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NO MEETING
SCHEDULED FOR JULY,
SAE MEETING MINUTES: SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2007 Combined notes from Valerie Sanfilippo and Sharlene Hamilton A. REPORTS (1) PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS- DISCUSSION: -Bruce had unsatisfactory reply to complaints to Secretary of State. Requested help with Public Records request. -Miriam would like info on caging and purging, Bruce may have. ACTION: Pat H and Bonnie volunteered to help Bruce with PRR's. (2) Miriam reported UT had an editorial against Holt Bill for all the wrong reasons. - Candidate Mark Hanson running againt Diane Jacobs in District 2. (3) Brina-Rae is in touch with a former member of HAVA who is willing to talk with local Congress members about dangers of Holt Bill. ACTION: Brina will contact Reps Filner & Davis for conference call with HAVA author to advocate against Holt Bill. Suggest we support Kucinich hand counting bill. (4) Bonnie R. contacted Tom Finey who is challenging a decision in a vote flipping case. She would like us to help apply pressure. She will email details to distribute to members. B. DISCUSSION: WHAT WE WANT FROM THE COUNTY (1) Public oversight to include election integrity groups observing central tabulator on election night. Presently, Grand Jury fulfills obligation for public oversight at vote count. Need exact wording of code. (2) Precinct by precinct readout on election night as votes are tabulated as a means of checking Central Tabulator against tapes produced at precinct level. (3) Chain of custody information (4) Public monitoring of absentee ballot processing (5) No sleepovers. Previous taskforce of Secretary of State said machines never to be in possession of an individual. Look to “good practice” counties. Talk with ROV in Yolo and San Mateo Counties. (6) Establishment of fair recount fees. (7) Complete count of all ballots including absentees and paper before a winner is announced. (8) A purge list and how purging was done in Nov. 2006 C. PROJECT: CREATING A POSITIVE PROGRAM Suggestions for creating a program that can be taken to various community groups about dangers of privatized voting. (1) Demonstrate costs by filling jar with jelly beans standing for costs voting on paper, scanners or touch screens. (2) Chart of what you could buy with this money. (3) Show how Republicans have challenged some primary races. (4) Possible power point or video presentation. VOLUNTEERS: Stephanie S., Bonnie R., Ann and Dave Z. and Jim and Shar H. Group will meet in August to work together. D. PROJECT: SPEAKER'S BUREAU-COMMUNITY OUTREACH DISCUSSION: -Suggest speak to minority groups, high school and colleges, Republican groups regarding taxes VOLUNTEERS: Jim H., Dave Z., Pat L. E. HOW TO REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY BRAINSTORMING (1) Dump Diebold Rally/Petitions DISCUSSION:-Suggest Dump Diebold rally in park to give info & petitions. -Suggest collecting signatures for petitions at city festivals. -Suggest we join others on term limit petition regarding BOS -Invite politicians with name recognition (Filner, Frye) (2) Have people on street corners with signs around town (3) Ads and Bilboards (4) Public Hearing: DISCUSSION: -Suggest Public Hearing, witnesses to voting abuses, film for the record. (5) Educate media - press package (6) Reach out to minorities. -Stephanie will try to contact Rev. Shockley, Pilgrim Church -Miriam has Hispanic and all media lists. SUMMARY OF ACTIONS AND VOLUNTEERS 1. Help Bruce with Public Record Reports: Bonnie R., Pat H. and Hamilton after August 2. Create public presentation: Jim H., Shar H., Dave Z., Bonnie R., Stephanie S. Group will get together in August and will communicate by email or telephone until them. 3. Public Speakers Bureau: Jim H., Dave Z., Pat. L. Group will get together when presentation has been prepared. 4. County Charter and recall rules research: Valerie Sanfilippo
SAE PRESENTATION - FACT SHEET
& WHAT WE WANT-ACTION '00 - Voters were illegally purged from rolls in Florida - We want a list of all the purged voters and how purging was done. '01 - HAVA doesn't require computers, but Fed money is available for computers- We want paper ballot not paper trail or computers, and Braille ballots for blind and other accommodation besides computers for the disabled. '02 - Congress & Governorships were taken over by paperless computers - We want paper ballots and open source code, not computers with secret code; and precinct readouts on election night to check against the central tabulator. '03 - Diebold used uncertified software in Governor's recall, was sued and settled out of court - We want hand counting or scanners with open code; not secret software or memory cards. '04 - Diebold failed 30% in San Diego primary, exit poll showed Frye by 50.2% - We want no voting computers, computer systems always fail first day, we want paper ballots for all; and we want automatic recounts when tally varies from exit poll by more than 0.1%. '05 - Jim March was arrested in San Diego for trying to observe the counting - We want citizen activist observers on the grand jury that observes counting including observing the central tabulator counting on election night; and citizen monitoring of absentee ballot counting before election. '06 - Rep. Busby's opponent was sworn in before election certified and all votes were counted, recount was not allowed until after certification, recount was overcharged, and computers were taken for sleepovers prior to election day. We want chain of custody information, and no sleepovers; we want a complete count of all ballots including absentee before winner is announced; and we want establishment of fair recount fees prior to the election. '07 - ROV Seilor has conflict of interest with private computer vendors, and Asst. ROV Vu's staff was convicted of fixing the audit in Ohio. We want no conflict of interest, no private vendor, we want hand count or open source scanners; and we want true random audits, not cherry-picked.
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