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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (648410)	10/19/2004 11:58:49 PM
From: JBTFD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Yes, we know that Diebold CEO told an audience "we are committed to delivering Ohio to George W Bush this election". And he is in charge of Diebold!!!! How outrageous is that. And they won't release their source code. Bastard crooks!!!

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (648410)	10/19/2004 11:58:49 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Protection for election National group offers legal aid in case voters are turned away from polls Nov. 2 By Carol Biliczky Beacon Journal staff writer If you get turned away from a polling place Nov. 2, there may be help close at hand. A nationwide movement called the Election Protection Coalition will have poll watchers and legal help in Akron to ensure that everyone votes who's entitled to. ``We want to be sure that we don't have anything remotely like Florida happening here,'' said coalition volunteer Gail McWilliams, president of the Akron Area Chapter of the National Organization for Women. The Washington, D.C.-based coalition is made up of more than 100 organizations -- from the People for the American Way Foundation to the NAACP and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. The coalition is recruiting 25,000 volunteers across the country to serve as nonpartisan poll watchers and provide legal advice at 3,500 precincts in 17 states, including Ohio. The coalition aims to have monitors in precincts with heavy minority populations in seven Ohio cities. In addition to Akron, the urban areas of Columbus, Cincinnati, Toledo, Youngstown, Cleveland and Dayton are thought to be where voters are most likely to be disenfranchised. Monitors will stand outside precincts and distribute state-specific voter's bills of rights, offering to help voters who are turned away or blocked from voting and keeping track of problems that crop up. Monitors can go further if issues can't be resolved on site, contacting coalition attorneys or law student volunteers through a special hot line or intervening directly with boards of elections. ``On Nov. 3, we want to be sure we did everything we could,'' said Jocelyn Travis, the Election Protection coordinator for Ohio. In many cases, potential voters are disenfranchised because they get bad advice, said Travis and Tina Merlitti of the League of Women Voters of Summit County, who addressed a training group of 20 Akron volunteers Wednesday. For instance, ex-convicts often think they can't vote, but they can. So can the homeless. And everyone can vote provisionally if they've registered, even if their name by some fluke doesn't appear in the official poll books. Other tips: Voters don't have to show identification to vote, although having it on hand may stem problems. Voters can request as many as three ballots if they make a mistake on the one they're given. And they have the right to stand there and watch the Board of Elections worker slide their ballot into the box, although they won't necessarily be able to do it themselves. Some volunteers in low-risk areas will be shunted to precincts in other cities that are considered to be at high risk for disenfranchising voters. All volunteers will work in shifts to ease the burden. Volunteer training is going on now statewide. A second session for Akron is being set up, Travis said. Refresher training sessions will be held on Nov. 1. For details about Election Protection, visit www.electionprotection2004.org (no hyphen) on the Web or call the toll-free hot line at 1-866-OUR-VOTE.