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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 . . . NewsNATIONAL JOURNAL: 'Citizens United' Decision Could Be Catalyst For ReformDate: December 8, 2009GRANT: Voters of both parties object to Supreme Court activismDate: January 26, 2010NACE: Corporations UnleashedDate: February 19, 2010Take 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! 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 Democracy Track at the U.S. Social ForumThe Democracy Track is a series of sessions and community spaces at the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta, Georgia, June 27-July 1, 2007. The purpose of these sessions is to centralize democracy in all of our everyday struggles. Publications & TalksZ Magazine interviews Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap about Measure TDemocracy Unlimited: Daniel McLeod interviews Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap FRIEDMAN: Democracy's Gold Standard(September 14, 2009)VIDEO: March to Overrule the Court(February 16, 2010)This video footage is from the March to Overrule the Court, a protest march that occurred on February 16, 2010, from the State Capitol Building to the federal courthouse in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. |
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