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From: "LGFlesher" <>
Subject: RE: [BOARD-L] Voter Fraud Committee Report
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 05:08:00 -0500
In-Reply-To: <00c701c67439$cf92a550$6501a8c0@LindaNew>


I have some questions regarding the proposed Technical Advisor:

1) Will this position be a "standing position", or will a qualified
Technical Advisor be appointed ad-hoc when needed for a specific situation?

2) Will the Technical Advisor be required to be a non-member of the AB?

3) Will the Technical Advisor be subscribed to Exec? For the duration of
discussion of a specific situation only?

4) Will the Technical Advisor be privy to EC information which might be
desired in the resolution of a specific situation? If so, how will this be
handled?

Larry Flesher
SW/SC SC Rep

-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Haas Davenport [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 8:58 AM
To:
Subject: [BOARD-L] Voter Fraud Committee Report

Following is the final report from the Voter Fraud Committee.
This report is now open for discussion.
***************

The Voter Fraud Committee has changed the name assigned for the
following procedures to "Fraudulent Registrations" which more
accurately reflects the situation these procedures address.

Procedures for Fraudulent Registrations

It is the policy of the USGenWeb Project that a member, where
duly qualified, may cast only one vote per office, or per
question in polls.

In the event a member registers to vote more than one time the
procedures as outlined in the Election Committee guidelines
will be followed.

In the event the EC, per its current guidelines, reports a
possible case of Fraudulent Registrations to the NC/AB the
following steps will be taken:

(1) The NC/AB member will forward a copy of the report to
Exec.

(2) The NC will assign a sequential number to the report,
notify the SC(s), ASC(s), SP(s) and individual(s) named in the
report that such a report has been received.

(3) The NC will seek a volunteer from the AB to lead the
investigation. If there are no volunteers the NC will lead the
investigation. All parties involved will be given the
opportunity to provide input. All documentation will be collected
by the leader only. The AB may use the services of the Technical
Advisor (see below) in the investigation.

(4) The person(s) being investigated will be accorded the benefit
of doubt if reasonable explanations are proffered, and they will
be given the opportunity for review and comment at each point of
the investigation.

(5) Based on discussion of the findings the AB shall determine
by vote whether or not to remove the individual(s) from the
Registered Voter List and whether any additional action should be
undertaken.

(6) The NC shall advise, via e-mail, the parties involved of
the AB's determination with a cc to Exec.

In the event a possible case of Fraudulent Registrations or
suspected case of aliases is reported to the NC or AB member by
an individual the following steps will be taken:

(1) The AB member receiving notification of a possible
fraudulent registrations situation and/or suspected case of
aliases will ask the notifying individual if he/she will agree to
the disclosure of his/her name. If so the AB member will forward
the e-mail to the NC and Exec. If not the AB member will remove
all identification of the sender from the e-mail and forward the
e-mail to the Exec and forward a full copy of the e-mail to the
NC.

(2) The NC shall notify the EC of the situation and ask the EC
to check its files for possible multiple voter registrations and
for any information the EC may have that has a bearing on the
reported situation.

(3) Items 2 through 6 above will be followed
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Technical Advisor

The Advisory Board will appoint, by vote, someone to the position
of Technical Advisor.

The Technical Advisor will provide advice as requested in topics
including but not limited to Domain Registrations, IP Addressing
(TCP/IP), Routing, Electronic Mail, FTP and General Internet
Technology.

Applicants will demonstrate education and experience related to
these topics.

The Technical Advisor may be requested to provide advice in
relation to grievances, registration conflicts and other
situations requiring the Advisor to agree to confidentiality.
*********
Voter Fraud Committee
George Waller, Chair
Cyndie Enfinger
Darilee Bednar
Linda Barton
Suzanne Shepard
Linda Davenport (ex-officio)

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Linda Haas Davenport
NC USGenWeb Project



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