Date: Friday, November 21, 1:00 pm EDT
Event: National Committee on Voting Integrity Press Conference
Conference call at 1 512 225 3050, passcode 65889#
Contact: Emily Cadei, NCVI Secretary 1 202 483 1140
National Committee on Voter Integrity to Discuss
Electronic Voting Systems
WASHINGTON, DC - The National Committee on Voter Integrity (NCVI) will
hold a press conference today to discuss the reliability and integrity
of electronic
voting systems. The committee will also present the letter it is sending
to the presidential candidates, calling on them to state their position
on electronic
voting machines and asking what steps they believe should be taken to
ensure the integrity of the election process. The press conference will
be accessible
via conference call at 1 512 225 3050.
The
adoption of new computerized voting systems, accelerated by the chaotic
2000 Presidential election and the Help America Vote Act
of 2002, has
raised concerns
about the security and integrity of voting technology. Reports
from Johns Hopkins University and the Congressional Research Service,
as well as
investigations of recent elections, have raised further questions
about the reliability
of voting
systems.
The
National Committee on Voter Integrity (NCVI) was established to promote
voter-verified balloting and to preserve privacy protections
for elections
in the United States.
The Committee brings together experts on voting issues from across
the country.
Speaking
at the press conference will be leading experts, including Peter G. Neumann,
David Chaum, Lillie Coney, David
L. Dill, Douglas
Jones,
Stanley A.
Klein, Vince Lipsio, Rebecca T. Mercuri, Marc Rotenberg, and
Avi Rubin.
The
National Committee is a non-partisan organization made up of leading technical
experts, lawyers, journalists, and
citizens.
NCVI maintains
a web site at http://www.votingintegrity.org.
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