Debra Bowen for California Secretary of State

“We cannot have a legitimately constituted government that runs on trade secret software where no one can see what the voting machines are doing. So I’ve taken the lead in California for publicly owned software where everyone can see every line in the computer code, and to keep voting equipment that’s not secure or reliable and can’t be verified, from being used in our elections…”

 

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Bowen’s Five Point Plan For Cleaning Up California Elections

• Ensure that every vote is counted exactly as it was cast. That means requiring every electronic voting machine to have a paper trail that can be counted to verify the vote, and it means establishing tough auditing requirements for all voting equipment. Right now slot machines have tougher security and audit requirements than voting machines! Voting machines that don’t meet strict security and accuracy standards should not be used in California.
• Correct our voter registration system to ensure that every eligible voter who registers is placed on the voter rolls. As you probably have seen in the news, thousands of eligible voters who have filled out a voter registration form have not been put on the voter rolls due to the Secretary of State’s poorly planned implementation of new laws.
• Reform the initiative and proposition process to avoid another costly special election like we had last year. Ballot measure sponsors must be forced to disclose whether signature gatherers are being paid, and just who is paying to collect signatures to qualify for the ballot. Voters deserve to know BEFORE they sign a petition whether corporate special interests are underwriting the measure!
• Improve access to information on who is contributing money in the political process, how that money is spent, and how much money is used to lobby for and against legislation. Citizens need to be able to follow the money.
• Improve the election process — and increase public participation in elections — by reducing long lines and equipment failures at the polls — and improve training for poll workers.

State Senator Debra Bowen for California Secretary of State

• What she will do as Secretary of State will help fix voting problems across the country, this is the most important single election this year.
• Senator Bowen has led the charge against the certification of the dangerous Diebold electronic voting machines — holding hearings, taking testimony from experts, and standing up to Secretary of State McPherson’s irresponsible decisions.
• As Chair of the Senate Elections Committee, Senator Bowen has the experience we need to do the job. She knows the subject of elections so well she has informed a president of a testing company of the right way to do his job.

Phone Banking For Debra Bowen

Tuesday evenings, 6:00 - 9:00 pm

United Democratic Campaign
1936 University
Berkeley (between Milvia and M.L. King)
Parking free after 6PM

Contact: Sandra, (510) 236 2595, syolles@yahoo.com

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