REMINDER: MCM & Andi Novick speak in NYC on 7/9

Forum:
Electronic Voting, Optical Scanners, and Lever Machines

Speakers*: Mark Crispin Miller, Douglas Kellner, and Andi Novick.

Thursday, July 9, 2009
7:30 pm

Saint Mark’s Church-In-The-Bowery
10 Street and 2 Avenue in Manhattan

Sponsored by the Village Independent Democrats

Advance commentary:
http://re-mediaetc.blogspot.com/2009/07/lever-voting-advocates-go-head-to-head.html

If we computerize our vote-counting, what feasible procedures for verification of computer accuracy and security can we use? How can we secure the paper ballots while they are out of public view between the close of polls and the “audit” procedures to be held up to 15 days later? Here are some problems that other jurisdictions have had–how can we ensure that we detect and correct errors when the computer errors are not so obvious? http://www.wheresthepaper.org/OpScansIntheNews.pdf

Why should we keep trying to keep our mechanical lever voting machines?
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/LegislativeMemorandumKeepLeversJune15_09.pdf

Subways:
6 train to Astor Place
4 or 5 train to 14 St
R W or N train to 8 St or 14 St.

*Speakers:
Douglas Kellner, Commissioner, New Yorl State Board of Elections
Mark Crispin Miller, Professor of Media Studies at N.Y.U.
Andi Novick, attorney and driving force behind efforts to allow New York to keep our lever voting machines.

Teresa Hommel
wheresthepaper.org/ny.html

Originally posted: REMINDER: MCM & Andi Novick speak in NYC on 7/9

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