Save R Vote Report Prompts Audit of Riverside Co. Election Department

Riverside County (CA) Board of Supervisors today ordered
an immediate probe of the Riverside County election department
after recently hearing the SAVE R VOTE report on the June 3, 2008 election deficiencies.

This is a sweeping victory for SAVE R VOTE and the Election Integrity movement and an opportunity to learn much more about the election process and to help us to help others.

My thanks to all the members and supporters of SAVE R VOTE, many who have worked tirelessly for three and a half years. We are finally being heard. This has the potential to be a model for other counties in CA and throughout the U.S.

But then, we need to see how comprehensive and sweeping the audit will be. I suspect there will be a lot more revealed than SAVE R VOTE could have EVER uncovered on our own.

Stay tuned!

-- Tom Courbat
Executive Director, Save R Vote
EDA Coordinator for Election Monitoring
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NEWS COVERAGE Announcing Audit

California News Service (CANS): A County Launches Election Probe Of Registrar Of Voters Office

LISTEN to CANS radio story

READ CANS news article

The Desert Sun – Former DA Hired to Oversee Audit of County’s Registrar of Voters Office www.mydesert.com/article/20081007/NEWS01/81007040/-1/rss

The Press Enterprise – Former DA to Oversee Vote Audit
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_audit08.3de8db1.html

ABC Ch3 – KESQ-TV – Palm Springs – Election Probe Begins During Early Voting
http://www.kesq.com/global/story.asp?s=9141827

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Download the Save R Vote Report on the CA June 08 Primary Election that Prompted the Audit:

"Broken Chains of Custody"

CA News Service Report on the Riverside Audit: Audio download and Print Report

http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/6673-1

Read More About the Save R Vote Election Monitoring Project:

http://electiondefensealliance.org/SaveRVote

Save R Vote Poll Watcher's Guide -- an Election Monitoring Training Manual

http://electiondefensealliance.org/files/SaveRVote_Election_Monitoring_Guide_2008.pdf