About Us
Verify the Vote Indiana is based in Bloomington,
Indiana though we are looking forward to working with others
throughout the state.
We are a non-profit, non-partisan organization working to promote
transparent, fair, observable, and audited elections. Our mission
is to make sure that each vote cast by an eligible Indiana voter
will be recorded, counted, and reported accurately.
Our long-term goal will be to work with legislators in the Indiana
House and Senate to pass laws mandating voter-verified paper
ballots, automatic random audits, and other safeguards as recommended
by computer information security specialists. Our short-term
goals will focus on educating the public about voting machine
vulnerabilities and doing what we can to secure the 2006 General
Election.
We endorse the VoteTrustUSA Statement of Principles:
• We advocate a more widespread understanding of concerns about the
accuracy, security, and reliability of all electronic voting
systems.
• We oppose the use of voting systems that do not provide an individual,
permanent, voter verified paper record of each vote suitable
for a meaningful hand-counted audit or recount.
• We advocate significant routine manual audits of voter-verified paper
records of the ballots to check the operation of the electronic
equipment.
• We advocate accurate and more complete reporting of election data.
• We advocate improved testing and certification procedures for voting
equipment.
• We support improved procedures for state and local election administration
and poll worker training.
• We support the development and employment of voting systems that
provide all voters both independent access to vote casting and
confidence in the accuracy of vote counting.
• We oppose the involvement of voting machine vendors in the administration
of elections, and we oppose any form of secrecy in the process
of vote counting.
• We advocate improved Federal and State standards for election processes
and voting systems.
