Voting Rights Groups 'Block' Talk of Machine-Free Elections
by Lynn Landes
The Free Press
December 20, 2004
So much for a free and fair exchange of ideas. At conferences and hearings across the country, traditional voting rights organizations have successfully blocked any serious debate on machine-free, paper-only elections. It appears that our well-entrenched so-called 'voting rights' organizations, including the NAACP and ACLU, haven't absorbed the lesson from America's election debacles. They would rather invite the industry-funded National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) to speak at their conferences, than invite researchers and activists who will argue that the machines must go.
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http://nov2truth.org/article.php?story=20041221013204712
The Mainstream Crying For Election Reform
Steven Hill and Rob Richie,
AlterNet
Posted December 21, 2004
The day following Election 2004, retiring NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw indicated the need for strong national standards in how we count the votes. In an unusually serious interview with David Letterman, Brokaw said point blank, "We've gotta fix the election system in this country."
read article:
http://nov2truth.org/article.php?story=20041221141705983
The Free Press
December 20, 2004
So much for a free and fair exchange of ideas. At conferences and hearings across the country, traditional voting rights organizations have successfully blocked any serious debate on machine-free, paper-only elections. It appears that our well-entrenched so-called 'voting rights' organizations, including the NAACP and ACLU, haven't absorbed the lesson from America's election debacles. They would rather invite the industry-funded National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) to speak at their conferences, than invite researchers and activists who will argue that the machines must go.
read article:
http://nov2truth.org/article.php?story=20041221013204712
The Mainstream Crying For Election Reform
Steven Hill and Rob Richie,
AlterNet
Posted December 21, 2004
The day following Election 2004, retiring NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw indicated the need for strong national standards in how we count the votes. In an unusually serious interview with David Letterman, Brokaw said point blank, "We've gotta fix the election system in this country."
read article:
http://nov2truth.org/article.php?story=20041221141705983
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