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A VOTE WITH CONFIDENCE??? from Ampolo Team on Vimeo.
With the 2008 presidential elections now less than a year away, a question: do you feel confident that your vote will be properly recorded, counted, and reported? Quite frankly, there is reason for worry here.
A few years ago Joan Brunwasser decided that as a citizen of our democracy, she could not sit by idly as our voting system seemed threatened by mechanical and human error, if not chicanery. She is now a tireless advocate for voting integrity. Ampolo wanted to share with you her ideas for making sure future elections are fair. She gets our vote as someone who makes a difference.
1) the link for people to read Joan’s pieces:
http://www.opednews.com/authorarticles, reviews and interviews by Joan Brunwasser
2) if you watch only one documentary, watch: “Hacking Democracy” shown on HBO in November, 2006 and released as a DVD in March 2007.
If this makes you hungry for more, see “Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections” by David Earnhardt, just released and available on DVD.
3) Books: start with “Hacked! High Tech Election Theft in America” edited by Abbe Waldman DeLozier and Vickie Karp: http://hackedelections.com/
Proceed to “Fooled Again: The Real Case for Electoral Reform” by Mark Crispin Miller
The best book on the topic is Black Box Voting: Ballot Tampering in the 21st Century by Bev Harris. Although it is out of print, a lucky few can pick up a used copy. Google it. You won’t be sorry.
4) To bring yourself up to speed on election issues via the Web, try The BradBlog.
To read about what ordinary citizens like you are doing and what you can too, go to Election Defense Alliance
5) Have group screenings, book discussions, parlor meetings. Talk, talk, talk about this with everyone you know. There is nothing more important that affects each of us (and the issues we hold dear) now and into the future than the health of our elections. You’ll be glad you did!
Please share your thoughts with us about this subject and feel free to recommend others whose ideas we can feature.
