[Voterescue] Come Meet Lady Liberty at County Election Office TONIGHT!

[Karen Renick]

*Media Advisory Contact: Vickie Karp, 512/775-3737*

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*Attention: Political Assignments Desk Karen Renick, 512/496-7408*

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*“Lady Liberty” Personally Delivers Voters’ Message to*

*Travis** County** Election Clerk:*

*NO MORE ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES!*

*WE WANT HAND-COUNTED PAPER BALLOT ELECTIONS! *

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*Who: *Lady Liberty, (on leave from New York Harbor), at the invitation 
of Austin-based VoteRescue and the

Coalition, Texans for REAL Elections

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*What: *A message for Travis County Clerk, Dana DeBeauvoir

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*Where: *5501 Airport Blvd., Austin, Texas, 78751, outside main entrance

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*When: *ELECTION NIGHT, Tuesday November 6^th , 8:30 pm

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*Why: *Ms. Liberty is making a rare appearance in Austin for Election 
Day to deliver an urgent message to Travis County Election Clerk Dana 
DeBeauvoir: Travis County Voters have had enough of fraudulent 
electronic voting systems that count votes in secret. They demand a 
return to transparent, hand-counted paper ballot elections for Travis 
County.

On August 3^rd , 2007, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen 
decertified electronic voting machines manufactured by

the top four vendors in the U.S., including the Hart InterCivic E-Slate 
machines used in Travis County. Bowen took this

action because a University of California study proved this voting 
system had several major security problems and was

unsafe for use by California voters.

WHY are these voting systems still considered “safe enough” for the 
voters of Travis County? Miss Liberty asks.

As the chief election official for Travis County, Ms. DeBeauvoir has the 
authority, and still has the time, to stop

the usage of these unsafe machines and switch to hand-counted paper 
ballot elections before the Spring primary

elections, as Travis County voters demand.

In a recent court challenge of a West Lake Hills City Council election 
by Robin Vaughn because of a problem with

voters getting the incorrect Hart InterCivic electronic ballot, Ms. 
DeBeauvoir was quoted as saying that we cannot

switch to paper ballots because doing so would violate state and federal 
laws.intended to protect voters with

disabilities. The reference is to the 2002 “Help America Vote Act” 
(HAVA). * *

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*Ms. Liberty corrects the County Clerk*: “In reality, the referenced law 
does NOT prohibit the use of paper ballots.

It simply mandates one voting method per precinct that will allow the 
disabled to vote without assistance. Currently

there are two non-electronic voting methods that fulfill the HAVA 
mandate. Hand-counted paper ballot elections,

with enhanced security measures, are the preferred election system to 
maintain our Constitutional republic and to

assure voters that their votes are being properly cast AND counted. The 
voters of Travis County deserve no less!”

Lady Liberty will be available for interviews following the press 
conference.

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