Subject: voting technology suit in PA
From: "Joseph Lorenzo Hall" <joehall@gmail.com>
Date: 4/14/2006, 9:24 AM
To: "Election Law Listserv" <election-law_gl@majordomo.lls.edu>

A group of PA voters backed by PFAWF has filed suit in federal court
in Pittsburgh against local, state and federal officials for
declaratory and injunctive relief... claims include (complaint below):

* violation of rights under HAVA as not all voters will be able to use
the iVotronic DREs (some will have to use optical scan equipment);
* violation of due process under 14th A via purchasing flawed
technology on the eve of a primary;
* violation of equal protection under 14th A via not vetting the
technology adequately that will result in Allegheny County voters
votes counting differently than other PA counties;
* violation of the ADA and Rehabilitation Act (different counts) via
purchasing non-accessible DRE and optical scan equipment; and,
* violation by federal officials of due process under 5th A for
treating PA differently than other states (specifically NY) and
forcing a rush to purchase equipment with HAVA money.

<http://www.votetrustusa.org/pdfs/Pennsylvania/Allegheny%20County%20Complaint%204.12.06.DOC>
(This version is a DOC from an activist group; if there's a PDF from
PFAWF or elsewhere, that would be best.)

best, Joe

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Joseph Lorenzo Hall
PhD Student, UC Berkeley, School of Information
<http://josephhall.org/>