2008 Election
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008In 2004 massive get-out-the-vote efforts created a huge turnout on Election Day, bringing more voters to the polls than ever before. But in key states (and The Keystone state), many voters showed up at the polls and waited in long lines for hours only to later discover the voting machines showed many of them had […]
The Pledge
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Join Reverend Jesse Jackson, Tom Hayden, Barbara Ehrenreich, Manning Marable, Norman Solomon, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Van Jones, Holly Near, Emily Levy, Jim Hightower, Mark Crispin Miller, Uncounted filmmaker David Earnhardt, and nearly 80 other leading voting rights advocates and sign the “No More Stolen Elections” Pledge. The No More Stolen Elections Pledge is designed to […]
How to See Uncounted if You Can’t Make it to a The Damned Concert
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008UPDATED: As you know, Uncounted is screening on Starz at many set times in October, twice on Election Day eve (Monday, 11/3, Starz Edge at 9:40am and 7:35pm ET/PT) and four times on Election Day (Tuesday, 11/4, Starz Cinema at 11:45am and 8:35pm ET/PT and Starz Cinema W at 2:45pm and 11:35 ET/PT)
What you might […]
UPDATED: Stop, Drop & Poll - What You Can Do if You Have Problems Voting
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Greetings to you, lovers of participatory democracy!
Check Your Work
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Remember when your third grade teacher told you to “check your work?” Yeah, well, everything you need to know about verifying your vote you learned in 3rd grade.
In the following video, Jackson County, WV (where stories of vote flipping about this early voting season) County Clerk Jeff Waybright demonstrates that an uncalibrated - and supposedly […]
The Powerful and Obnoxious Odor of Provisional Ballots
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008In their recent piece in Rolling Stone Magazine, Block the Vote, Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Greg Palast underscore Uncounted’s message about the duplicity of provisional ballots:
In 2004, an estimated 3 million voters who showed up at the polls were refused regular ballots because their registration was challenged on a technicality. Instead, these voters were handed […]
What Organization is More Sinister than Al Qaeda?
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008According to Stephen Colbert, it’s ACORN (dun-dun-DUN!) - the biggest nut-based threat to America!
Help Stop Vote Flipping in West Virginia
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008An action alert from TrueVote.US, who have been working to end paperless electronic voting in the United States:
Every day there are reports from voters of machines flipping the vote. So far, all the reports have been votes changing from Obama to McCain.
This is reminiscent of the experience in Sarasota, FL in 2006. When the voting […]
All Hail the Mighty The Google!
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008The Google finds it hard to believe that in 2008, even with the Help America Vote Act, information important to U.S. citizens and the democratic process - like finding out how to register and where to vote - isn’t well organized on the web. OK, so I added the snarky bit about HAVA, but Google […]
Stop, Drop, and Poll - What to Do if You Have Problems Voting
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Anecdotal evidence is coming in fast and furious of early-voting incidences including voting machine malfunctions in Ohio, Putnam, and Jackson Counties in West Virginia and Davidson and Decatur Counties in Tennessee, as well as hidden problems with “straight ticket” voting (confirmed by Snopes) in Texas and West Virginia. A more complete list of the […]
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