Velvet Revolution: A $100,000 Reward

Dianekkdi · 02-11-2008, 12:33 PM

Hundreds of Thousands of Voters Disenfranchised Throughout the Country in Primary Elections!

Candidates Are Beginning to Ask Questions!

February 11th, 2008

Velvet Revolution Election Protection Strike Force 2008 offers $100,000 Reward in New Hampshire Election Challenge

The primary elections appear to be a smorgasbord of beta tests for methods of voter disenfranchisement. Toasted voter rolls seem to be a popular item, with thousands of Democratic voters in New Mexico being forced to vote on provisional ballots because their party affiliation had been changed on the official lists, privately maintained by ES&S, the biggest electronic voting machine vendor in the world. In California, as many as 94,000 voters were chewing on the Double Bubble Trouble created by what's being called "California's butterfly ballot." And in Georgia, voters waited in line for hours at "Welcome All Community Center" polling place, where electronic pollbooks (Diebold this time) repeatedly crashed. And then they voted on completely unverifiable, un-recountable Diebold direct record electronic voting machines.

While corporate "news" media bombards the U.S. with stories about the presidential "horserace," hundreds of thousands of voters have attempted to cast their votes only to find either that they won't be permitted to vote or that their votes will not or may not be counted. Added to the number of voters whose votes are tallied secretly by private corporations and we have millions of voters nationwide who have no basis for confidence that their votes have been counted or that the announced results represent the will of the voters.

Velvet Revolution and our colleagues in the Voting Rights/Election Integrity movement are hard at work documenting and working to prevent and alleviate problems such as those reported in the last two weeks at Velvet Revolution co-founder's site, The BRAD BLOG, on problems in the primary elections in California, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico as well as the Washington State Republican Caucus. Headlines linking to these stories are below.

Velvet Revolution has also worked behind the scenes to support the two candidates challenging the election results in New Hampshire: Democrat Dennis Kucinich and Republican Albert Howard. The BRAD BLOG's New Hampshire Primary Concerns '08 page indexes our stories on the New Hampshire "recount." Don't miss the video from BlackBoxVoting.org of the remarkably shoddy chain of custody for NH ballots. The memory cards from the Diebold optical scan machines that took 80% of New Hampshire's votes, required to be retained for 22 months after a federal election, have completely vanished.

Our Election Protection Strike Force 2008 is offering a
Please donate generously to our work here. http://www.velvetrevolution.us/donate.php

BRAD BLOG stories from the last week regarding U.S. election problems:

Washington:
2/10: Huckabee 'Not Ready to Concede', 'Looking at Some Legal Issues' in 'Dubious' Washington State GOP Caucus: Says 'Weird Things' Going On as Party Stops Counting Votes at 87%, Declares McCain 'Winner' with Just 242 Vote Margin out of nearly 14,000 Reported Tallied So Far.

Louisiana:
2/10: Obama Camp Sends 'Urgent Request for Assistance' to Louisiana SoS as Voters Find Party Registration Switched Cites 'Widespread Reports' of Problems During Today's Primary, as Registration Issues in State After State Begin to Emerge.

New Mexico:
2/6: Say What? - Party Official Kept Uncounted Ballox Boxes at Home Overnight as 200 Vote Margin Currently Seen in New Mexico's Democratic Caucus 17,000 Voters Forced to Vote on Provisional Ballots After Being Dropped from Registration Rolls 'Maintained' by SoS and Voting Machine Company, ES&S.
2/8: Privatization of New Mexico Voting Rolls May Have Played Major Role in Super Tuesday's Democratic Caucus Mess Contracts with Unaccountable Private Vendors Like ES&S in NM and Elsewhere, Continue Taking Costly Toll on American Democracy.

California:
2/5: Problems (and Confusion) at L.A. County Polls Today Independent Voters Have Trouble Voting, and Having Their Vote Counted, in the Open Democratic Primary.
2/6: More Details on 'Double Bubble Trouble' in Los Angeles County
2/7: Filling in the Ovals on LA County's Super Tuesday 'Double Bubble' Debacle Confusion Reigns, Legal Challenges Loom as Hundreds of Thousands Votes May Not be Counted Due to Maddeningly Confusing Ballot Design, Procedures.

Georgia:
2/5: Voters Face Long Lines in Georgia as Photo ID Laws and Diebold's Crashing E-Pollbook System Slow Process Wait Times Up to Two and a Half or More in Metro Atlanta, While New E-Registration Computers Cause Delays
New Jersey:
2/5: NJ Governor Delayed Casting Vote as Voting Machines Inoperable in Hoboken One Unverifiable Touch-Screen Machine Finally Fixed, No Provisional Ballots Available at Polling Place, Voters Turned Away.

Action of the Week: Sign the Courage Campaign's Petition demanding that all votes be counted in Los Angeles County's "Double Bubble Trouble" fiasco!
[FONT='Times New Roman','serif']http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/counteveryvote[/font]

For more ideas, check out the action page at the Velvet Revolution Election Protection Strike Force site!

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Dianekkdi Truth, Justice & ... Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: A place between yesterday and tomorrow Posts: 642 Blog Entries: 6 Thanks: 3 Thanked 19 Times in 12 Posts	Velvet Revolution: A $100,000 Reward Hundreds of Thousands of Voters Disenfranchised Throughout the Country in Primary Elections! Candidates Are Beginning to Ask Questions! February 11th, 2008 Velvet Revolution Election Protection Strike Force 2008 offers $100,000 Reward in New Hampshire Election Challenge The primary elections appear to be a smorgasbord of beta tests for methods of voter disenfranchisement. Toasted voter rolls seem to be a popular item, with thousands of Democratic voters in New Mexico being forced to vote on provisional ballots because their party affiliation had been changed on the official lists, privately maintained by ES&S, the biggest electronic voting machine vendor in the world. In California, as many as 94,000 voters were chewing on the Double Bubble Trouble created by what's being called "California's butterfly ballot." And in Georgia, voters waited in line for hours at "Welcome All Community Center" polling place, where electronic pollbooks (Diebold this time) repeatedly crashed. And then they voted on completely unverifiable, un-recountable Diebold direct record electronic voting machines. While corporate "news" media bombards the U.S. with stories about the presidential "horserace," hundreds of thousands of voters have attempted to cast their votes only to find either that they won't be permitted to vote or that their votes will not or may not be counted. Added to the number of voters whose votes are tallied secretly by private corporations and we have millions of voters nationwide who have no basis for confidence that their votes have been counted or that the announced results represent the will of the voters. Velvet Revolution and our colleagues in the Voting Rights/Election Integrity movement are hard at work documenting and working to prevent and alleviate problems such as those reported in the last two weeks at Velvet Revolution co-founder's site, The BRAD BLOG, on problems in the primary elections in California, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico as well as the Washington State Republican Caucus. Headlines linking to these stories are below. Velvet Revolution has also worked behind the scenes to support the two candidates challenging the election results in New Hampshire: Democrat Dennis Kucinich and Republican Albert Howard. The BRAD BLOG's New Hampshire Primary Concerns '08 page indexes our stories on the New Hampshire "recount." Don't miss the video from BlackBoxVoting.org of the remarkably shoddy chain of custody for NH ballots. The memory cards from the Diebold optical scan machines that took 80% of New Hampshire's votes, required to be retained for 22 months after a federal election, have completely vanished. Our Election Protection Strike Force 2008 is offering a Please donate generously to our work here. http://www.velvetrevolution.us/donate.php BRAD BLOG stories from the last week regarding U.S. election problems: Washington: 2/10: Huckabee 'Not Ready to Concede', 'Looking at Some Legal Issues' in 'Dubious' Washington State GOP Caucus: Says 'Weird Things' Going On as Party Stops Counting Votes at 87%, Declares McCain 'Winner' with Just 242 Vote Margin out of nearly 14,000 Reported Tallied So Far. Louisiana: 2/10: Obama Camp Sends 'Urgent Request for Assistance' to Louisiana SoS as Voters Find Party Registration Switched Cites 'Widespread Reports' of Problems During Today's Primary, as Registration Issues in State After State Begin to Emerge. New Mexico: 2/6: Say What? - Party Official Kept Uncounted Ballox Boxes at Home Overnight as 200 Vote Margin Currently Seen in New Mexico's Democratic Caucus 17,000 Voters Forced to Vote on Provisional Ballots After Being Dropped from Registration Rolls 'Maintained' by SoS and Voting Machine Company, ES&S. 2/8: Privatization of New Mexico Voting Rolls May Have Played Major Role in Super Tuesday's Democratic Caucus Mess Contracts with Unaccountable Private Vendors Like ES&S in NM and Elsewhere, Continue Taking Costly Toll on American Democracy. California: 2/5: Problems (and Confusion) at L.A. County Polls Today Independent Voters Have Trouble Voting, and Having Their Vote Counted, in the Open Democratic Primary. 2/6: More Details on 'Double Bubble Trouble' in Los Angeles County 2/7: Filling in the Ovals on LA County's Super Tuesday 'Double Bubble' Debacle Confusion Reigns, Legal Challenges Loom as Hundreds of Thousands Votes May Not be Counted Due to Maddeningly Confusing Ballot Design, Procedures. Georgia: 2/5: Voters Face Long Lines in Georgia as Photo ID Laws and Diebold's Crashing E-Pollbook System Slow Process Wait Times Up to Two and a Half or More in Metro Atlanta, While New E-Registration Computers Cause Delays New Jersey: 2/5: NJ Governor Delayed Casting Vote as Voting Machines Inoperable in Hoboken One Unverifiable Touch-Screen Machine Finally Fixed, No Provisional Ballots Available at Polling Place, Voters Turned Away. Action of the Week: Sign the Courage Campaign's Petition demanding that all votes be counted in Los Angeles County's "Double Bubble Trouble" fiasco! [FONT='Times New Roman','serif']http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/counteveryvote[/font] For more ideas, check out the action page at the Velvet Revolution Election Protection Strike Force site! __________________ ---------------------- Reinvestigate 9/11 Impeach......Prosecute......Imprison "...The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed...." --Thomas Jefferson
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