PLEASE SIGN PETITION TO END SECRET VOTE COUNTING

[Bill Bored]

http://www.icountcoalition.org/petition.html

[datadiva]

1. Done and recommended

:kick:

[jwirr]

2. Done.

[FogerRox]

3. Done Kn R

This may be Land Sharks best post ever. If you only read one DU post today, let it be Land Sharks post, here:





Heres a little ditty I wrote last year:

The will of the people is so strong
WE will prevail against this wrong
Brothers & sisters on our team
Have election reform as their theme

Shovel that coal, tote that barge
Aint no task that is too large
We gotta job, aint no doubt
Dont you dare stop & pout

I gotta belief thats pure and true--
in my red, and white, and Blue---
If you wanna join my crew---
Saving democracy is what I do--

Here is the Election Reform, Fraud, & Related News for Saturday, April 1 :

[Peace Patriot]

4. HR 550 is a very good bill that will help restore democracy in this

country. The petition backs the bill.

There is also a petition on HR 550 at
http://www.rushholt.com/petition.html

Not sure if they are the same. I signed this latter one. Is there reason to sign the at "icountcoalition," too?

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Throw Diebold, ES&S and all election theft machines into 'Boston Harbor' NOW!

:applause: :applause: :patriot: :patriot: :think: :patriot: :patriot: :applause: :applause:

[guidod]

5. Done! Signed both.

[Bill Bored]

6. This thread could use a few nominations!

This particular petition goes to the Committee where this bill has been stuck for years, so it's kind of important!

There are over 160 co-sponsors but unless it gets to the floor, none of them or anyone else in the House, can even vote on it.

It's the best bill of this type in Congress at the moment.

[Vadem]

7. Done and recommended!....n/t

[APPLE314]

8. Done

Good catch!

[Wilms]

9. One more recommendation and Greatest Page visitors can have a look.

Do it for Democracy.

[bleever]

10. Done and rec'd.

Thanks.

[BeFree]

11. A copy of the petition:

Members of the House Administration Committee
1309 Longworth House Office Building
Washington DC 20515

Dear Members of the House Administration Committee

On September 19, 2005, the Commission on Federal Election Reform co-chaired by President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James Baker issued its Final Report. The Report, among other things, called on Congress to enact legislation requiring both a voter verified paper ballot of every vote and routine random audits to check the accuracy of electronic voting.

Voting integrity activists who have been championing this cause for several years are pleased that the Commission confirmed the need for this critical security measure. However, the report also recommends that the status of the voter verified paper ballot should be determined by states rather than mandated as the ballot of record nationwide. This means that any individual state can decide to disregard the only record that the voter has confirmed in favor of the record inside the electronic machine and make the voter verified paper ballot a meaningless and expensive placebo. In addition, the report suggests that pre-election machine "audits" may also be acceptable. Such audits would constitute simply another pre-election machine test, and should not be confused with meaningful independent audits of actual election results.

Rep. Rush Holt's Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act (HR 550) will, however, mandate an effective and meaningful voter-verified paper record and independent audit requirements. It already has the bipartisan support of 1/3 of the House of Representatives, and has been endorsed by VoteTrustUSA and VerifiedVoting.org as the "gold standard" in verifiability legislation. Not only would it mandate a voter verified paper record for every vote cast, it would also:

(1) establish a mandatory uniform national standard that states that the voter verified paper ballot -- the only record verified by the voter rather than the voting machine -- is the vote of record in the case of any inconsistency with electronic records;

(2) provide Federal funding to pay for implementation of voter verified paper balloting;

(3) require a percentage of mandatory manual (by hand count) random audits of actual election results in every state, and in each county, for every Federal election;

(4) prohibit the use at any time of undisclosed software, wireless communication devices, and internet connections in voting machines;

(5) require full implementation by 2006; and

(6) protect the accessibility mandates of the Help America Vote Act.

The language in this bill was carefully written with input from computer scientists, disabilities organizations, and election reform advocates. It should be passed as written and in time to protect the 2006 elections.

There are many politically contentious election reform issues mentioned in the report but making sure that votes are counted accurately is not one of them. Elections are the foundation of a representative democracy, and representative democracy lives or dies based on the integrity of its elections. HR 550 will help restore voters' confidence and ensure the accuracy and integrity of America's elections.

[snappyturtle]

12. Done. nt

[Jeffersons Ghost]

13. done

and kicked :kick:

[DemInDistress]

14. But can we trust "stop the recount Baker," and

"the advance of PNAC will likely be a slow one absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event like a New Pearl Harbor?"
James Baker is not my go to guy for change. I feel confident with Jimmy "peanuts" Carter but I am still leary.
can you help convince me?

[Peace Patriot]

19. I share your trepidation at any mention of the Baker-Carter Commission.

Those folks are up to no good. But when I saw that it was Rush Holt's bill, that reassured me. It is a very good bill.

One other fear I have: that what Bush's "pod people" in Congress will pass will NOT be Rush Holt's bill, but an "amended" monster that will make things worse, with the few good Democrats on this issue not being able to do anything about it.

I would prefer NO ACTION by THIS Congress. But HR 550 is so good (it would effectively get rid of secret programming), I can't help but endorse it.

Anybody know what Holt's strategy is--or the strategy of others, as to Congress/HR 550?

[DemInDistress]

24. ok Peace Patriot.. you sold me. I will sign on to this petition..

But do you believe there will be an election this year? I have this nagging feeling the Bush Crime Family will again attack America and impose that dreaded, "Martial Law" then suspend the elections until the year 2050 (lol) (pick a yr.)...
When the Muslims are all dead maybe America can un install Martial Law and our grandkids can move the country forward.
Rigged elections, spying on us,illegals everywhere,low wages,HUGH deficits,WARS, plus much much more as you well know..
Thanks for the feedback and Peace to you !!!

Dem

[Bill Bored]

29. I think you will find that Holt wants a comprehensive election reform

package with HR 550 as only the first step.

[Hekate]

15. Done!

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

16. done. nt.

[postulater]

17. Done

[pacalo]

18. Done.

[Trevelyan]

20. K&R Done... thank you, this is the most important to taking our country

back from the bushistas.

[Raksha]

21. Done! n/t

:kick:

[OzarkDem]

22. Done! n/t

[rg302200]

23. Done...

K/R

[Joanne98]

25. Done

[Time for change]

26. Done - Thank you

[SeaBob]

27. Done

Done. Its a great idea

[Yogi]

28. done......

n/t

[Jeffersons Ghost]

30. Done TWICE!

Once through TrueMajority and once here... While they might not count my vote the WILL see my name on a petition!

[kiraboo]

31. Done and KICK! n/t