Todays

Narrow Escape from

Internet Vo6ng?
North Jeco Tea Party
Marilyn Marks
4.26.15

HB15-1130 Military/Overseas (or

Internet?) Vo6ng Bill
Stated goal---increase military voter access for
municipal (hometown) elecGons.
Bill as introduced---Nothing about military
voGng.
Bill amended (without public knowledge) to
add broad-based Internet voGng with no rules.
Bill Sponsors---Nordberg ( R ), Hill ( R ), Garcia
(D), Ryden (D)

Undened Electronic Transmission

of Voted Ballots
TO BE VALID, A BALLOT MUST BE RECEIVED
BY THE CLERK NOT LATER THAN THE CLOSE OF
POLLS, OR THE VOTER SHALL SUBMIT
THE BALLOT FOR MAILING, ELECTRONIC
TRANSMISSION, OR OTHER AUTHORIZED
MEANS OF DELIVERY NOT LATER THAN 7:00
P.M. ON THE DATE OF THE ELECTION.

Electronic Transmission?
Text message a ballot sele?
Skype the voted ballot?
Goggle-doc the voted ballot?
Tweet the ballot?
E-mail the ballot?
iphone app?
Fax? (whats a fax???)

Sails through House/Senate

House CommiWee ---Unanimous
Full House---Unanimous
Senate CommiWee---sent warnings, experts
leWers, pleas, tesGmony. Unanimous YES.
Full Senate---passed with one NO vote on 2nd
reading. (Laura Woods voted NO.)
Full Senatebarely passes vote to return to
CommiWee on 3rd reading. UNUSUAL MOVE!
(some amendments made.)
Full Senate 2nd readingtoday---Lundberg/Woods
amendments passed with Hill support!

Ci6zen Pushback Turned the Rs

around!CiGzens do not want
Internet voGng!

Emails, Phone calls, leWers to Senators.
Facebook posGngscalling out the R
lawmakers
Hack the Vote arGcle--Kathryn Porter
(Poli@chicks)
Surveys (Facebook, County GOP ocers
and random conservaGve friends.)

Its only email!

Email is riskiest method of voGng.
Risks of deleGon, manipulaGon, diversion,
malware introducGon.
Email is about the least secure method of [voted]
ballot delivery. Brian Hancock of the U.S. ElecGon
Assistance Commission
All commercially available systems that allow voters
to send their voted ballots over the Internet, whether
via email or a website, are insecure. Barbara
Simons, author of Broken Ballots: Will Your Vote
Count?

What REALLY has us concerned

--Current LAW on overseas or military voters
eligibility to vote by email in STATE elecGons:
In circumstances where another more secure
method, such as returning the ballot by mail, is not
available or feasible
--SOS interpretaGon:
I am a member of the Uniformed Services or
Merchant Marine on ac@ve duty, or an eligible
spouse or dependent of such a member, or a U.S.
ci@zen temporarily residing outside the U.S., or
Other U.S. ci@zen residing outside the U.S.;

Not available or feasible?

No stamp?
Bad hair day?
Waited unGl 6:45 pm on
ElecGon Day?
My mailman is lousy.
Hangover?
SOS refused to make/ enforce rules, or even tell
voters the law.

The Result?
Pueblo claims that 90% of military voters vote
by email.
Semester at Sea students dont leave email
rolls.
Metro Denver email voters
The excep6on has become the rule.

Email or On-line ballot marking?

Massive privacy issue hidden from voters.
--Voter gets email with link.
--Click link and input personal data.
--Customized ballot Web form is generated.
--Vote (like an online survey) on the Web form.
--Ballot choices and persona data captured by
commercial third party vendorEveryone
Counts.

Ballot is saved and emailed back

Privacy viola6ons unknown to voter

SOS claims this is just email.
Eort to expand this web-based voGng
applicaGon.
In use statewide with up to 25,000 voters.
Violates many Colorado statutes and
consGtuGon.
Eort in HB1130 to stop the expansion.

Today--
Senate narrowly passed provision to---
Dene feasible to circumstances where
expedited mail is unavailable to reach clerk in 8
days.
No on-line ballot marking!
Owen Hill supported Lundberg/Woods
amendments.
SOS Williams does not support restricGve
deniGon of feasible.

From here?
3rd reading Monday.
Dems reacGon?

Back to House
1. Can kill the bill
2. Can accept Senate amendments
3. Can go to conference commiWee to work out
dierences.

Call to ac6on
Let your House and Senate reps know
1. Be sure you know what is in 1130

2. NO internet voGng