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ACLU Declines Invitation
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From: "judd golden" <juddgolden@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:44:20 -0700
To:
jliss@co.boulder.co.us
Cc:
lsalas@co.boulder.co.us,
commissioners@co.boulder.co.us
Subject: RE: RFP Evaluation Team
3-1-06
Dear Josh:
Thank you again for asking the Boulder County Chapter of the ACLU of Colorado to
participate in the RPF Evaluation Team to consider the purchase of voting
systems for the 2006 election.
However, after careful consideration and debate, the Boulder County ACLU Board
of Directors voted last night to not accept this offer and to not
participate in the RPF Evaluation Team. Our reasons:
First, As stated in the attached letter we sent to the County on January 4,
2006, the Boulder County ACLU's position is that, "No purchase of direct record
electronic devices should be made at this time as virtually all existing
electronic voting systems are associated with unacceptably high malfunction and
error rates" and that, "the ACLU encourages Boulder County to seek a
different method than the non-detachable, serialized bar code that can be traced
to an individual voter." Our expectation is that the voting systems the team
will be asked to evaluate in reponse to the RFP will not satisfy our concerns
about accuracy, reliability, accessability and voter confidence.
Second, the ACLU supports open government and opposes excessive government
secrecy and confidentiality. The confidentiality agreement you have asked the
ACLU to sign would preclude our Chapter board representative from disclosing any
information about the work of the RPF Evaluation Team to other Board members,
our nearly 2,500 Boulder Couny ACLU members who we represent, or to the public.
This is unacceptable to the ACLU, particularly given the fundamental voting
rights issues involved that demand full and open public disclosure and
participation.
We will be providing the County with a more detailed statement of our position
in the next 30 days.
We appreciate being asked to participate. If you have questions or want further
input from the ACLU in the next 30 days, please contact Boulder County Chapter
board member Mariah Conroy, 303-938-1042 or
myriah-conroy@quest.com who has been designated by the board to follow this
issue while I will be out of town.
Sincerely,
Judd Golden
Chair, Boulder County ACLU
303-442-6355
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