Legislation & Testimony
Democracy
Letter to Alaska Director of Elections Regarding Ballot Accounting and Audit Procedures
Joint letter to Alaska Elections Director Gail Fenumiai regarding Alaska’s ballot reconciliation and audit procedures in light of increasing national scrutiny of Alaska’s low reported voter turnout in the 2008 general election.
Authored by: Lawrence Norden, Susannah Goodman & Pamela Smith
– 11/12/08
Letter to Secretaries of State re: Premier Voting Systems
Joint letter to 31 Secretaries of State where Premier voting systems are in use regarding product defect and recommending rigorous ballot accounting procedures.
Authored by: Lawrence Norden, Susannah Goodman & Pamela Smith
– 10/29/08
Letter to Secretaries of States re: Potential “Vote Flipping” on DREs
Joint letter sent to Secretaries of State where DREs on how to address reports of “vote flipping.”
Authored by: Lawrence Norden, Susannah Goodman & Pamela Smith
– 10/28/08
Letter to Secretaries of State re: iVotronic “Vote Flipping”
Joint letter from the Brennan Center for Justice and Verified Voting urging 16 Secretaries of State to make voters aware of reported “vote flipping” problems on iVotronic voting machines in use in their states.
Authored by: Lawrence Norden & Pamela Smith
– 10/27/08
Memo to Ohio Counties re: AccuVote TSX Ballot Layout
A memo to Ohio counties that use AccuVote TSX regarding the layout of the presidential contest.
Authored by: Brennan Center for Justice, AIGA Design for Democracy, & Usability Professionals' Association
– 10/23/08
Letter to Florida County Supervisors of Election re: Unverified Voters
The Brennan Center and Advancement Project wrote a letter to Florida County Supervisors of Elections regarding voters whose information could not be matched.
Authored by: Brennan Center & Advancement Project
– 10/23/08
Letter to Attorney General Mukasey
Letter from voting rights groups urging the Department of Justice to issue a public statement or letter assuring that the rights of all voters to participate in the election will be free of intimidation or harrassment will be protected.
– 10/17/08
Letter and Questionnaire from Indiana Right to Life to Judicial Retention Candidate
Indiana sends letter and questionnaire to Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice up for retention election.
– 10/14/08
Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice’s Letter Responding to Indiana Right to Life
Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard writes letter to Indiana Right to Life declining to answer its questionnaire.
– 10/14/08
Letter to Mike Coffman, Colorado’s Secretary of State
Letter sent to Secretary regarding potential disenfranchisement of voters whose registration forms do not contain an unnecessary checkmark.
Authored by: Wendy R. Weiser and Jennifer Rosenberg
– 10/13/08