Monday, December 13, 2004

VOTE Integrity: Paper ballots essential!

There was a small but enthusiastic turnout at the Verify Our VOTE Rally at the State Capitol, Dec 12 at noon. Jewelsong sang a few lovely songs. My favorite speaker was Republican geek, Chuck Herrin. He is a powerful voice for the essential need for paper ballots to insure vote integrity.
He shows exactly how simple it is to hack the vote at present.
He is also working hard to engage Republicans in this fight for fair elections. Most of his speech can be found at his website in his two primers for empathy between the parties. This one has some excellent tips for how to speak more productively with conservatives:
Empathy Training for Liberals: A Primer on the Conservative Mind, From the Inside of One.

I highly recommend forwarding this next piece, addressed to Conservatives, to any that you know:

Empathy Training for Compassionate Conservatives: Why the Democrats Are Still Whining About the Election (and Why Maybe We Should Be, Too)

Speakers at the Rally included:
Joyce McCloy, N.C Coalition for Verified Voting, David Allen, Black Box Voting
Chuck Herrin, Republican computer security analyst,
Cecil Bothwell, The Progressive Project and many more,
including elected officials and musicians

Voices for Verified Voting
a coalition of concerned citizens organizing to:
educate others about election irregularities, and
mobilize effective action to ensure transparent, verifiable elections

for more information:
http://www.51capitalmarch.com/
http://www.divas4democracy.net/

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