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You can have an impact on the effort to ensure your vote is counted.
Frequently Asked Questions
This campaign and site are still very new, so not many questions have been
"asked frequently" yet. If you have not already done so, we suggest you
read
- How can I sign the petition?
- Where can I read the text of the proposed law?
- Didn't Secretary of State Bowen already solve this problem?
- Why a ballot initiative? Couldn't the legislature take care of this?
Q: How can I sign the petition?
A: The simplest answer today is: Become a petition circulator! You don't have to gather 100's of signatures to be a circulator. You can even mail in a petition section with just your one signature – though it would be helpful to collect a few more. (Each 4-page section can hold up to 17 signatures.)
As we organize county by county to collect signatures, we will post the details prominently on this site, so check back often. If you can help organize in your county, please let us know!
Q: Where can I read the text of the proposed law?
A: You can review it online here.
Q: Didn't Secretary of State Bowen already solve this problem?
A: California Secretary of State Debra Bowen performed a top-to-bottom review of voting machines used in California, and decertified many machines as a result. We are very happy with what she has done, but we cannot rely soley on a particular Secretary of State to safeguard our vote. The existing law allows an electronic touchscreen to be a ballot, and this is what the Tangible Ballot Initiative will correct.
Moreover, we can reasonably hope that other states will follow California's lead in this area — states with Secretaries of State who do not appreciate the inherent risks of purely electronic voting.
Q: Why a ballot initiative? Couldn't the legislature take care of this?
A: They could. The questions are: Will they? and if so, When? We cannot afford to wait any longer.
Download Library
A Modern Defense of Democracy
A detailed essay on why democracy remains the best choice today.
Download PDF Now >
E-Voting machines face decertification
A great article by nationally recognized voting-rights activist Tom Courbat
on what's wrong with voting machines.
Download PDF Now >
Top-to-Bottom Review of Voting Machines
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen performed a top-to-bottom
review of voting machines used in California.
Read about it here >
Register to Vote!
If you are eligible to vote but have not yet registered, you
can follow these links to do so:
Application to register to vote in California >
Online guide to voter registration in California >
