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One Voice.
One Vote.
(An Ode to the Struggle)
by Pamela Haengel, President
Voting Integrity Alliance of Tampa Bay

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Press Release, February 14, 2008
GAO Report on Sarasota Lost Votes "Fatally Flawed"
According to Researchers

Press Release, January 23, 2008
Flawed Software Will Count 1/3 of Votes in Florida’s January 29th Presidential Preference Primary

New Reports -- February 2008
GAO Sarasota CD-13 Report Summary
GAO Sarasota CD-13 Report Highlights
GAO Sarasota CD-13 Report

New Reports -- January 2008
Vanished Votes on the ES&S iVotronic Touchscreens in Florida's November 2006 Election, (including Sarasota and other ES&S iVotronic Counties)

Lost Votes in Florida’s 2006 General Election:
Parts 1 and 2 now available on the Florida Fair Elections Center's Reports Page

Florida Fair Elections Coalition on June 1, 2006, filed a complaint with the Florida Attorney General challenging the delivery of uncertified voting machines to four Florida counties.

Full text of Press Release 

Complaint to Attorney General, June 1, 2006 

Applicable Florida Laws 

Cover Letter to the Attorney General, June 1, 2006 

Supplemental Evidence, Items 1 through 10,
June 1, 2006 

Block the Vote 
Editorial
Published: May 30, 2006

In a country that spends so much time extolling the glories of democracy, it's amazing how many elected officials go out of their way to discourage voting. States are adopting rules that make it hard, and financially perilous, for nonpartisan groups to register new voters. They have adopted new rules for maintaining voter rolls that are likely to throw off many eligible voters, and they are imposing unnecessarily tough ID requirements.

Florida recently reached a new low when it actually bullied the League of Women Voters into stopping its voter registration efforts in the state. The Legislature did this by adopting a law that seems intended to scare away anyone who wants to run a voter registration drive. Since registration drives are particularly important for bringing poor people, minority groups and less educated voters into the process, the law appears to be designed to keep such people from voting.
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Daytona Beach News-Journal
Elections chief urges citizens to demand vote accountability

Sunday, May 21, 2006
By SCOTT WYLAND
Staff Writer
scott.wyland@news-jrnl.com
News Journal Online 

(Correction: An article Sunday about a forum on Florida's voting system should have noted it was planned and sponsored by the Florida Fair Elections coalition, a DeLand-based election watchdog and reform organization founded by Susan Pynchon of DeLand, who also spoke.)

DAYTONA BEACH -- A maverick elections official made clear Saturday that two things remain constant: the state's flawed voting system and his passion for trying to fix it.

Eyes glinting, hands gesturing boldly, Ion Sancho, Leon County's elections supervisor, accused the state's political leaders of undermining democracy.

First, they forced counties to adopt electronic voting machines that can be tampered with, then, last year, they made it illegal to use paper ballots to recount close races, Sancho told 100 people gathered at Daytona Beach Community College.

"We need more audits. We need recounts," Sancho said. "Trust no one. If it can't be verified, it can't be used."   Read more...

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