Electronic Voting Machines
« Previous EntriesYour Own Private Ohio: Seven Ways Your Vote Might Not Count This November
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Steven Rosenfeld author of Count My Vote: A Citizen’s Guide to Voting writes at Alternet, “Some of the most serious election protection problems can be discovered and fixed before the presidential voting begins.”
What voters often do not know is that long lines or delays in polling place voting can result from many factors — some […]
It Started By Showing a Movie
Friday, August 22nd, 2008A frequent question being asked now is “why are films like Uncounted all suddenly coming out in a clump” and “why are these films important?”
Although the answer may be obvious to some, we sometimes forget that not everyone is consumed by the fight for free and fair elections. People are busy…they have lives…families…jobs…And the little […]
The Electronic Voting Machine Hokey Pokey (You Put Your Right Vote In. It Spits Your Wrong Vote Out)
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008Paperless electronic voting machines are sometimes referred to as a “black box,” but a “black hole” would be more like it. Like a black hole, once the true intention of your vote goes in, there is no way for it to escape - no paper confirmation, no audit system, and no way to identify a […]
Elections Officials Say Electronic Voting Machines Flaws at Polls Will Remain in November
Sunday, August 17th, 2008Ian Urbina of the New York Times reports that we still have some serious problems with our voting equipment:
Flaws in voting machines used by millions of people will not be fixed in time for the presidential election because of a government backlog in testing the machines’ hardware and software, officials say.
The flaws, which have cast […]
An Open Letter to Rep. David Davis, Candidate Tim Barnes, Nashville Public Radio, and the National Media
Friday, August 15th, 2008Dear Rep. Davis, Candidate Barnes, Nashville Public Radio, and, what the heck, the National Media,
First, I’d like to thank you all for your interest in the democratic process. As you know, it’s so important that as voters and American citizens we can count on our news media and elected officials to ensure that in every […]
Million Dollar Programmer
Monday, July 21st, 2008Note from David Earnhardt, “Uncounted” filmmaker: Each week until the election we will release a clip from UNCOUNTED because now, more than ever, people need to see stories that will motivate them to stand up and help save our democracy. Please spread these clips around - to the bleary-eyed and the overworked and the uninspired […]
Stealing Pennsylvania
Sunday, June 8th, 2008I’m sure he didn’t realize what he was saying. But this morning during a discussion of the McCain campaign strategy ABC News’ George Snuffleupagus* said that the McCain campaign would try and “steal Pennsylvania” from Senator Obama. I’m sure he thought he was being hyperbolic by using the word “steal,” but with a majority of […]
Moving the Goalposts
Monday, May 19th, 2008Battles against the use of electronic voting machines, or DRE’s, in free and fair elections are being waged and won all the over the world, including in the Netherlands where the government just banned electronic voting machines from future elections and are returning to paper ballots to protect the integrity of the vote.
After years of […]
Uncounted Picks Up Where Recount Ends
Monday, May 12th, 2008Joan Juliet Buck in the May issue of Vogue Magazine was the first to connect Uncounted with the HBO film Recount - which stars Kevin Spacey and Denis Leary and tells the behind the scenes story of 2000’s controversial Florida recount. Now others are doing it. Anthony Lappé, Executive Editor of the Guerrilla News Network, […]
It’s Up to You New York, New YORRRRKKKKK!
Friday, April 25th, 2008Bo Lipari from New Yorkers for Verified Voting reports on the latest from the state so nice they named it twice:
It is now official. Liberty Election Systems has withdrawn from the New York market ….New York State now has no DREs [direct recording electronic voting machines] of any type being purchased by any […]