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A Further Look Into Voting Machines »

This Wednesday, May 20th, at 9:00 pm, we are going to continue our Live Chat conversation on the problems with electronic voting machines, and problems with voting in general, in this country. Kathleen Wynne, of Hand Count Paper Ballots Now mentioned a colleague of hers recently, Richard Hayes Phillips, author of Witness To A [...]

More “Hacking Democracy” Live Chat Reminder »

DISCLAIMER: We do not personally endorse BlackBoxVoting and, while we are aware of the complex stories behind the controversies, we are not focusing on those stories during this presentation and haven’t any inclination to get into those stories via e-mails or blog posts. What we are concerned about is the legitimacy of voting methodologies in [...]

“Hacking Democracy” Part 2: Join Our Live Chat! »

We are continuing our discussion of the HBO documentary, “Hacking Democracy.” Once again, we will be joined by the founder of Hand Count Paper Ballots Now, Kathleen Wynne, and her colleague, Vickie Karp (biographies below). To join us, click the large arrow now!
“Hacking Democracy” Part 2
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“Black Box Voting” Part 2 »

DISCLAIMER: We do not personally endorse BlackBoxVoting and, while we are aware of the complex stories behind the controversies, we are not focusing on those stories during this presentation and haven’t any inclination to get into those stories via e-mails or blog posts. What we are concerned about is the legitimacy of voting methodologies in [...]

“Hacking Democracy” Part 2, Live Chat Tonight, And A Disclaimer »

DISCLAIMER: We do not personally endorse BlackBoxVoting and, while we are aware of the complex stories behind the controversies, we are not focusing on those stories during this presentation and haven’t any inclination to get into those stories via e-mails or blog posts. What we are concerned about is the legitimacy of voting methodologies in [...]

“Black Box Voting” Part 1 »

As we prepare for our second week of viewing “Hacking Democracy” and Live Chat, based on the work of Black Box Voting, it seems like a natural time to give more background on this organization, its founder, Bev Harris, and the issues of electronic voting machines. SusanUnPC was kind enough to provide me with [...]

(Open Thread Too) “Hacking Democracy” LIVE CHAT Wed. May 6th at 9:00 PM (EST) »

We are fortunate to have as one of our loyal readers Kathleen Wynne, founder of Hand Count Paper Ballots Now (HCPBnow.org), and formerly Associate Director of Black Box Voting. I will let her introduce herself and the issue further below, but MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Beginning Wednesday, May 6th, at 9:00 pm at No Quarter, for [...]

Oh, THIS Should Bring About Change »

NOT!!! This is rich – so, rich. Check out this headline (h/t to Will:Bowers): DNC’s Kaine Picks Panel To Reform Democrats’ Entire Nominating Process. Yep, Tim Kaine, the anti-choice, anti-gay, anti-stem cell Chair of the DNC is going to reform the Democratic Nominating Process. And wait until you see just who the [...]

Who Gets To Vote? »

Major H/T/ to McKatmoon, an alert reader at No Quarter, for this tip. This is disturbing. Here’s the story: John McCain filed a lawsuit in VA at this late date for a reason you are not going to believe. It turns out that the absentee ballots required by military personnel serving abroad [...]

Open Thread * Bob Schieffer of CBS News Gets Out the Vote (for McCain?) »

Bob Schieffer of CBS’ Face the Nation took a moment to talk to voters today, encouraging us all to get out to the polls.
Moreover, he made it clear that unlike some of his colleagues in the news business who claim they don’t vote anymore in order that they might stay neutral, he strongly [...]

why i voted for john mccain and sarah palin »

Why I voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin
Because McCain:
is not George Bush.
is an American Hero.
has served his country since he was 17 years old.
has shown proven leadership.
has shown proven bipartisanship.
crosses party lines, even when it is risky.
takes a stand on tough votes, not the easy way out.
was right on the surge, and will end [...]

Howard Stern Conducts an Experiment with Some, Um, “Low-Information” Obama Voters »

Well, to be perfectly frank, I have no idea how to title this post. I’m dumbfounded. First, to get this out of the way, I never thought I’d post a video featuring Howard Stern because of, as the reader who sent this video to me noted, he is so sexist in how he [...]

“Stealing Ohio” »

One of our writers is hard at work on reports for you readers about the grave concerns we all share about election fraud, vote theft, and same-day registration and voting. These are concerns that Peniel Cronin, the author of the important caucus fraud studies, wrote about to Reverend Amy and me recently. Reverend Amy [...]

“Honest and Open Election Committee” »

I visited the McCain/Paln website last night and found the release below. This is an absolutely brilliant move on their part, one I fully endorse and support. The McCain/Palin campaign’s effort to head off potential problems with the election is a monumental action. Even though they have put this committee in place, I will remain [...]

Oh, Where to START??? »

Good grief – evidently, this is what I get for going to sleep at night. All KINDS of stuff has come up about Obamessiah. I scarcely know where to begin, and others are already writing beautifully about this at No Quarter, so I don’t want to be TOO redundant, but WTF about Obama wanting to [...]