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Judith Alter

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Judy Alter (Judith B. Alter Ed.D.), emeritus UCLA Professor, began working on election justice issues four days after the CA Oct. 2003 Recall election when Lynn Landes offered compelling evidence about how Diebold machines swung the election away from Bustamante to the current "governor."She conducted 8 parallel elections in LA County for the special election in Nov.2005 and helped set up others in four other CA counties (total 19).

Since then she continues to work in LA County; lobbying against ES&S precinct scanners for LA for Nov.2006; helping technical observers monitor election equipment in election headquarters; educating the public in more than 45 talks; analyzing the results of 1% manual recount and snap tallies; and circulating citizen petitions for hand marked, hand counted ballots at the precinct level.

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Avoid the straight party option when voting in November! When voters use the "straight-party" option during an election,they run the risk of losing their vote.The effects observed in NM have also been seen in many other states that offer the "straight-party" option.Whether intentional or unintentional,the use of proprietary software prevents citizens from observing the actual vote counting;thus,citizens do not know if their votes are counted as cast.Scanners are also susceptible to

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