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Election Reform
The voting rights movement is winning important victories across the country.
Organizing ResourcesVoter Bill of RightsFrom unreliable electronic voting machines and millions of uncounted ballots, to partisan election officials and 10-hour waits at the polls, it is clear that our electoral system is in dire need of an overhaul. To build a more just, secure, and robust democracy, please support the following 10-point Voter Bill of Rights . . . NewsMANSKI AND GRAVES: Corporations are People TooDate: March 2, 2010KRAFT: IRV may be on the ballot in Massachusetts next yearDate: October 1, 2009WASSERMAN: Will the Corporate Supremes now dance on democracy's corpse?Date: September 14, 2009Take ActionSupport Fair Elections Now!source: Public CitizenTake the Pledge of Action!source: No More Stolen Elections!EventsU.S. Social Forum II(June 22, 2009 - June 26, 2010)Another World is Possible! Another U.S.A. is necessary! Extending Democracy w/The Progressive, Manski, Farsetta, Gray, Wellstone(May 1, 2009 - May 2, 2009)Major speakers include Robert Redford, Amy Goodman, Naomi Klein, Barbara Ehrenreich, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and the editorial staff of the Progressive Magazine. Liberty Tree's Ben Manski, together with various members of Liberty Tree's Board of Directors and Board of Advisors -- John Nichols and Robert McChesney, among them -- will also be speaking at this exciting event. Wisconsin: March to Overrule the Court(February 16, 2010)Make plans to join the March to Overrule the Court, Noon, on Tuesday, February 16th as we loudly protest the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that corporations are persons entitled to constitutional rights to influence elections. Rally at the State Capitol, State Street steps, then march to the nearby federal courthouse. Bring a bell to ring, warm clothes, and friends. Click here to get a pdf poster to print out and distribute Publications & TalksFRIEDMAN: Democracy's Gold Standard(September 14, 2009)Z Magazine interviews Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap about Measure TDemocracy Unlimited: Daniel McLeod interviews Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap NICHOLS: Special Report on the 2008 Elections(November 5, 2008)"A great democracy that is home to a very busy people ought not ask citizens to wait up to eight hours to cast their ballots, But that is precisely what America has done during the course of this most volatile and critical of election seasons." |
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