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Electronic Voting Machines Project
Electronic Voting Machines Project
We hope that you can take the time to become informed on these issues, and inform others.
Contents:
- Our Voting Security Issues page
- Resources for studying the electronic voting machines issue, websites devoted to the issue, and other collections of links.
Note - We consider these articles, reports and other resources thought-provoking and worth reading. Our recommendation does not imply that we necessarily agree with all the perspectives presented, nor does it imply that we have checked the articles for factual accuracy.
Articles and reports discussing problems with electronic voting machines:
Voter News Service: What Went Wrong?
Larry Barrett , Baseline Magazine, January 13, 2003
and Sideshow's essay linking to this.
Tags: voting, electronic voting, election, ballots
Voting and Elections
Part of "Electronic Voting Machines Project"
The security of elections and the ability of citizens to participate in the political process by voting are fundamental to our democracy. However, the history of elections has shown that when there are opportunities for fraud and deception, there will almost certainly be individual and organized efforts to exploit them. Various forms of disenfranchisement and voter intimidation have also long been a feature of elections.
Big $$ for Progressive Politics
On December 13, 2004, a month after the re-election of George W. Bush,
twenty-five of the wealthiest donors in the progressive community
gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington for an important
strategy session. The group had collectively poured hundreds of
millions of dollars into the effort to defeat Bush--and had nothing to
show for it. Yet the despair of John Kerry's defeat provided an urgent
call to arms. "The US didn't enter World War II until Japan bombed Pearl
Harbor," Erica Payne, a New York political consultant who helped
organize the gathering, told the donors. "We just had our Pearl Harbor."
Tags: progressive politics, PACs, election, donor, conservatives, Alliance
Talk Politics with People Unlike Yourself- Get Them to vote Your Way
If you’re like many people, you care more about elections now than
ever before in your life. You want to make a difference -- and here’s
how you can do it.
This article explains some simple techniques you can use to:
These suggestions are based on proven techniques in social psychology.
They can be used in other aspects of your life, too, besides politics.
Change is a process – it takes time
