Letter to the Editor of the Intelligencer, October 26, 2008

No confidence in the vote

To the Editor:

I am dismayed by what is taking place at the highest levels of the Bucks County Board of Elections.  First, we see a polling place relocated for reasons that are now under investigation.  Second, we read in a recent Intelligencer article that a server at someone's home was used to transmit voting data during the last election.  How can the electorate be certain that voting data was not compromised? 

I ran for Doylestown Township supervisor last year and lost by just 20 votes out of more than 8,000 votes cast.  Based on what I read about the pressure placed on the director of the Board of Elections, I personally have zero confidence that the current voting machines captured and reported the correct vote count.  And our commissioners just do not seem to care.

When will the partisan bickering and the nonsense stop?  Voting integrity is a cornerstone of our democracy.  We must have confidence restored to our election processes.

Marty Gillen

Doylestown Township

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