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TAKE YOUR CAMERA, CELL PHONE OR MINI DVCAM TO YOUR POLLING PLACE.  MAKE A VIDEO OF ANY IRREGULARITIES. ...UPLOAD TO: YOU TUBE, AND TO http://www.thepeoplechoose.org

ThePeopleChoose.org is the premier political video site in the nation. It is the go-to site for journalists and activists tracking the elections. If your volunteers upload their poll watching videos on election nite or email them to us if they are using cellphone cams), we will post them on the front page of our live web election cover page where they will be seen immediately by journalists nationwide.

Questions? call me at 415-453-9573
Patrick O'Heffernan
www.thepeoplechoose .org non-profit and non-partisan

How To PE Manual at http://tinyurl.com/hrnox
http://www.thelandesreport.com/ParallelElections.htm
How to Steel an Election
http://arstechnica.com/etc/How_to_steal_an_election-ArsTechnica.pdf

Daily "Rap Sheet":  Spoiled Ballots
http://www.networkofcitizens.org/election/30ways.htm

According to Greg Palast, the nasty little secret of American democracy is that, in every national election, over a million ballots cast are simply thrown in the garbage.

Vote spoilage occurs in two ways -- overvotes and undervotes. An "overvote" occurs when someone votes for more candidates than allowed in a particular race. In this case, the particular race is invalidated but not the entire ballot. Overvotes can only occur with paper ballot voting systems such as punch card and optical scan. An example is if a voter makes a mistake or changes her/his mind about a candidate in a race, crosses out a vote, and clearly marks a vote for another candidate in that race.

An "undervote" occurs when someone votes for fewer candidates in a race than allowed, such as leaving a particular race blank. This is every voter's right. With an undervote, no ballot or vote is canceled -- or supposed to be. In punch card systems, undervotes can occur with old or poorly maintained machines that create hanging, dimpled and "pregnant" chads.

Background Check:  Learn the Crime History, Routines, and Rackets


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Political Assignments Desk

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On "spoiled ballots" with Range and Approval (and old-style plurality) voting

A million votes in the electoral trash can, by Greg Palast

Democracy Spoiled, by the Civil Rights Project, Harvard University, July 12, 2002

One million black votes didn't count in the 2000 presidential election; It's not too hard to get your vote lost--if some politicians want it to be lost, by Greg Palast, June 20, 2004


Action & Prevention:  Stop Wholesale Trashing of Votes and Fight for What Democracy Stands For

1.  Fight for what democracy stands for -- a society where every citizen's vote is sacred.

2.  Fight for voter intent laws in states that don't currently have them.

3.  In filling out a paper ballot or punching a punch card ballot, ensure your ballot is as clear and readable as possible and without any extra marks that could cause your ballot to be set aside and tossed in the trash.

4.  The best election observation is or can be done by pollworkers. Protect election integrity from inside the system by signing up to be a pollworker.

5.  Download the Citizen Action Page and take action to stop crimes against Democracy.

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Nationwide Election Protection Hotline:
1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683)

Voting Rights Institute Hotline:
1-888-DEMVOTE (1-888-336-8683)

Also, please report your findings and actions
to Network of Citizens by sending an email to
info@www.networkofcitizens.org













Previous daily rap sheet topics:
Democracy:  Can We Keep It?
Voter Fraud vs. Election Fraud

Purging of Eligible Voters

Pollworker and Machine Shortages

Absentee Ballots Treated Unfairly
Provisional Ballots Rejected
Voting Machine "Sleepovers"
Paperless E-Voting Machines
The Smearing of Scientific Exit Polls

See all the Dirty 30 election fraud tricks

Click here for a downloadable CITIZEN ACTION PAGE

THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO SAFEGUARD OUR DEMOCRACY!
-- Network of Citizens --
http://www.networkofcitizens.org/election/index.htm

Click here for a downloadable CITIZEN ACTION PAGE

Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machine PDF

Expert Studies

Residual Votes Attributable to Technology

New e-voting study shows it's really easy to steal an election

Can Diebold machines pass the test

BRENNAN CENTER TASK FORCE SAYS SOFTWARE ATTACKS POSE REAL DANGER TO ALL ELECTRONIC VOTING ...

Critical Security Alert: Diebold TSx and TS6 voting systems

Nonpartisan GAO Confirms Security Flaws in Voting Machines
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Diebold Fumbles Attempt to Stop HBO Airing of 'Hacking Democracy'!

Watch The important documentary film, "Hacking Democracy", Hacking Democracy" exposes and chronicles the role computer based voting machines and vote tabulation equipment are playing in facilitating election fraud and vote rigging in US elections.
The important documentary film, "Hacking Democracy",  "Hacking Democracy" exposes and chronicles the role computer based voting machines and vote tabulation equipment are playing in facilitating election fraud and vote rigging in US elections.
Watch it here


For more information, go to:
http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/hackingdemocracy/index.html
http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/hackingdemocracy/synopsis.html
http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/hackingdemocracy/interview_filmmakers.html
http://www.hbo.com/docs/programs/hackingdemocracy/interview_producer.html
Clint Curtis and Tom Feeney Video Pitches Side-by-SideYou Decide
Contact:  Vickie Karp, 512/775-3737

Attention:  Political Assignments Desk                                      Karen Renick, 512/496-7408

Texas Election Officials Ignore E-Voting Fraud Warnings ~

Give Public False Assurances on E-Voting Security



When:  Thursday, November 2, 2006, 10 a.m.


What:   Press Conference


Where:  South steps of the Capitol, 11th and Congress, Austin, Texas


Who:  VoteRescue and Black Box Voting representatives


Why:  To warn the public about stolen elections and offer suggestions for citizen action on Election Day   


Karen Renick, founder and Director of Austin-based election reform group VoteRescue, will speak on how our state elections leaders have been warned and informed about e-voting fraud, and yet continue to proceed with elections on November 7th using dangerous electronic voting equipment which cannot be guaranteed to count votes as cast and is vulnerable to hacking and fraud.

Vickie Karp, PR Director of VoteRescue, Board Member of Black Box Voting, National Chair of the Coalition for Visible Ballots, and co-editor of "HACKED! High Tech Election Theft in America" will detail expert studies given to our Secretary of State Roger Williams which validate the threat of all the electronic voting systems used in Texas.

Kathleen Wynne, former Associate Director of Black Box Voting, will detail investigations she helped execute which proved electronic voting to be "faster to hack", easy for flipping election results" and "less secure" for voters.

Citizens will be encouraged to vote and document evidence of Election Day irregularities.

www.voterescue.org
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