We Demand Clean Elections

We have learned that our elections are being managed by private and foreign interests, and that our voting machines won't even give us paper verification, preventing recounts should they be needed. We have learned that polling technology is vulnerable to tampering. We have learned of the intentions of some of the providers of this technology to influence the outcome of our elections. We have severe concerns regarding the integrity of our electoral process.

WE DEMAND an OPTIONAL, ANONYMOUS TRACKING NUMBER FOR OUR BALLOT and the ABILITY TO CHECK IT.

We demand an OPTIONAL, ANONYMOUS TRACKING NUMBER at the poll, visible right next to the list of candidates we have chosen, when we vote. We demand that these OPTIONAL, ANONYMOUS TRACKING NUMBERS be listed on the internet along with the votes corresponding to each OPTIONAL, ANONYMOUS TRACKING NUMBER; so that any one of us can verify that the votes corresponding to our individually-assigned and unique, OPTIONAL, ANONYMOUS TRACKING NUMBERS are correct, and that our ballot was in fact actually cast. We demand the ability to view, on the internet, the list of OPTIONAL, ANONYMOUS TRACKING NUMBERS, with their corresponding votes, for any precinct in the United States of America, along with the actual total of votes cast for any and every precinct, for all elections beginning with the November, 2004 election, so that any one of us can re-count the votes if we choose.

We, The People of the United States of America demand a clean election, this time and every time afterwards. For this and only this purpose, and for every election from November 2004 to eternity, we demand an OPTIONAL, ANONYMOUS TRACKING NUMBER and the ABILITY TO CHECK IT, for our ballot.

-- Mark Frankenberg (http://www.americanwisdom.org)

"Fascism Can't Happen in America"

Really?
http://www.oilempire.us/fascism.html

Help Make Fahrenheit 9/11 a Huge Hit

"Given how devastating Michael Moore's new film Fahrenheit 9/11 is to President Bush's carefully crafted facade, it's hardly surprising that right-wing groups who call Moore a "domestic enemy" are using censorship and intimidation tactics to try to get it pulled from theaters. That's why we've got to do everything we can to make the opening a huge success. We're asking people to pledge to see the film on the opening night -- Friday, June 25th. (If you can only make it on Saturday or Sunday, that's OK too.) To pledge, just fill out the form below."
http://www.moveonpac.org/f911/

Reclaim Radio

Take Action Now!

Senate Bill 2505 would give thousands of communities the right to broadcast on low-power FM airwaves. Congress needs to know how important it is for this bill to pass. Please take these two steps. It only takes a minute.
http://freepress.net/lpfm/

Jeb Bush Enables Ballot Box Stuffing

Prior to 25 May, 2004, in Florida, a witness signature was required in order to validate an absentee ballot. No more.
According to the Miami Herald, "Lawmakers say they acted this year to drop the witness signature because election supervisors were throwing out ballots because they lacked the signature. Nearly 2,000 absentee ballots weren't counted in the March presidential primary because they did not have a witness signature."
Maybe they were right to throw out those ballots. Maybe notices should have appeared in the news emphasizing the need to have a witness sign the ballots. Maybe, as in 1997, some of those ballots didn't deserve to be counted.
".. this change in law came despite the fact that witness signatures were pivotal in tracking down allegations of voter fraud in the 1997 mayoral election in Miami that was eventually overturned and led to multiple arrests.
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What we need is a giant spotlight, to be shone on the electoral process this year.
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=us&ie=ascii&q=jeb+absentee+ballot+signature