The Voters’ Resolution

of No Confidence

The California Election Protection Network hereby declares:

Whereas an election is the legal process by which We The People transfer power to our governmental representatives; and

Whereas the legitimacy of this power, according to the Declaration of Independence, derives entirely from the Consent of the Governed; and

Whereas the legality and legitimacy of any election is determined first by the conditions under which it is conducted, which must, at a minimum:

a. comply with applicable laws;

b. offer We The People sufficient transparency to judge the election's validity and whether to Consent to the power transfer inherent in such an event;

c. produce, preserve and accurately count a paper ballot for every vote cast;

d. provide a means by which voters can openly and easily verify (repeatedly if necessary) the method of counting the votes and the actual results of said count;

e. determine a conclusive outcome resulting from the counting of all legally cast ballots; and

Whereas the June 6, 2006 election in San Diego County, California, was conducted under conditions which:

1. failed to comply with California and federal regulations through the use of interpreted code, and through the security breach of poll workers keeping voting machines at their homes prior to election day;

2. violated chain of custody provisions and mitigation requirements mandated by Secretary of State Bruce McPherson as a condition of Diebold's certification, thus removing even the pretense of the machines' reliability and accuracy;

3. amounted to secret vote counting through the use of Diebold's proprietary programming;

4. lacked sufficient transparency for voters to verify the election's validity, based on the above;

Therefore, be it resolved that the June 6, 2006 election in San Diego County, California, does not meet the standard for a legal election and provides NO BASIS for confidence in the results reported; and

Therefore, be it resolved that the absence of proof of legitimacy is deemed to be proof of the election's illegitimacy; and

Therefore, be it resolved that to warrant the Consent of the Governed, and the authorization of the transfer of power to winning candidates, a full hand count of all legally cast ballots shall first be conducted. This hand count shall reflect the only official result and not be regarded as a recount in any way, including relieving voters of the obligation to pay for said count; and

Therefore, be it resolved that until such a hand count has been verifiably conducted and a conclusive outcome determined, We, The People, DO NOT CONSENT to transferring power and authority to candidates claiming victory in this illegitimate election. We will do everything within our Constitutional and Human Rights to protect and preserve possession of this power that is inalienably Ours to be given but never taken away.

Signed,

The California Election Protection Network, June 15, 2006

Resolution author: Dave Berman,
of CEPN affiliate Voter Confidence Committee, Humboldt County
http://www.voterconfidencecommittee.org/

For more about Berman’s actions, see: http://wedonotconsent.blogspot.com/

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