Voters are mere pawns of the current system,"
said Linn.

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The level of confidence
was even lower, only 33 percent, among minority voters.

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Denver. The other will call for the end of taxpayer-funded pensions
for politicians.

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"611 ,000 voters knew what they were signing," said Linn.

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PVS works with any election jurisdiction using a paper ballot.
"The Florida legislature is doing everything it can to make it more
difficult for voters to exercise their rights," Linn commented.

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After a
citizen votes using an electronic voting device or a preprinted ballot, the
voter verifies that the ballot is accurate, deposits it in a locked container,
and retains a "stub" with a 19-digit random password.floridatermlimits.

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Biddulph noted that in a recent survey of Georgia voters, less than half
(48 percent), were "very confident" that their vote was counted as they had
intended.

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They can also review other anonymous ballots to confirm
the accuracy of the official tally. Voting summaries are
downloaded into the PVS database (accessible only through a secure intranet),
where any voter could audit their vote using their password.

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Confidence in Elections Declines Despite Reforms

DENVER, Aug.

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The vote tabulation software developed by David Biddulph of New
Smyrna Beach, Florida, allows citizens to make sure their vote was counted
exactly as intended .

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"America's electoral system is facing a crisis of confidence," stated
Biddulph , who has lead several successful constitutional amendment campaigns
in Florida.
"It is an open secret that the current system for redistricting is an
abuse of power by the ruling party," said the group's president, Max Linn.

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'Perfect Voting System' Makes Sure Every Vote Counts

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representatives, candidates, party officials, campaign workers, and political
scientists could also audit the PVS vote tabulation database., Florida Citizens For Term
Limits today blasted Florida legislators for shamelessly attempting to defeat
a citizens' initiative that would strip state lawmakers of their unlimited
power to redraw legislative and congressional districts. Attorneys for several
state and federal lawmakers tried to convince the Florida Supreme Court on
Thursday (February 9) to maintain the current system of redistricting. The term
limits group is fighting the legislature 's effort to extend their terms from
eight to twelve years on the upcoming 2006 ballot. It is also launching two
voter initiative campaigns for 2008. Shame on the
legislators who are arguing against the interests of the voters," Linn argued.

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"With this level of oversight, the 'Perfect Voting System' should give
Americans the same level of confidence in voting for President as betting on
the Lottery," stated Biddulph.
"Governor Bush and self-serving politicians from mainstream parties have
taken a position against the democratic interests of the voters and in favor
of self -serving gerrymandering," Linn said. One measure would prevent politicians
from running for any elected position for a five-year period after serving an
eight-year term.

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"They want the
abuses taken out of redistricting.

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The "Perfect Voting System" (PVS):
* Empowers every citizen to confirm the accuracy of his or her vote,
* Protects the secrecy of the ballot,
* Minimizes the need for costly and lengthy recounts,
* Reduces security risks associated with paperless voting machines and
* Prevents "vote selling".

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By making the redistricting process
bipartisan with court oversight, the voters are better served.

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"Despite enactment of new laws and billions of dollars of
federal, state and local government money for new voting systems and
equipment , confidence in America's voting systems is still declining," he
said. That is down from the 56 percent of voters who said they were "very
confident" in 2001 and after the state abandoned the discredited punch card
system for touch-screen electronic voting machines.

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transparent and trustworthy as state lotteries, the "Perfect Voting System"
was introduced today at the U.

Florida Citizens For Term Limits Group Accuses Lawmakers of Shameless Power Grab

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"I
find it incredible that lawyers for both parties would argue that
redistricting reforms are too partisan when the existing system is widely
known to be a 100% partisan tool used exclusively for the benefit of the party
that controls the committee.
The Committee for Fair Elections convinced voters that the current
redistricting process is indeed tainted by partisanship , and gathered
611,000 signatures to stop the flagrant practice of gerrymandering electoral
districts to the political advantage of the ruling party.

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