NC VOTER WWW http://www.ncvoter.net  INDEX OF NCVOTER     | NC VOTER - Home page     | What is Wrong With NC Elections?       | Contents      | History of Our Law         | Legal Actions        | Voting News       | Press Releases     | Machines by County     | Poll Workers for North Carolina      | Bribery in NC  An election official & kickbacks in the 90's.     | The Election Center  Non profit accepts $ from voting vendors.      | Instant Runoff Voting An overview of IRV in our state     | Cary, North Carolina IRV Pilot Program     | IRV Facts and Fiction - Addressing Democracy NC Talking Points  point by point rebuttal!     | One Person, One Vote  IRV as a Literacy Test     | A Tale of Two Elections - IRV Verses Traditonal Runoff Elections Comparing Cary NC to Rocky Mount NC     | The Problem With Touch Screen Voting Machines     | Opinion Pieces     | Voting Centers and Super Precincts     | Early Voting and Loss of Ballot Secrecy     | Vote By Mail      | Provisional Ballots Issues     | North Carolina Election Audits      | Diebold in the News     | Diebold's Slick Sales Pitch to NC Election Officials     | Diebold's Source Code Problem       | The Optical Scan Ballot Marking Solution     | Voter Verified Paper Ballots are Cost Effective     | Verify Your Vote!      | Urgent Action Alerts     | Events      | Quotes     | Links to Verified Voting Websites     | Computer Experts     | Download page  Files uploaded to ncvoter.net     | County By County Battle and NC Association of County Commissioners Battle     | Guilford County     | Mecklenburg County      | Response to Reports on Electronic Voting Problems     | NC Verified Voting Response          | Voting in North Carolina   More:         S223, The Public Confidence in Elections Law  was passed by the State Legislature in August, 2005  Counties had to comply with the law to have voter verified paper ballots in 2006. They were allowed to choose equipment after the State Board of Elections Certified approved systems. All systems must have at least 2002 federal certification. Text of the Public Confidence in Elections Bill S 223 here:    http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S223v7.html  |Joint Select Committee on Electronic Voting Systems 2005 Interim Report Financial analysis from the state government -- using data supplied by the State Board of Elections http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/FiscalNotes/Senate/PDF/SFN0223v4n1.pdf The North Carolina State Board of Elections RFP (Request for Proposals)  RFP here: http://www.ips.state.nc.us/ips/AGENCY/PDF/04454100.pdf | Unilect Problems in Burke and Carteret County  Unilect Patriot voting systems decertified in Pennsylvania, yet North Carolina continues to use them. | Choices for Counties  Survey of the punchcard and lever counties as to what equipment they were considering prior to our change of law. Congrats to Hoke County who chose well. | Law and Status  2004. situation regarding the certification of voting systems in North Carolina, and about NC state law requiring Lever and Punchcard counties to replace their equipment  | NC Solutions  Estimated costs of voting systems, studies comparing different voting systems, estimated cost for North Carolina | Activists Tools fliers, brochures, handouts  | 2004 News   What went wrong in 2004, (alot!) This bolstered our argument for a law requiring voter verified paper ballots. | 1998 - 2003 News   Voting machine failure before 2004, showing that paperless voting machines lost votes before, and the SBOE had warning that it could happen. Also, anything electronic can fail. | Computer Experts NC E-Voting critics, and national experts | Quotes  - dumb and intelligent statements about NC election problems. Some are shockingly stupid! These quotes are good for making the point for serious election reform in NC. | Links to Verified Voting Websites  some links to help you get up to speed, and also some of the best links for reliable info | Really Blind!   Very smart essay that destroys the myth that electronic voting allows anyone to vote un-assisted. A must read article. | Vote By Mail Some interesting articles about voting by mail. | Oregon VBM How Oregon implemented their VBM program, and how it is working for them. |Unilect - problems with Unilect machines causing lost votes and also gigantic undervotes in Carteret and Burke County. link Carteret Video - video taped message from Carteret voters whose votes were lost by the Unilect machine. link