By Kathy Bushouse and Shana Gruskin
Staff Writers
Posted May 7 2004
Questions about the security of touch-screen voting machines continue to bubble this week with
critics taking their concerns to the streets of West Palm Beach and to federal conference rooms in Washington, D.C.At a Thursday protest in front of the Palm Beach County elections office, a
few dozen demonstrators demanded voting machine printers and an independent, random audit of the county's Sequoia Voting Systems touch-screen machines to prove the system's integrity. They promised to rally at least once a month.
"The voting issue, to me, is where the rubber meets the road," said Susan Van Houten, founder of the newly minted Palm Beach County Coalition for Election Reform. "We had a very close election in 2000 and I'm fearful that we may have the same problem coming up six months from now. So I think the voters need to be very concerned that their votes can be recounted upon the event of a close election."
Until she's confident the touch-screen machines are accurate, Ruth Kushner, 81,
president of the West Palm Beach Club of the Florida Alliance for Retired Americans, said she's going to vote absentee, make a copy of her vote and urge others to do the same.more...
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-pvoting07may07,0,4783362.story?coll=sfla-news-palmPeople are starting to organize in Florida! This is encouraging news. Embarass the facist thugs down there for us, please.
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