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The North Carolina Coalition for Verified Voting
Instant runoff voting "joins 'Internet Voting' and 'Vote-by-Mail' schemes as the latest bad ideas poised to further cripple American democracy" ~ Brad Friedman , national blogger and sometimes contributor to the Guardian UK
If you voted in the Hendersonville IRV election, please see our survey .
Problems with North Carolina's Instant Runoff Voting Pilots. See our page on North Carolina's Pilot for Instant Runoff Voting and learn why out why the North Carolina Coalition for Verified Voting opposes the instant runoff voting pilots as proposed.
Problems with internet voting: See Why Internet Voting is a terrible idea, Internet Voting Too Dangerous -ESPECIALLY for Our Military, and Letter to DOD, help us help troops vote says North Carolina State Board of Elections
2008: North Carolina cuts undervote rate for President in half: After passing a law in 2005 requiring paper ballots, audits and voting system standards, 80 of 100 counties adopted optical scan technology. The remainder adopted touch-screen machines with paper rolls. In the 2008 General Election, North Carolina cut the percent of undervotes for President in half, bringing the rate down to the acceptable national average. A professor studied that election to see if voting technology had a part in reducing the undervote rate. His study said yes, data shows that optical scan machines were better at registering the intent of the voters than touch screen voting machines. To learn more, read North Carolina Touch Screens Show High Rate of Unrecorded Votes for President in 2008 Paper Ballots Found More Efficient at Recording Voters' Choices
About us: The North Carolina Coalition for Verified Voting is a grassroots non-partisan organization fighting for clean and verified elections. We study and research the issue of voting to ensure the dignity and integrity of the intention of each voting citizen. The NC Voter Verified Coalition has consistently fought for increasing access, participation and ensuring the voter franchise. Contact Joyce McCloy, Director, N.C. Coalition for Verifiable Voting - phone 336-794-1240 - email Join the NC Coalition for Verified Voting
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4 years since Public Confidence in Elections Act passed!
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NC Verified Voting Legislative Successes
SL 2005-323 Public Confidence in Elections Law - signed into law on August 26, 2005 - voter verified paper ballots.
SL 2006-192 NC Election audit language improved. See SECTION 7.(b) G.S. 163‑182.2(b) signed into law on August 3, 2006.
S.L. 2007-391 Ends the "No Match No Vote" policy in North Carolina that blocked thousands of eligible voters from registering to vote. Signed into law on 08/19/2007. See "Making sure it counts" in the Aug 29,07 issue of the Washington Daily News. |
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In August, 2005 the North Carolina General Assembly passed the Public Confidence in Elections Act, SL 323 which mandated that every voting system in the state produce or use a voter verified paper ballot. This law also set standards for voting systems software and for the vendors selling the software. North Carolina led the way as one of only a dozen or so states with a verified voting law at the time.
This law has been applauded by several national organizations including the Brennan Center for Justice, Common Cause and the Verified Voting Foundation. The law has been defended in court by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Even today we continue to work to protect the high standards of the Public Confidence in Elections Act while seeking new ways to ensure the voter franchise. |
Wise words: "Every voting system (perhaps every system of any kind) is insecure. Making them more secure is a desirable secondary priority, but unless we focus everyone on ensuring both auditability and effective auditing, we're just going to create an impossible muddle." ~ Dr. David L. Dill, Founder of the Verified Voting Foundation |
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