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DESCRIPTION:BAY AREA IRV SUPPORTERS -- PLEASE COME!  Tuesday, April 19 at Noon - 1221 
 Oak Street in Oakland  Rally to stand up and tell Diebold:  "DIEBOLD, STOP 
 KILLING IRV! DIEBOLD, WE'VE HAD ENOUGH!"  Support instant runoff voting in 
 Alameda County!  We need County Registrar Brad Clark and the Alameda Board 
 of Supervisors to GET TOUGH WITH DIEBOLD!  Gather in the plaza of the 
 County Administration Building at 1221 Oak St. (four blocks from Lake 
 Merritt BART station on Oak St.)  Speakers to include Berkeley City 
 Councilmember Kriss Worthington; Oakland City Council candidate Aimee 
 Allison; League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville President 
 Sherry Smith; Berkeley Measure I campaign manager Kenny Mostern; former San 
 Francisco IRV election candidate Susan King; community activists, and more. 
  FLIER:  http://oakprefvote.home.igc.org/april19flier.pdf  BACKGROUND: THE 
 CITIZENS CHOSE IRV...  Berkeley voters overwhelmingly passed IRV by 72% 
 last March (Measure I).  Oakland and San Leandro voters also approved IRV.  
 IRV would save these cities several hundreds of thousands of dollars, 
 provide majority rule, cut down on negative campaigning, and empower 
 voters!  BUT DIEBOLD IS KILLING IT.  Diebold is thwarting the will of the 
 voters and stonewalling IRV.  Diebold recently quoted the county an IRV 
 price tag of $2 million dollars.  Diebold also told city and county 
 officials they can't start IRV development for a whole year.  IS DIEBOLD 
 LYING -- AGAIN?  How can they can they be charging $2 million?  Diebold 
 told Alameda County in their bid to get the contract that their equipment 
 can "easily be programmed for IRV."  Diebold has already demonstrated IRV 
 on their touch-screen equipment.  Diebold already runs IRV elections in 
 places like Cambridge, MA and Ireland.  Diebold quoted Burlington, VT much 
 cheaper figures for IRV.  Outside elections experts peg the IRV upgrade at 
 more like $50,000.  Just 5 months ago Attorney General Bill Lockyer filed a 
 $2.6 million settlement with Diebold for a lawsuit alleging "the 
 Texas-based firm provided false information to obtain payments from the 
 state and counties for its electronic voting equipment."  Is Diebold lying 
 for money again?  E-mail alamedacountyirv@gmail.com or call (510) 665-5457 
 to get more info, endorse the rally, or join the coalition.  *Sponsored by 
 IRV in Alameda County NOW!; League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany, 
 Emeryville; Californians for Electoral Reform (East Bay Chapter); FairVote; 
 Green Party of Alameda County.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/04/15/63213.php
SUMMARY:IRV rally against Diebold! Tues Apr 19 in Oakland at noon!
LOCATION:Gather in the plaza of the County Administration Building at 1221 Oak St. 
 (four blocks from Lake Merritt BART station on Oak St.)  Starts at noon.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/04/15/63213.php
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