Tues Rally in Oakland: 'DIEBOLD, STOP KILLING IRV!'

The Green Party of Alameda County Council has endorsed the following
important event. We urge you to attend.

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.)

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 states in
their contract with Alameda County that their equipment can "easily
be programmed for IRV." Diebold has already demonstrated IRV on
their touch-screens for officials in California and Ireland. Diebold
already runs ranked voting elections in Cambridge, MA. 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?

*Organized by IRV in Alameda County Now! E-mail
alamedacountyirv [at] gmail.com or call (510) 665-5457 to get more info,
endorse the rally, or join the coalition.