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| ==Electronic Voting Systems in New Hampshire==
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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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| Robert (Rob) Lembree
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| Chair, Greater NH Linux Users Group
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| 603-494-0559
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| rob@lembree.com
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| http://www.gnhlug.org/
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| New Hampshire Assistant Secretary of State, hosted by the
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| Greater New Hampshire Linux Users' Group, at Daniel Webster College's
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| Collings Auditorium, Nashua, NH, October 27th at 7:00 PM
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| (Nashua, NH, October 19, 2004) -- Anthony Stevens, New Hampshire
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| Assistant Secretary of State, will address "Electronic Voting Systems
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| in New Hampshire" in Daniel Webster College's Collings Auditorium
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| Wednesday, October 27th at 7:00 p.m. The program is free and open to
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| Sponsored by the Greater New Hampshire Linux Users' Group (GNHLUG),
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| Mr. Stevens will present prospects for new elections technology in New
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| Hampshire. An informal discussion will follow.
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| very important topic, within a week of such a closely watched
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| keen interest in electronic voting systems, which are exclusively
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| closed-source and therefore not open to analysis by outside
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| professionals. Absent public scrutiny, governments must proceed
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| cautiously in adopting any technology, especially any technology which
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| sponsor a discussion of New Hampshire's progress in these efforts, and
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| how they relate to the robust elections process which New Hampshire
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| <blockquote>"Our nation was built on being 'open'", said '''Jon "maddog" Hall''',
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| Executive Director of [http://www.li.org Linux International]. "Open town meetings and
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| electoral accountability are part of what makes our nation great. If
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| we are to surrender to computers the counting of our votes, we need to
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| be sure that the software which does the job is not only correctly
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| written and valid, but that anyone who wishes to inspect it can verify
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| for themselves that it is correctly written and valid."</blockquote>
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| ABOUT GNHLUG - Members of the Greater New Hampshire Linux Users'
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| Group are interested in the Linux operating system and other free and
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| open source software. GNHLUG has several chapters in New Hampshire
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| with regular meetings that are open to everyone. Membership is also
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| open to everyone, and there are no dues. With over 275 members, GNHLUG
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| provides assistance with Linux and free software to individuals,
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| businesses, schools, and organizations in New Hampshire and northern
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| Massachusetts. For more information, see [http://www.gnhlug.org www.gnhlug.org].
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| ABOUT LINUX - Linux is a free, open-source operating system that runs
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| on everything from hand-held devices, to set-top boxes, personal and
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| office computers, servers, mainframes, and supercomputers. Linux is a
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| registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
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| ABOUT DWC - Daniel Webster College (DWC), founded in 1965, educates
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| purposeful men and women for professional entry, advancement, and
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| advanced studies in the fields of aviation, computer science,
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| management, social science, and engineering. DWC students prepare
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| throught residential and continuing studies programs that emphasize
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| the integration of theory and practice through interactive teaching
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| and learning in the professional and liberal studies. DWC offers the
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| Bachelor of Science degree in computer science and information systems
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| through its day program. Through its graduate and continuing-studies
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| program, DWC offers a Bachelor of Science degree in software
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| development, as well as certificate programs in Client-Server
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| Application Development; C/UNIX Programming; Computer Security; MS
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| Windows Programming; PC Networking; UNIX Systems Administration; Web
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| Design; Microsoft .NET; and Webmaster Technology. For more information
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| visit [http://www.dwc.edu www.dwc.edu] or call 603-577-6500.
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