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Tue Mar 31, 2009 at 10:36:39 AM EDT
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(This is a huge issue in my opinion, and needs to be solved to ensure everyone's vote is counted correctly. Thanks! - promoted by Aimee Fausser)
Do you trust this guy with your vote?
Neither do I, but this machine that leaves no paper record is the only voting method available in Fairfax County, VA this year -- unless action is taken soon.
This past Saturday I asked Chairman Sharon Bulova what we can to about it. She said there are two options. |
frankoanderson :: My Conversation with Chairman Bulova About Paper Ballots |
The first option is getting the General Assembly to appropriate more funds to pay for paper ballots to be used in the optical scan machines.
The second option she is looking at is if there is any way to use money from the stimulus package to cover the costs.
Please contact your Delegate
and urge them to fund Democracy in this year's upcoming elections.
Lastly, there is one way that you can vote on a paper ballot and to ensure that your vote is counted: absentee ballot. Not only are they on paper, but you can actually check to make sure your vote was counted because your name is on it. And if they didn't count it, you can challenge that decision.
The restrictions on absentee voting have been relaxed recently. If you have full-time job, are a student, will be out of the county for any reason, or will just be too busy on election day, then you can vote absentee. You must send in the Absentee Ballot Application in order to receive your personalized Absentee Ballot. |
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NDP HOUSE RANKINGS |
1. -- 42 Albo (R)
2. -- 52 OPEN (R)
3. -- 14 Marshall (R)
4. -- 93 Hamilton (R)
5. -- 86 Rust (R)
6. 23 Vanderhye (D)
7. 73 O'Bannon (R)
Full rankings
Updated: March 4
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