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IRV rally against Diebold! Tues Apr 19 in Oakland at noon!

Date:
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Time:
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Event Type:
Protest
Organizer/Author:
Chris Jerdonek
Location Details:
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.

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.
Added to the calendar on Fri, Apr 15, 2005 1:39PM
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