Hi Richard and All,
Rich Newell wanted to know more about the City Hall voting machine
survery taking place Aug 1 - 12. The only document I could find in
City Hall today was a flyer I have uploaded to the Files Section, and
cut and pasted below.
Marcy
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS City and County of San Francisco
John Arntz Director
Public Input Sought in Selection of New Voting System
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2005 - The San Francisco Department of
Elections is inviting members of the public to participate in a "mock
election," featuring the two voting systems that the City is
considering to replace its current voting equipment. The mock
election will be held from August 1st through 12th, from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., Monday through Friday, in City Hall outside of Room 48.
The Department of Elections is in the process of selecting a new
voting system to meet new State and federal voter accessibility
requirements for voters with, but not limited to, sight and mobility
impairments, and verifiability of election results. Starting January
1, 2006, San Francisco will be requ1red to place at least one fully
accessible voting device at each polling place, and the ,voting
system must provide a permanent paper record to verify election
results. Approximately $8 million in State and federal funds is
available to San Francisco to purchase a voting system that complies
with these le;gal requirements. The City will use the new voting
system starting at the June 2006 Statewide primary election.
John Arntz, Director of Elections, explained: "To ensure that the new
voting system not. only complies with the new legal requirements, but
also has a high level of acceptanc~ among San Francisco voters, it is
critical that we involve as many members of the public as possible in
the selection process." To maximize public participation in this
process, the Department of Elections is hosting the two-week mock
election featuring the two voting system vendors who submitted
proposals to the Department.
Members of the public are invited to test the proposed voting systems
and to complete a survey form about each one. The two vendors
participating in the mock election are Election Systems & Software
and Sequoia Voting Systems.
For more information about the mock election, please contact Beth
Lipski at (415) 554- 7780.
Voice (415) 554-4375 Fax (415) 554.:7344
1 Dr. CarltonB. Goodlett Place, Room 48 San Francisco CA 94.102-4634
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\bsentee Fax (415) 554"4372 TTY (415) 554-4386
--- In lpsf-activists@yahoogroups.com, "Amarcy D. Berry"
<amarcyb@h...> wrote:
Hi Rich,
I looked around the SFGov website for some description of the
systems, but did not see anything. I will ask at the Elections Dep
today if they have any material on this.Marcy
--- In lpsf-activists@yahoogroups.com, "Richard Newell"
<richard@n...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Are either of the vendors' systems capable of, or does the
test/survey exercise IRV or any form of ranked voting?
>
> Rich
>
> From: Amarcy D. Berry
> To: lpsf-activists@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 2:45 PM
> Subject: [lpsf-activists] Department of Elections testing new
voting system
>
>
> Press release for those who may be interested.
>
> Marcy
>
>
> DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS
> City and County of San Francisco
> Page 1 of 1
> John Arntz
> Director
> Voice (415) 554-4375
> Fax (415) 554-7344
> Absentee Fax (415) 554-4372
> TTY (415) 554-4386
> 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 48
> San Francisco CA 94102-4634
> Public Input Sought in Selection of New Voting System
> SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2005 - The San Francisco Department of
> Elections is
> inviting members of the public to participate in a "mock
election,"
> featuring the two
> voting systems that the City is considering to replace its
current
> voting equipment. The
> mock election will be held from August 1st through 12th, from 9
a.m.
> to 4 p.m., Monday
> through Friday, in City Hall outside of Room 48.
> The Department of Elections is in the process of selecting a
new
> voting system to meet
> new State and federal voter accessibility requirements for
voters
> with, but not limited to,
> sight and mobility impairments, and verifiability of election
> results. Starting January 1,
> 2006, San Francisco will be required to place at least one
fully
> accessible voting device
> at each polling place, and the voting system must provide a
permanent
> paper record to
> verify election results. Approximately $8 million in State and
> federal funds is available
> to San Francisco to purchase a voting system that complies with
these
> legal
> requirements. The City will use the new voting system starting
at
the
> June 2006
> Statewide primary election.
> John Arntz, Director of Elections, explained: "To ensure that
the
new
> voting system not
> only complies with the new legal requirements, but also has a
high
> level of acceptance
> among San Francisco voters, it is critical that we involve as
many
> members of the public
> as possible in the selection process." To maximize public
> participation in this process,
> the Department of Elections is hosting the two-week mock
election
> featuring the two
> voting system vendors who submitted proposals to the Department.
> Members of the public are invited to test the proposed voting
systems
> and to complete a
> survey form about each one. The two vendors participating in
the
mock
> election are
> Election Systems & Software and Sequoia Voting Systems.
> For more information about the mock election, please contact
Beth