Black Box Voting connects voting machine test lab with kickbacks, bid-rigging, bribery schemes
by Bev Harris
Next time you hear that voting machines are reliable and safe "because they have been tested and certified," think of this important article, which reveals proven corruption, payoffs and bid-rigging connected to Ciber, Inc., a firm that signed off on our voting machines. Ciber's okay was the foundation for federal acceptance of voting machines all over the USA.
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Voting rights act as needed as ever
by Jesse Jackson
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Voting Rights Act in the case of Shelby v. Holder. On the same day, across the street in the congressional rotunda, a statue honoring Rosa Parks will be unveiled. And one week later, the nation will celebrate the 48th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the march from Selma to Montgomery that helped spur President Johnson to champion the act.
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Why Obama will not stop the increase in catastrophic climate change
by Bob Sheak
President Obama has not lived up to his promises about curtailing global warming, the engine at the center of disruptive climate change. He and his administration acknowledge the problem exists, though they don’t stress the scientific evidence on trends that show that temperatures and greenhouse concentrations in the atmosphere in the U.S. and across the world are rising at an accelerating rate. At the same time, there were some notable but not-trend-breaking achievements during Obama’s first four years like new fuel efficiency standards for cars and small trucks, $36 billion allocated for renewable energy, the weatherization of one million homes owned by low-income homeowners, and the doubling of renewable energy from wind and solar partly supported by Department of Energy investments. Unfortunately, there are reasons to expect that the President will not do nearly enough in the next four years of his presidency to prevent further catastrophic climate changes or to prepare the society and world to cope with it all. This is certainly not his fault alone. There are significant constraints that limit what he can do. My point: He won’t do enough and, even if he wanted to, he can’t do enough.
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Election protection, electronic voting & the future of America democracy
by Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
The re-election of Barack Obama was made possible in part by the triumph of a new social movement---a great grassroots upheaval aimed at election protection and meaningful universal suffrage, that must include a transparent and reliable vote count.
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Story notes For television producer Shonda Rhimes
by Sheila Parks
Dear Ms. Rhimes:
You are one of the bravest, most extraordinary women on TV and you are going to help save us from election fraud.
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Timeline 2004 – One more look at the Ohio election
by Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D., Author and Troy T. Seman, Editor
More than a year ago, a reporter named Craig Unger asked me a brilliant question about the 2004 presidential election in Ohio. Referring to reports that the counting of votes was rerouted through SMARTech computers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at precisely 11:14 PM EST, and the possibility that the vote count was altered thereby, he asked me about the forensic evidence we had photographed or otherwise uncovered in eighteen counties in Ohio. He asked me to look at the timeline. Did the counties in which we found evidence of fraud report their results before 11:14 PM, or after? And, if after, was the evidence consistent with an after-the-fact effort to get the election records to match an altered vote count?
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Dysfunction at Maricopa County Elections department disenfranchises tens of thousands
by Linda Brown
We saved hundreds of votes across the state, but there were not enough concentrated in any of the close races to claim that we saved any races. In 2008 we looked at close races to see if Maricopa County's 30,000 uncounted provisional ballots would have made a difference in any of them and we concluded they would not have changed the outcomes of any races.
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Romney may have lost, but the voting system is still broken
by Gerry Bello and Bob Fitrakis
Two weeks have passed since the night of the Rove meltdown and Romney's electoral loss. Like the days after a major sports championship, everybody has an opinion on two things: why victory was achieved this time and how victory can be achieved the next time. However, political reality is quite different than sports. Democracy is more than a game. And if our current democracy is a game, the people lost in 2012.
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SWING STATE: How the Fix was Nixed in Ohio
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Preview Clips from a new EON/FreePress.org joint Work in Progress. This a a trailer for our Indiegogo project - a documentary on the inside story of how investigative reporting, the Green Party, the Election Protection movement, pre-emptive litigating and just plain angry voters saved the Dems from Karl Rove in a key 2012 battleground state. Please go to:
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OPINION: Your vote got counted. Here's why
by Sheila Parks
Yes, my side won. So, the argument could be made that I was wrong when it comes to election fraud. The real story is more complicated. I believe that my side – your side, the women’s side – won in part because voting rights activists were vigilant. They kept Americans watching, to make sure to document irregularities at the polls.
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Recent Election Issues Articles

Renowned computer security expert agrees to meet California county supervisor's '1000 to 1' challenge to 'manipulate' Sequoia voting machine!
  December 13, 2006
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100 phantom votes found in one precinct; DelCo board of elections hinders investigation
  December 12, 2006
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Think globally, protect the vote locally
  December 1, 2006
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Will they or won't they: last chance for Democrats
  November 17, 2006
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The vote protectors
  November 16, 2006
  Robert C. Koehler

Ohio's 2006 vote count now includes a higher percentage of uncounted ballots than in 2004, and a statistically impossible swing to the Republicans
  November 14, 2006
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The drama of empty numbers
  November 9, 2006
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A monumental victory for the election protection movement
  November 8, 2006
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Pick a number 2006
  November 7, 2006
  Mike Ferner

How they stole the mid-term election
  November 7, 2006
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STOP Blackwell, what's that sign: Everyone look what's going down
  November 7, 2006
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Parallel election midday report
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Tuesday's outcome may depend on the power of the election protection movement
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  November 2, 2006
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Check out We Count for a great TownHall confrontation between Vicki Lovegren of Ohio Vigilance and Michael Vu, Supervisor of Cuyahoga County BOE
  November 1, 2006
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Official states electronic voting system added votes never cast in 2004 Presidential election; audit log missing
  November 1, 2006
  Peter Peckarsky, Ron Baiman, and Robert Fitrakis

Repairing the U.S. system of voting: 50 concrete steps
  November 1, 2006
  Harvey Wasserman, Bob Fitrakis and Steve Rosenfeld

Will a shocking new GOP court victory and Karl Rove's attack on Ohio 2006 doom the Democrats nationwide?
  October 30, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman

Renoite sue Sequoia Voting Systems
  October 28, 2006
  Patricia Axelrod

Severe election problems seen in ten states
  October 27, 2006
  Jason Leopold

Direct material proof of massive election fraud in Ohio in the 2004 U.S. presidential election
  October 26, 2006
  Ron Baiman

A talk with Mark Crispin Miller about what voters can do to prevent another stolen election
  October 26, 2006
  The Ostroy Report

Will Ken Blackwell find the ways to steal Ohio 2006 as he did in 2004?
  October 25, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

Important voter activism
  October 22, 2006
  Victoria Lovegren, Ph.D.

A loaves & fishes/Holy Ghost victory for the GOP in November?
  October 17, 2006
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Why is the man who stole Ohio campaigning with a white supremacist?
  October 9, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

This cannot be
  September 28, 2006
  Robert C. Koehler

Court victory lets preserved Ohio 2004 ballots tell new tales of theft and fraud as indictments and convictions mount
  September 25, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman

Unfit for use in ANY democracy
  September 20, 2006
  Rady Ananda

An open letter to Gov. Robert Taft and Sec. of State J. Kenneth Blackwell
  September 8, 2006
  Harvey Wasserman, et. al.

Coshocton County complaint
  September 3, 2006
  Tim Kettler

Saving the ballot evidence from Ohio 2004
  September 2, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

San Diego suit’s second hearing: Judge to rule next Tuesday on constitutional and jurisdictional questions
  August 25, 2006
  Rady Ananda

New Zogby Poll: It’s Nearly Unanimous
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  Michael Collins, “Scoop” Independent Media

How the last presidential election awoke me from an unsound sleep
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PFAW's Neas praises advance of Voting Rights Act, Calls on Bush Administration to start enforcing the law
  July 22, 2006
  People For the American Way

Why Democrats don't count: lessons from the un-Gore of Mexico
  July 16, 2006
  Greg Palast

Resolution of no confidence in current U.S. elections
  July 16, 2006
  J30 Coalition

An open letter from Ohio to the people of Mexico
  July 13, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

The stolen election of 2004
  July 11, 2006
  Michael Parenti

The Democrats must now say "We Do Not Concede" in the U.S. as it's being said in Mexico
  July 9, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

Project Vote, voting rights organizations, file to overturn restrictive voter registration rules
  July 7, 2006
  Brian Mellor

BBV: Unredacted Hursti Diebold reports, photos released
  July 4, 2006
  Bev Harris

Ignore that man behind the screen, Dorothy
  July 1, 2006
  Greg Palast

Bob Fitrakis for Governor -- he is now on the ballot
  July 1, 2006
  Fitrakis campaign

Alameda County supervisors embrace election fraud
  July 1, 2006
  Allen C. Michaan

San Diego’s run-off election aggregate results are plausible
  June 18, 2006
  Ron Baiman

A vote of no confidence: democracy left to languish in living rooms, garages
  June 15, 2006
  Robert C. Koehler

Kennedy's challenge: Salon, Mother Jones & the tortured dialogue
  June 15, 2006
  Michael Collins and

Warren County revisited
  June 12, 2006
  Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D.

Something smells fishy in San Diego!
  June 11, 2006
  Ron Baiman

Response to Salon Magazine
  June 6, 2006
  Ron Baiman

Analysis of Connally spreadsheet and other documents
  June 5, 2006
  Ron Baiman

RFK and Rolling Stone nail Ohio's stolen 2004 election, but much more must be done
  June 3, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

Pick a card, any card
  May 27, 2006
  Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D.

Will the major media finally cover the electronic election fraud issue?
  May 15, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

The money pit: Diebold vs. America
  May 15, 2006
  Denis Wright

Worst security flaw ever - 3 states invoke Diebold emergency procedures
  May 15, 2006
  Black Box Voting

Cranks and Kooks: Kerry won in '04
  May 11, 2006
  Greg Palast

Ohio 2004 election thief grabs Gov nod while (surprise! surprise!) voting machines malfunction
  May 5, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

Hand counted paper ballots in 2008
  April 14, 2006
  Sheila Parks

Busheviks connected to New Hampshire phone-jamming scheme
  April 14, 2006
  The Ostroy Report

Are mainstream churches finally standing up to the GOP’s hateful “Christian” blitzkrieg?
  April 9, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

Thousands march in New Orleans for right for Katrina survivors to vote in the city’s April 22 election
  April 7, 2006
  Rainbow/PUSH Coalition

Shocking Diebold conflict of interest revelations from Secretary of State further taint Ohio's electoral credibility
  April 6, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

Faith-based voting
  March 30, 2006
  Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Media Services

Targeting the voters in Toledo
  March 30, 2006
  Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D.

Targeting the voters in Cincinnati
  March 30, 2006
  Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D.

Through a glass Darkely
  March 30, 2006
  Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D.

Is the Mainstream Media finally getting half the rigged voting machine story?
  March 29, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

Please help Clint Curtis
  March 23, 2006
  Robert Lockwood Mills

Utah testing of the Diebold touch-screen reveals new problems
  March 19, 2006
  Black Box Voting

Trust us
  March 17, 2006
  Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Media Services

Harman vs. Winograd, tough choice?
  March 17, 2006
  David Swanson

Why did J. Kenneth Blackwell seek, then hide, his association with super-rich extremists and e-voting magnates?
  March 10, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

Did 308,000 cancelled Ohio voter registrations put Bush back in the White House?
  February 28, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

Statisticians recommend new measures to ensure vote count accuracy, release "Ohio’s 2004 exit poll analysis for novices”
  February 17, 2006
  Kathy Dopp

As Alito takes Supreme Court seat, Ohio GOP guts election protection
  February 1, 2006
  Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman

The Harri Hursti hack and its importance to our nation
  January 29, 2006
  Susan Pynchon, Florida Fair Elections Coalition   

Programmer Jeff Dean worked for chief of White House Plumbers unit
  January 26, 2006
  Bev Harris, Kathleen Wynne, and John Howard

Free Press Editor in Film at Sundance
  January 23, 2006
  Free Press Staff

PA activists sue to vote on machines
  January 20, 2006
  Rady Ananda

Important documents
  January 20, 2006
  Free Press staff

The gun is smoking - The gun is smoking - 2004 Ohio precinct-level exit poll data show virtually irrefutable evidence of vote miscount
  January 18, 2006
  Kathy Dopp and Ron Baiman

Recipe for hacking ES&S and Sequoia, Hursti-style
  January 4, 2006
  Black Box Voting

What’s all the fuss about Diebold in Florida and California?
  January 4, 2006
  John Washburn, for VoteTrustUSA  

New info may take out Diebold touchscreens
  January 1, 2006
  Black Box Voting

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