Open Letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan

Dear Mr. Annan:
I request UN observers to watch our elections: to examine the software (including the firm ware) that runs US voting systems, and to make sure that the vote totals are not tampered with, and to report any voting that is not secure or auditable.

As the head of Vermonters for Voting Integrity, and an author of Vermont law S.202 (banning electronic voting), I am writing to request that the UN consider sending election observers to the United States. This should be debated openly in light of the massive fraud that has been committed here, especially during and since the 2000 elections.

Any system of collecting data must be auditable. Any accountant or bookkeeper from Bangkok to Santiago knows this. But some election officials (and supposed voting rights groups) in the U.S. are either too corrupt or too incompetent to understand this most basic principle of data collection.

It is for this well-documented reason that I request observers to watch our elections: to examine the software (including the firm ware) that runs these systems, and to make sure that the vote totals are not tampered with, and to report any voting that is not secure or auditable.

"The results of US elections have a profound effect on the lives and well-being of people throughout the world."

There are several organizations in the US involved in voting integrity that would support and help such an effort. The National Ballot Integrity Project is one. I would be happy to send you a list

http://baltimorechronicle.com/052404COLAnnan.shtml

:kick:

says that he will be working to ensure the electoral votes of Ohio for *Co

election night 2000 - * and fam sitting in Texas get word that Gore wins Florida - he is shocked and aghast and states "that's not right! My brother promised me that state!"

more clues: Brooks Brothers Riot (comprised of Repub operatives) storming the Miami-Dade counting office, shutting down the vote; Katherine Harris being a * state director (or some other such position)

Please UN, come and make our votes count.