Jason Forester
2004-09-09 01:52:52 UTC
On September 2nd, a group of concerned citizens met with the
Office of Elections staff, including Dwayne Yoshina, Chief
Elections Officer.
Also present were representatives from Hart Intercivic, makers
of the eSlate voting machine which Hawaii is making much too
much use of this year.
While they are supposedly here for HAVA compliance, in truth
they're currently planned to be available for use by anyone,
with 399 of them out on election day (one in every precinct).
These machines do not generate a paper trail of any kind, with
only 'electronic audit' capabilities. Next year, paper will be
an additional option on these machines.
We asked the Office of Elections to refrain from using the
machines this year for non-HAVA voting, and were essentially
turned down, apparently due primarily to monetary concerns.
We would like to request that any local tech people who feel
as we do that voting without a paper trail is unacceptable
to contact the Office of Elections and let them know that it's
a concern to all of us. We'd also like to add your names
to our roster.
There's not much time before the election - and the primary
is under two weeks away. Please help us make Hawaii's vote
safer this year.
Office of Elections contact information:
808-453-8683
Neighbor Islands Toll Free 1-800-442-8683
Fax-808-453-6006
***@aloha.net
If you are interested in helping out, or just signing your
name in support, please contact me via email ***@lava.net
or by phone at 721 5785.
Thanks in advance,
- jason
Office of Elections staff, including Dwayne Yoshina, Chief
Elections Officer.
Also present were representatives from Hart Intercivic, makers
of the eSlate voting machine which Hawaii is making much too
much use of this year.
While they are supposedly here for HAVA compliance, in truth
they're currently planned to be available for use by anyone,
with 399 of them out on election day (one in every precinct).
These machines do not generate a paper trail of any kind, with
only 'electronic audit' capabilities. Next year, paper will be
an additional option on these machines.
We asked the Office of Elections to refrain from using the
machines this year for non-HAVA voting, and were essentially
turned down, apparently due primarily to monetary concerns.
We would like to request that any local tech people who feel
as we do that voting without a paper trail is unacceptable
to contact the Office of Elections and let them know that it's
a concern to all of us. We'd also like to add your names
to our roster.
There's not much time before the election - and the primary
is under two weeks away. Please help us make Hawaii's vote
safer this year.
Office of Elections contact information:
808-453-8683
Neighbor Islands Toll Free 1-800-442-8683
Fax-808-453-6006
***@aloha.net
If you are interested in helping out, or just signing your
name in support, please contact me via email ***@lava.net
or by phone at 721 5785.
Thanks in advance,
- jason