Legislation & Testimony
Voting Technology
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 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
Testimony of Lawrence Norden Before District of Columbia Council
Counsel Lawrence Norden testified before the District of Columbia Council on October 3, 2008 regarding irregularities on the tallying of ballots from the September 9, 2008 primary election.
Authored by: Lawrence Norden
– 10/03/08
Memo to Ohio County Boards of Elections re: November Ballot Layout
On September 17, 2008, the Brennan Center, AIGA Design for Democracy, Usability Professionals’ Association, and Professor David Kimball sent a memo to Ohio county boards of elections reminding them of ballot design best practices as they finalized their ballots for the November election.
Authored by: Brennan Center for Justice, AIGA Design for Democracy, Usability Professionals' Association, and Professor David Kimball
– 09/17/08
Letter Regarding Mississippi Ballot Design
Concerned that the confusing layout will mislead and disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of Mississippi voters this November, a letter was sent to the Governor, Secretary of State and Attorney General.
Authored by: Lawrence Norden
– 09/11/08
Letter to Sens. Feinstein and Bennett re: S. 3212
Letter to Senators Feinstein and Bennett re: S. 3212, the Bipartisan Electronic Voting Reform Act of 2008.
– 08/11/08
Letter in Support of H.R. 5803
Letter in support of H.R. 5803, the Back Up Paper Ballot Bill.
– 04/30/08