An election commissioner says NO to op-scans in New York
A letter to the Albany Times-Union, from Virginia Martin, the Democratic election commissioner in Columbia County, NY.
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Uncertified machines do not serve voters
By VIRGINIA MARTIN
First published: Thursday, June 25, 2009
A sentence in the June 17 editorial, “Iranians’ fight for democracy,” sent a chill down my spine.
“…Iran’s supreme leader … has called for a limited recount.”
Hold that thought. Something else — that I literally shudder to connect to the above — has been nagging at me for some weeks. It is this:
How many candidates running for office this fall know that the votes that will decide their fate will be counted by an uncertified computer program?
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