When the post copied below was posted to USGW-CC, I went to the URL and did some checking. The votes for NC go to the EC Chair only, and all votes are nothing more secure or confidential than an email. This is totally unacceptable! I therefore move that voting be immediately suspended and the Election Committee be required to use the secure system on VoteBot system that Pam forwarded information about earlier today. Virginia (Ginger) Cisewski NW-Plains CC Rep ----------------copy----------------------------------------------------- Subj: USGW-CC-L: Please stop the election! Date: 06/30/2000 11:11:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: CarHammett@mindspring.com (C Hammett) Sender: owner-usgw-cc-l@rootsquest.com Reply-to: USGW-CC-L@USGenNet.Org To: USGW-CC-L@USGenNet.Org The ballots accessed from http://elsi123.august.net/~usgenweb/ are neither secure, nor a secret. I urge the Board to move that voting not be allowed to begin and to instead use Lynn Waterman's solution. I urge all SCs and CCs on this list (USGW-CC-L) to notify their fellow CCs *not* to vote yet because their ballots are *not* a secret. This URL is a virtual name, the server is august.net and their explanation of their CGI usage is at http://august.net/cgi.html. The "ballots" are cgi forms on an html page, and by viewing "page source," it is possible to see that the cgi forms generate emails as follows: 1. National Coordinator, and Recall and Archives Amendments (http://elsi123.august.net/~usgenweb/vote-nc.html) Ballots are emailed to: Roger Swafford <sagitta56@earthlink.net> *ONLY* Also note that the main page does not list the Amendments. They are found only after going to the NC voting page (listed below candidates). 2. NE/NC Representatives (http://elsi123.august.net/~usgenweb/vote-ne.html) Ballots are emailed to: Roger Swafford <sagitta56@earthlink.net> with cc to Alice Gayley <agayley@dgs.dgsys.com> and Shari Handley <shari@tyaskin.com> 3. SE/MA Representatives (http://elsi123.august.net/~usgenweb/vote-se.html) Ballots are emailed to: Roger Swafford <sagitta56@earthlink.net> w/cc to Vicki Gibson <tngibson@worldnet.att.net> and Carol Montrose <cmontrose@beol.net> 4. Northwest Plains Representatives (http://elsi123.august.net/~usgenweb/vote-nw.html) Ballots are emailed to: Roger Swafford <sagitta56@earthlink.net> w/cc to Jeremiah Moerke <moer0020@tc.umn.edu> and Tina Vickery <TVick65536@aol.com> 5. Southwest/South Central (http://elsi123.august.net/~usgenweb/vote-sw.html) Ballots are emailed to: Roger Swafford <sagitta56@earthlink.net> w/cc to Shirley Scott <shirleyscott@juno.com> and Marti Graham <marti@myfamily.org> Also note that there are no explanations on these pages and that many of the campaign URLS are missing. This is a travesty. Sincerely, Carole Hammett http://www.tngenweb.org/giles/ Giles Co, TNGenWeb http://www.tngenweb.org/warren/ Warren Co, TNGenWeb