[CAVO] Please circulate

[Brent Turner]

David-  I recognize this is a method  to gain signatures--  with no real
chance of hitting the goal-  but it does make for good Facebooking
material.. to heighten awareness.. anyhoo..

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 5:21 PM, David RR Webber (XML) <david at drrw.info>
wrote:

> Brent,
>
> Don't hold your breathe. Last one of these I voted on - the wicket was
> 20,000 votes to jump over - we got that - the Whitehouse said "Thank you
> for your input" - then the line went to the dial tone steady note.  Nothing
> more.
>
> I guess they wised up and stuck the bar at 100,000 now.
>
> You are welcome!
>
> David
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [CAVO] Please circulate
> From: Brent Turner <turnerbrentm at gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, November 12, 2015 12:35 pm
> To: CAVO <CAVO at opensource.org>, License submissions for OSI review
> <license-review at opensource.org>
>
> Dear friends,
> I wanted to let you know about a new petition I created on We the People,
> a new feature on WhiteHouse.gov, and ask for your support. Will you add
> your name to mine? If this petition gets 99,999 signatures by December
> 12, 2015, the White House will review it and respond!
> We the People allows anyone to create and sign petitions asking the Obama
> Administration to take action on a range of issues. If a petition gets
> enough support, the Obama Administration will issue an official response.
> You can view and sign the petition here:
> http://wh.gov/iyhz4
> Here's some more information about this petition:
> *Urge the Election Assistance Commission to quickly review and certify
> open source voting systems*
> According to the Presidential Commission on Election Administration
> (PCEA), most Americans are voting on technology that is old and starting to
> break down,Election officials are dissatisfied with the voting systems
> available to purchase. The solution, according to PCEA, is to reform the
> federal certification process for voting systems to facilitate adoption of
> software solutions that can run on off-the-shelf technology.Though New
> Hampshire recently adopted open source voting, California Association of
> Voting Officials ( CAVO ) states the open source voting progress is not
> happening fast enough. We the undersigned ask the White House to urge the
> Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to promptly review and certify, at no
> cost, a General Public License ( GPL) license open source voting system
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