Press Releases: July, 2004
Election Integrity Organizations Ask Judge to Protect Ohio Elections
Lawsuit Remedy Should Permit Secure, Accessible Voting Systems
Akron, OH - Organizations focused on election integrity today asked a federal judge to choose secure electronic voting machines with voter-verified paper audit trails as the remedy for a lawsuit challenging the use of punch card and certain kinds of optical scan systems in Ohio.
Freedom Fest Is Coming!
Red Hat Sponsors the Fourth Annual EFF Freedom Fest at LinuxWorld August 4
Electronic Frontier Foundation Awarded $131,000 for E-Voting Campaign
Arca Foundation Gives $85,000; Quixote Foundation Gives $21,000; Rockefeller Family Fund Gives $25,000
San Francisco, CA -- The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has been awarded three grants totaling $131,000 for its work leading the national litigation strategy on computerized voting. The first grant of $85,000 is from the Washington, DC-based Arca Foundation; the second grant of $21,000 is from the Quixote Foundation of Madison, WI; and the third grant is from the Rockefeller Family Fund based in New York City.
CAPPS II Cancelled
Dept. of Homeland Security Puts Stake in the Heart of Passenger Profiling System
Federal Court Rules in Favor of Paper Trail Reform in E-Voting
Los Angeles - A federal judge today ruled that California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley's requirements to ensure the security of electronic voting machines do not violate federal or state law. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, California Voter Foundation, VerifiedVoting.org, and Voters Unite! submitted a friend-of-the-court brief and a surreply in support of Secretary Shelley. The case is Benavidez v. Shelley.
The Digital Television Liberation Project Starts Its Engines
One Year Before the Broadcast Flag Locks Up DTV Signals, EFF Announces Plans for a "Build Your Own DTV" Cookbook
San Francisco - One year from today, on July 1, 2005, an FCC regulation known as the Broadcast Flag will lock up your digital television signals. But EFF's "DTV Liberation Project" aims to help the public keep over-the-air programming free.
