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Get the Facts WEBSITES OF INTEREST NATIONAL: Black Box Voting This organization was founded by Bev Harris who is known for her investigations into election integrity problems. Verified Voting Verified Voting aims to inform the public of the problems with relying on electronic voting machines to record and count votes, without the backup of a voter-verifiable audit trail. They also engage in lobbying for verifiable and auditable elections. Vote Trust USA Vote Trust USA is a national resource for state-based organizations working for secure, accurate and transparent elections. VoteTrustUSA is a project of Verified Voting Foundation. Open Voting Consortium We have developed (1) a prototype of open-source software for voting machines (2) an electronic voting machine that prints a paper ballot, (3) a ballot verification station that scans the paper ballot and lets a voter hear the selections, and (4) stations with functions to aid visually impaired people so they can vote without assistance. Open source means that anyone can see how the machines are programmed and how they work. Clean Money Clean Elections Public Campaign Public Campaign is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to sweeping campaign reform that aims to dramatically reduce the role of big special interest money in American politics Common Cause Clean Money Campaign Clean Money creates a voluntary system of public financing for elections. Clean Money systems vary, but typically limit political contributions to candidates and/or ballot measures in exchange for public money for campaigns. Clean Money ensures that people with true grassroots support will be able to mount credible campaigns without having to rely on wealthy donors. California Clean Money Campaign The California Clean Money Campaign is a non-partisan 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to achieve an open and accountable government in California by building statewide support for public funding of election campaigns League Of Women Voters The League of Women Voters Education Fund's (LWVEF) Public Advocacy for Voter Protection Project has been created to help bolster the League's capacity for continuing and expanding its critical state-based advocacy in order to prevent the disenfranchisement of eligible citizens, particularly underserved populations. LWV Public Advocacy for Voter Protection Link: Voters Unite Voters Unite is a non-partisan national grassroots resource for fair and accurate elections. We believe in the power of facts. National Campaign For Fair Elections The goal of the National Campaign is to foster a national movement committed to ensuring that all voters have an equal opportunity to cast a meaningful ballot. We are the nation's largest non-partisan voter protection coalition including the Lawyers' Committee, the National Bar Association, the NAACP, and the People for the American Way Foundation. Through our hotline and a dedicated army of volunteers we help tens of thousands of voters access the polls and overcome the obstacles to the ballot box. http://nationalcampaignforfairelections.org/issues Election Protection A joint project of People For the American Way and People For the American Way Foundation, the Democracy Campaign's aim is to protect the fundamental right of every voter to have his or her vote accurately counted ProCon.Org This website is dedicated to giving the pro and con positions on controversial subjects. Here are the Pro and Con arguments on Electronic Voting Machines: http://www.votingmachinesprocon.org/ Follow The Money The nonpartisan National Institute on Money in State Politics tracks contributions in all 50 states and makes this data easily searchable online.
San Diego County Websites Concerned with Election Integrity Secure Accurate Elections Secure Accurate Elections (SAE) of San Diego County is a non-partisan citizen's coalition dedicated to achieving an election system that is secure, accurate and completely open to public oversight. Network of Spiritual Progressives, San Diego We seek to create that alternative as a community of people from many faiths and traditions who join in support of a "Spiritual Covenant with America," with its vision of a network of people all working to heal and transform our world. A major concern of this group is Election Integrity. Activist San Diego Citizen Oversight Projects (COPS) http://www.copswiki.org/twiki/bin/view/Common/CitizensOversight Psephos Psephos, inspired by the traditions of democracy, is an emerging nonprofit committed to preventing the rise of unchecked power in the United States. Psephos advocates a return to transparent, secure, verifiable elections where paper ballots are counted by the people...
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