more on Request for Help from the "Paul Revere of Cyberspace" -- for PA people

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

I agree with this comment .. djf

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From: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joehall () gmail com>
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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 14:36:19 -0700
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Cc: American Voter <the_american_voter () yahoo com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Request for Help from the "Paul Revere of Cyberspace" --
for PA people

On 4/20/05, David Farber <dave () farber net> wrote:
>  
>  Dear Professor Farber:
>   
>  I represent the citizens' group "American
>  Voter", which petitioned the Commonwealth
>  of PA to re-examine the UniLect Patriot, which
>  resulted in the decertification of that system.

As a voting technology researcher, I would suggest that American Voter
try to be a little more reasonable with their press releases.  Like
this one from yesterday:

<http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/4/prweb229984.htm>

which, among other things calls the Unilect a "blatant ballot-rigging
system".  I could cite other language that differs greatly between
this press release and their very measured request for help to Prof.
Farber.

Point is: if you'd like to challenge the system, do so on substantive
grounds, not inflated and exagerated rhetoric that is, at times,
simply not true, or your voice will be marginalized and will find no
purchase.  A good place to start is *CMU* Prof. Shamos'
[decertification report], which should provide you all the substantive
ammunition you could possibly need.

[decertification report]:
http://www.dos.state.pa.us/dos/lib/dos/20/shamos_report-_unilect200502apr05.
pdf

best, Joe

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Joseph Lorenzo Hall
UC Berkeley, SIMS PhD Student
<http://pobox.com/~joehall/>
blog: <http://pobox.com/~joehall/nqb2/>

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