NC VOTER

The North Carolina Coalition for Verified Voting www.ncvoter.net  The North Carolina Coalition for Verified Voting is a grassroots non-partisan organization fighting for clean and verified elections. We study and research the issue of voting to ensure the dignity and integrity of the intention of each voting citizen. The NC Coalition for Verified Voting worked for a new law, passed in August 2005, that requires paper records for all voting machines and random post election audits. The law also requires machine manufacturers to explain how their equipment works. At our website learn about the issues with voting machines and voter registration: the problems with touch-screen voting machines , paper ballot systems cost less  to own and operate than paperless voting, a study of undervotes  shows that your vote is more likely to count if cast on paper ballots optically scanned than on touch-screen, North Carolina's election audits  are a necessary check of the digital count to the paper ballot, our important warning about straight ticket voting  in North Carolina,   Photo ID sounds like a good idea, is it?  What about links to REAL ID? experts say Internet Voting is not such a good idea ,   what we've learned about instant runoff voting , our legal battle  against Diebold,   read some great opinion pieces  on voting issues in North Carolina Join our online discussion group  a yahoo group for voters concerned about election transparency in North Carolina.   For North Carolina Election laws. the election process, voter registration qualifications and statistics, absentee ballot requests,  and election results see the website for the North Carolina State Board of Elections Find your County Boards of Elections  contact information About us:  The North Carolina Coalition for Verified Voting is a grassroots non-partisan organization fighting for clean and verified elections. We study and research the issue of voting to ensure the dignity and integrity of the intention of each voting citizen. The NC Voter Verified Coalition has consistently fought for increasing access, participation and ensuring the voter franchise. Contact Joyce McCloy, Director, N.C. Coalition for Verifiable Voting - phone 336-794-1240 - email  Join the NC Coalition for Verified Voting website www.ncvoter.net   Looking for something? Search our site below:    ____________________________________________________ WWW http://www.ncvoter.net   Wise words:  "Every voting system (perhaps every system of any kind) is insecure. Making them more secure is a desirable secondary priority, but unless we focus everyone on ensuring both auditability and effective auditing,  we're just going to create an impossible muddle." ~ Dr. David L. Dill, Founder of the Verified Voting Foundation In August, 2005 the North Carolina General Assembly passed the Public Confidence in Elections Act, SL 323 which mandated that every voting system in the state produce or use a voter verified paper ballot.  This law also set standards for voting systems software and for the vendors selling the software.  North Carolina led the way as one of only a dozen or so states with a verified voting law at the time.  This law has been applauded by several national organizations including the Brennan Center for Justice, Common Cause and the Verified Voting Foundation.  The law has been defended in court by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Even today we continue to work to protect the high standards of the Public Confidence in Elections Act while seeking new ways to ensure the voter franchise.

See our page on Instant Runoff Voting in NC   Report on NC 2008 Presidential Election: North Carolina Touch Screens Show High Rate of Unrecorded Votes for President in 2008 Paper Ballots Found More Efficient at Recording Voters' Choices  Problems with Internet voting: See Why Internet Voting is a terrible idea, Internet Voting Too Dangerous -ESPECIALLY for Our Military NC Verified Voting Legislative Successes   SL 2005-323  Public Confidence in Elections Law - signed into law on August 26, 2005 - voter verified paper ballots. SL 2006-192  NC Election audit language improved. See SECTION 7.(b)  G.S. 163‑182.2(b) signed into law on August 3, 2006.  S.L. 2007-391   Ends the "No Match No Vote" policy in North Carolina that blocked thousands of eligible voters from registering to vote. Signed into law on 08/19/2007. See "Making sure it counts"  in the Aug 29,07 issue of the Washington Daily News. Blog about Instant Runoff Voting Problems Instant Runoff Voting Facts VS Fiction  Website. Information, reports, cost studies, news about Instant Runoff Voting in the US and also in other counties "The future of democracy in North Carolina will hinge on a paper wad fight..."  see Touchscreen trouble  John Gideon,1947-2009 R.I.P. Tributes to John Gideon, RIP National Election Integrity Hero   Tributes dedicated to John Gideon from around the country at the link Websites: Voters Unite Verified Voting Wheres The Paper Equal Justice Foundation

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