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California, Decertify Paperless Voting Machines California, Decertify Paperless Voting Machines
Contributed by Electronic Frontier Foundation
On April 21 & 22, the California Secretary of State's Voting Systems and Procedures Panel will decide whether to decertify paperless electronic voting systems before the November election. The call for decertification arose in California following the disenfranchisement of thousands of California voters during the Marc...
Posted: Tue, Apr 20, 2004 3:47pm PDT
Phone/Email blockade of pro-draft Senator! Email and Phone blockade this pro-draft Senator! Www.hagel.senate.gov, 202-224-4224, 402-758-8981...
Posted: Tue, Apr 20, 2004 1:09pm PDT
Lets Make Democracy Work This article is about the establishment of a Progressive Political Action Committee in Fresno. With the money from this PAC, a grassroots get out the vote campaign, and good candidates the progressive community are going to kick the ass of the neo-cons....
Posted: Tue, Apr 20, 2004 12:28pm PDT
October Surprise(s) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The White House and a top Saudi official denied Monday a report of a deal to lower gasoline prices before the November presidential election. "There was no secret deal," White House spokesman Dan Bartlett told CNN....
Posted: Mon, Apr 19, 2004 9:58pm PDT
Blackboxvoting Critical Mass - April 19-23 Bring HR2239 to a Vote! from http://www.americanether.net
Blackboxvoting Critical Mass - April 19-23 Bring HR2239 to a Vote!
Free HR 2239 from Committee
If HR2239 - Legislation that would mandate a paper record for every Electronic Voting Machine - is not passed by may, its most likely dead in the water.
SO LETS MAKE A SPLASH!
CALL Toll Free and Send A fax by email to the House Administration Committee - where the bill is being held to die....
Posted: Mon, Apr 19, 2004 11:08am PDT
Anti-war electoral candidate speaks to British railworkers (audio/ogg 4.4MB) On 16th April 2004, Michael Lavalette, an electoral candidate for the new anti-racist, anti-war party RESPECT spoke at a fringe meeting at a national meeting of the railworkers' union RMT...
Posted: Sun, Apr 18, 2004 12:33pm PDT
Oh, Say Can’t You See? According to most polls, about 50% of Americans continue to look favorably upon President Bush. For goodness sake, why?? For the answer, read on....
Posted: Sun, Apr 18, 2004 12:09pm PDT
4/17 on, Remaining Book Tour Dates for Amy Goodman Amy Goodman, host of the national daily radio/TV program Democracy Now!
is on a national tour to mark the launch of her first book,
"The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War
Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them" (co-written with her brother,
journalist David Goodman.) The tour includes fundraisers for Pacifica
radio stations and affiliates that carry Democracy Now!...
Posted: Sat, Apr 17, 2004 1:55pm PDT
On College Campuses, Bush Losing Stronghold Highly independent and centrist, the college student is concerned about Iraq, Gay Marriage, and Job Opportunities -- and Bush has lost significant support....
Posted: Thu, Apr 15, 2004 7:53pm PDT
Liberals to Make Big Gains in S. Korea Election SEOUL, April 15 -- In their sharpest shift to the political left in four decades, South Korean voters on Thursday appeared to hand an overwhelming victory in legislative elections to the Uri Party, whose leadership advocates rapprochement with North Korea and greater independence from Seoul's traditional ally, the United States....
Posted: Thu, Apr 15, 2004 9:24am PDT
Voters Unite! Participate in Project Myth Breaker Voters Unite! Participate in Project Myth Breaker
Many local election officials don't have the information they need to make wise decisions about voting equipment. They hear many conflicting stories, and it's hard to tell truth from myth. Here's your opportunity to help....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 4:44pm PDT
COUNTER CONVENTION. ORG LAUNCHES WEB-BASED PROTEST TOOLS JUST IN TIME FOR THE RNC 
New York City is gearing up for massive protests around the Republican
National Convention slated for August 29th through September 4th. Everyone
from community based organizations to unions to faith-based-groups to global
justice activists is preparing for this epic event. CounterConvention.org is
a website designed to help facilitate communication and resources for all
those opposed to the RNC....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 11:14am PDT
April 17 Dick Cheney/NRA Convention Call to Action From April 16-18th, The National Rifle Association will hold their annual
meetings in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Dick Cheney is scheduled as their
keynote speaker. As the billboards they’ve plastered Pittsburgh with so
aptly say, “4 acres of guns and gear”. In response, hundreds of people
from our region will be gathering to protest what the NRA stands for....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2004 10:47am PDT
Terry Baum Arrested 
Terry Baum and Supporters arrested at the Department of Elections...
Posted: Mon, Apr 12, 2004 7:52pm PDT
Rail union RMT supports new anti-war coalition in Britain (video/x-pn-realvideo 17.6MB) Local branches of the British Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are supporting the new anti-war coalition RESPECT....
Posted: Mon, Apr 12, 2004 8:05am PDT
Text Of August 6, 2001 Memo Titled "Osama bin Laden Determined To Strike in US" The following is the text of the August 6, 2001, memo sent to US President George W Bush on the possibility of al-Qaeda attacks in the United States.
The memo was sent to Bush over a month before the September 11, 2001, attacks and was marked "For the President Only".
Three redactions have been made in the memo, which was released in Crawford, where Bush is on vacation at his ranch.
They have been noted with XXXXXX. The White House said the three redactions were made to &qu...
Posted: Sat, Apr 10, 2004 6:34pm PDT
California Most Roadblocks for Greens; Your vote didn't count 
Writing In without Connecting the Arrows Means Your Vote Doesn't Count....
Posted: Fri, Apr 9, 2004 1:26am PDT
Green Party Candidate for Congress Despite Unprecedented Number of Votes The Dept of Elections is trying to invalidate this candidate. Contact the Dept of Elections and Secretary of State and voice your complaint.General Information - Elections Division
Phone: (916) 657-2166
Fax: (916) 653-3214
E-Mail: Elections@ss.ca.gov
Dept of elections
415) 554-4375
rachel.gosiengfiao@sfgov.org
A comparison of California to other states is at www.terrybaum.com...
Posted: Thu, Apr 8, 2004 11:51pm PDT
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