In Memoriam: John Gideon, 1947 - 2009

[BradBlog]

In Memoriam:
John Gideon, 1947 - 2009



DETAILS:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7102

[demodonkey]

1. O dear...... O dear......

Terrible, terrible news.

:cry:

On edit: John was one of our greatest advocates for transparent democracy and one of the few who really followed and took the EAC and others to task.

John was not only a founder of VotersUnite, he was also one of the original core founders of VoteTrustUSA and worked with so many other groups and organizations dedicated to election integrity.

He will be missed so much!

All I can say right now is that I know John has joined Andy and I know that those two will keep fighting with us from the Other Side.


:cry:

[Suich]

2. Oh, no!

I'm so sorry to hear this.

RIP John Gideon

:cry:

[Norrin Radd]

3. Peace to John Gideon.

[snappyturtle]

4. Very sad news. May John RIP. nt

[livvy]

5. Most sincere condolences, Brad.

He will be missed by so many, not only friends and family, but people like me who respected and appreciated his dedication and persistence in his mission, "To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory democracy."

RIP, John, and thank you.

[Fly by night]

6. What sad news. The freedom and democracy-loving world has lost a champion.

John was way too young to lose. He is sorely missed.

[mod mom]

7. HORRIBLE news. We lost a true patriot!

[OnTheOtherHand]

8. John Gideon was a mensch

What terrible news.

[pleah]

9. Rest in peace, John Gideon.

:patriot:

[sonias]

10. Rest in peace, John

He was a wonderful election reform advocate. He will me missed greatly.

:cry:

Sonia

[DemReadingDU]

11. very sad news, a big loss

I'm so sorry to hear this.

My condolences to you and to his family.

[yowzayowzayowza]

12. Oh, my.

RIP, John. Condolences to his family.

[lazyriver]

13. Same age as my dad...too young to go but at least he spent his

limited time fighting the good fight and helping to strengthen our democracy. Peace and condolences to his family.

[Danger Mouse]

14. Rest in Peace.

:patriot:

[troubleinwinter]

15. I am so very sorry to hear of the loss of this dedicated patriot.

[Melissa G]

16. Wow. So sad. You will be missed, John. Rest in peace, Great Patriot.

:cry: :grouphug: :patriot:

[Wilms]

17. Thank you, John.

For your service, your candor, and for deliverin' it straight.

[Mnemosyne]

18. Find peace, dear man. My deepest sympathy to John's family and friends. n/t

[glitch]

19. This makes me want to swear. But I won't, I will just say thank you and RIP John. nt

:cry:

[peacetalksforall]

20. up to carry on his work. Rest now., John G.

[ColesCountyDem]

21. Peace be unto you, John Gideon, and to those who knew and loved you.

Grant him, O Lord, eternal rest...

[bleever]

22. Thank you and God bless you, John Gideon.

:patriot:

[truckin]

23. Condolences to John's family and friends. This is very sad.

[Stevepol]

24. One of the greatest patriots in the country at this time or any time.

Early on, I got on his list to receive Voting news each day. It started in about 2005 I think, but I got on maybe a year later. Then, for almost every day until just now, he sent his email listing all the articles of importance that day dealing with the US election system. If and when we take our democracy back from the electronic machine vendors and the corrupt elections officials and dirty tricksters, John will be one to whom we owe a huge debt of gratitude.

[vanboggie]

25. So sorry to hear this

Condolences to John Gideon's family and friends. I send my appreciation for his tireless work on what I think is still the most critical issue, the biggest threat, to our country.

[glinda]

26. This is really sad. Very sad indeed. A great man.

:cry: :cry: :cry: :grouphug:

[tbyg52]

27. Oh no. Oh no.

:cry:

[garybeck]

28. this is a real loss to our democracy. I'm sure he and Andy are looking down on us now.

John you will be missed. Thank you John for all you have done.

[roguevalley]

29. I am very sorry. He was a young man and good.

[cliffordu]

30. Rest well, brother.

:patriot:

[northofdenali]

31. Peace, John. You did great for this world -

and will do it again in the next. :cry:

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

32. NCCVV - we will honor John's work by continuing with the battle

The North Carolina Coalition for Verified Voting shares sadness with the national e-voting community over the passing of John Gideon, Co Director of Voters Unite and author of Daily Voting News

John Gideon 1947-2009 R.I.P.


John Gideon, RIP

Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Tributes to John Gideon, RIP National Election Integrity Hero

I was shocked and saddened to hear about the passing of John Gideon, co director of Voters Unite. John tirelessly sent out the Daily Voting News, along with commentary, 365 days a year beginning with late 2003. John worked non stop, he encouraged each of us in every state to fight, and said that just one person could make a difference. He would know - his efforts made all of the difference. We in North Carolina and other states who care about election transparency owe John a huge debt. We at NCCVV will honor John's memory by continuing the work we started together long ago. There's no words to express my gratitude to John for all he did or sadness for how much he will be missed, every day.

Below are tributes dedicated to John Gideon by: Brad Friedman of Brad Blog, Kim Alexander of CalVoter.org, Computer scientist Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Congressman Rush Holt, Warren Stewart of Verified Voting.org, Bob Fertik of Democrats.com, Mark Crispin Miller, and Howard Stanislevic of the E-Voter Education Project, and Luther Weeks of Connecticut... more at the link

http://ncvoters.blogspot.com/2009/04/tributes-to-john-gideon-rip-national.html

[troubleinwinter]

35. Thank you so much for this, WYVBC.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

36. I know many tears are being shed today

I've felt a huge loss, for all of us. Its hard to believe I won't be able to just
pick up a phone and call John with one of those really tough questions, to get one of
his very frank and informative answers.

He did one of the most important tasks that connected the e-voting movement and made
it so powerful that others studied it, studied us.

RIP John.

[Historic NY]

33. RIP..

[flyarm]

34. So Heartbreakingly sad,,John Gideon will be truely missed!!

My heartfelt condolences to John's family..he was a wonderful man and a wonderful American.

May John Rest in peace...we have lost another incredible angel, entirely too early in their life....

You will be missed John.
May God keep you in his enternal light.

fly

[Cookie wookie]

37. Too sad for words

What a loss.

[kster]

38. I'm so sorry.

Condolences to his family and friends.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

39. Plse help me collect tributes to John Gideon, read more here

I am collecting tributes to John Gideon on my blog at this link:
http://ncvoters.blogspot.com/2009/04/tributes-to-john-gideon-rip-national.html

As more come in, I am adding them. This will be shared with John's family so they can know how
important John was to us, to the e-voting movement.

You can help:
Anyone writing tributes to John, if you could blog them or post them on a page of your website, I
would like to be able to post an excerpt and link for my blog.

Please email me any tributes, so far I have tributes from the following::

Brad Friedman of Brad Blog, Kim Alexander of CalVoter.org, Computer scientist Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Congressman Rush Holt, Warren Stewart of Verified Voting.org, Bob Fertik of Democrats.com, Mark Crispin Miller, and Howard Stanislevic of the E-Voter Education Project, and Luther Weeks of Connecticut, Bo Lipari of NYVV, John Washburn, Rick Hasen of ElectionLawBlog, BlackboxVoting.org...


Joyce McCloy
www.ncvoter.net
336-794-1240
email address: joyce at ncvoter.net

[diva77]

40. so very sorry to hear this

:(

[mod mom]

41. kick

[althecat]

42. A giant of a man...

My deepest sympathies to all those who knew and loved him. And thankyou Brad for this wonderful tribute.

alastair

[Bill Bored]

43. It's awful. nt

[Wilms]

44. A Tribute to the Author

'Daily Voting News' A Tribute to the Author.

April 29, 2009.

I'm sure that most, if not all, of you have heard of our loss of John Gideon. I'm also sure that you appreciated his faithfulness in providing you with up-to-the-day information about election issues.

He appreciated your faithfulness, too. Your work and personal engagement with him was a great inspiration to him and provided tremendous motivation for him to continue his work. Some of you expressed your gratitude to him in personal emails, which never failed to delight him. All of you expressed your appreciation by remaining subscribed to Daily Voting News. I don't say this lightly. He experienced your continuing subscriptions as appreciation for his work.

To state the obvious, John cannot be replaced. But DVN, John's personal brainchild and invaluable contribution to VotersUnite.Org, has become an essential resource in the election integrity community and beyond. I want to reassure you that I am working with other colleagues of John to figure out how VotersUnite can continue a form of DVN even in John's absence. Hopefully, it will not be long.

Many tributes to John and his work have been posted on many sites. I am including links to three. Sharing our memories of John and even our sorrow in losing his active presence is one way to draw strength from this untimely loss.

VotersUnite.Org: Celebrating the Life Of John Gideon

Bradblog: In Memoriam: John Gideon, 1947-2009. Father, grandfather, husband, veteran, patriot, co-director of VotersUnite.Org, democracy advocate, blogger, friend ...

NCVoters: Tributes to John Gideon, RIP National Election Integrity Hero (A collection of tributes from around the web.)

Ellen Theisen
Director
www.VotersUnite.Org

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http://www.votersunite.org/article.asp?id=8390