Election Integrity Film

by David Safier

I saw the film “Uncounted” at the Loft last night, about problems with the computerizing of our election system. It was followed by a panel discussion featuring the filmmaker, David Earnhard, as well as Brad Friedman, the founder of The Brad Blog, the nation’s premier election integrity website, and our own Bill Risner, the lawyer who is pressing the Pima Democratic Party suit for access to Pima County election databases.

I’m not going to try and convince anyone of how much trouble our election system is in and how easily the results can be manipulated by anyone who has access to the machines and the software. Let me just say, everything I have seen, heard and read tells me this is a very real problem, and the concerns are vital to the maintenance of free elections. If we have computerized elections, we must have paper ballots that are counted to assure us that the computers have tallied the election results accurately.

Don’t simply accept or discard what I say. Look into this yourself. The topic deserves your thoughtful consideration.