Voter Action Urges Justice Department to Preserve Election Records in South Carolina

UPDATE: Voter Action, Common Cause, and the League of Women Voters of South Carolina issue public records request to the South Carolina State Election Commission.  To view the public records request, click here.

On June 18, 2010, Voter Action sent a letter to United States Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr., urging that the US Justice Department take immediate action to preserve election records from the South Carolina Democratic primary for the US Senate held on June 8, 2010, and that it conduct an investigation into whether the electronic voting machines used in that primary were faulty or corrupt.

To read our letter, click here. 

To view the exhibits to our letter, click here.

Voting Rights Advocates and Cyber-Security Experts Raise Alarm Over Internet Voting

US Election Assistance Commission Charged with Violating Federal Law in Proceeding with Internet Voting Plans

"The Newest Threat to the Integrity of US Elections"

UPDATE: Voter Action files comments before the Technical Guidelines Development Committee on the dangers of Internet voting. Click here to read our July 6, 2010 letter. And click here to access our accompanying exhibits to this letter: 1) our April 26, 2010 letter to the EAC on its proposed guidelines for implementing pilot Internet voting systems for the November 2010 election and 2) our June 12, 2008 report on Sequoia Voting Systems, Inc. and its link to Smartmatic and the Venezualan government.

Voter Action charges EAC with violating the federal Administrative Procedure Act

EAC rushing – without appropriate time for public comment -- proposed requirements for pilot programs implementing Internet voting for military and overseas voters

 
Voter Action today delivered a letter to the US Election Assistance Commission charging that the federal agency is violating the federal Administrative Procedure Act by rushing – without appropriate time for public comment – proposed requirements for pilot programs implementing Internet voting for military and overseas voters in the 2010 election.  The letter and accompanying exhibits can be found here.

Public Interest Groups and Independent Business Advocates Condemn Supreme Court's Ruling On Corporate Money In Elections

Call for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Court Decision

"Free Speech Rights Are For People, Not Corporations"

WASHINGTON, DC – A coalition of public interest organizations strongly condemned today's ruling by the US Supreme Court allowing unlimited corporate money in US elections and announced that it is launching a campaign to amend the United States Constitution to overturn the ruling.  The groups, Voter Action, Public Citizen, the Center for Corporate Policy, and the American Independent Business Alliance, say the Court's ruling in Citizens United v. FEC poses a serious and direct threat to democracy.  They aim, through their constitutional amendment campaign, to correct the judiciary's creation of corporate rights under the First Amendment over the past three decades.  Immediately following the Court's ruling, the groups unveiled a new website – www.freespeechforpeople.org – devoted to this campaign.