Paper Ballot Option Available in 10 Counties in California with Electronic Voting

Dear Community Members:

Ten California counties - including Orange, Alameda, and Riverside -
will use electronic voting machines on November 2nd, but these systems
don't provide a voter-verified audit trail and they cannot be used in a
meaningful recount. That's why Secretary of State Kevin Shelley ordered
each of these counties to give voters a choice: on election day, voters
can choose to forego an electronic ballot and instead vote on paper.
However, election officials in at least three counties are instructing
poll workers to keep this "paper or plastic" choice secret.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation today launched a campaign to inform
California voters of their right to vote by paper ballot in the upcoming
election. The website and animation for Paper or Plastic 2004 are
available at:

http://PaperOrPlastic2004.org

The animation and website is also available in Spanish, and will be
released in Chinese and Tagalog later this week. For more
information, please contact the Electronic Frontier Foundation at
PaperOrPlastic [at] eff.org

Community Technology Foundation of California (CTFC) sponsored the
production and distribution of the Paper or Plastic 2004 Flash
animation. CTFC supports community technology for access, equity and
social justice including efforts using technology to create and leverage
information into knowledge and action.