if a group endorses it.

Recent Meetings: 

State Elections Board Nov 28.  They passed a resolution to direct staff to promulgate rules for pre-election testing of voting machines, per a request from Paul Malischke

Security of Voting Equipment and Ballots

Security Rules were on the agenda of the State Elections Board Meeting of Sept 12.  Amendments to strengthen them were proposed on behalf of Fair Election Wisconsin.  The members of the Board made favorable comments towards the amendments, and staff will bring back the next version at their meeting Nov. 28 in Madison.

Websites that provide general news and insight into election administration:

Election law & administration blogs:       Dan Tokaji          Rick Hasen          Caltech

Who are our Representatives in the House?  Remember: Moore Peanut Butter KORKS

Moore, Petri, Baldwin, Kagen, Obey, Ryan, Kind, Sensenbrenner

Web page by Paul Malischke malischke@yahoo.com  Last updated July 20, 2008