Gathering to Save Our Demcracy

Hey! We Resemble That Remark! (And so do some of you…)

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

The Nashville-based alt-weekly, the Nashville Scene, released their annual, “You are So Nashville If…” issue and one particular entry caught our eye and elicited a very audible groan:
You’ll trust your vote to a computer but would rather have Ping-Pong balls for your lottery numbers.
–Ilissa Gold
The back story is that while the committed Election Integrity activists […]

A Few Committed Citizens Made a Hella Difference

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Last night, Bernie Ellis and Deborah Narrigan of Tennessee’s Gathering to Save Our Democracy, were interviewed for a full hour by Dan Ashby on Election Defense Alliance Radio.
As Dan pointed out, it was “three years of determined organizing” which “culminated June 6 with the signing into law of the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act to require […]

Tennessee Gets the Papers, Gets the Papers

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Whoa.
You won’t believe these numbers. These are not Tennessee numbers. They are, instead, a testament to the long, hard-fought, three-year battle that Tennessee’s Gathering to Save Our Democracy spearheaded in the state for paper ballots.
And today they won.
Earlier this week, the state House voted 88-6 in favor of the Voter Confidence Act. This morning, it […]