SAVE Our Votes is a statewide nonpartisan grassroots organization
working for secure, accessible, verifiable elections and voting in
Maryland. Elections are the process by which citizens give their
consent to be governed by the leaders they have chosen. Public
allegiance to the government is based on confidence in the legitimacy
of elections.
SECURE elections are free of error or manipulation of the voting process. Electronic voting may offer some advantages, but it also creates the potential for election tampering and equipment errors on a scale unequalled in human history. Fail-proof safeguards must be put in place to ensure that each vote is a true reflection of the voter’s intent, and that each vote is counted fairly and accurately.
ACCESSIBLE elections are ones in which each voter and candidate has equal access to the election process. Equal access includes fair distribution of voting equipment and polling locations, access to the registration process, accommodations for voters with physical disabilities or language barriers, and equal access to the public airwaves for all candidates and issues.
VERIFIABLE elections should be thoroughly audited to compare the electronic vote count to a manually countable independent voter-verified paper record so that all sides can feel confident that the outcome accurately reflects the will of the voters. This original voter-verified paper record should serve as the official record of the vote in the case of a recount.
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Project
Website: www.saveourvotes.org
Project Co-Directors: Robert
Ferraro, Shelley Fudge, and Rebecca Wilson
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Credits
Modified: 2007-06-14