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Vote Suppression

All about the organized efforts to keep qualified voters from voting.

Organizing Resources

    Monitor Provisional & Absentee Ballot Processing

Provisional ballots are not counted on election night, but must first go through a qualification process to determine whether or not the voter was eligible 1) to vote at all, and 2) to vote in all races on the ballot that was cast. . . . Observing this process can increase the chances that it is conducted fairly, in part by providing a deterrent to biased decision-making.

    Voter Bill of Rights

From 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 . . .

News, Events, Publications & Talks, Take Action

    Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.: In Defense of ACORN

Date: October 28, 2008

    KPFK covers "No More Stolen Elections!"

Date: October 28, 2008

    Help spread the truth about ACORN

source: Brave New Films

    Four Fun Videos for Democracy's Defenders

Date: Halloween 2008

    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."

    CNN: Memory cards cause problems in VA

Date: November 4, 2008

    Video the Vote

source: VideotheVote.org

    Anthony Romero: Protecting Your Right to Vote

Date: October 14, 2008

    Ohio GOP Plays Voter Fraud Card

Date: October 13, 2008

    Brennan Center for Justice: Voter Purges

(September 30, 2008)


    Take the Pledge of Action!

source: No More Stolen Elections!

    AlterNet: VA Voter Suppression Continues

Date: September 15, 2008

    Vanden Heuvel: U.S. Vets Fight for Vote

Date: September 9, 2008

    Supreme Court Upholds Voter ID Requirement

Date: April 28, 2008

    Rainbow/PUSH: Voting Rights Act Reauthorization

source: Rainbow/PUSH and VoteJustice.org

    Liberty Tree Panel at Claim Democracy Conferece

(November 10, 2007)
Panel Discussion with Liberty Tree's Patrick Barrett, David Cobb and Brandon Lacy Campos on Democratizing Elections

    The Citizen's Election Assessment Hearing

"The challenge is to create a movement that expands and deepens the notion of elections and democracy itself."

    Prospects for Participatory Democracy in the U.S.A

"The task . . . is to facilitate the growth of an aggressive democracy movement in the United States."
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