This 18 minute Citizen Call to Action produced by the Ecological Options Network [1], will give you all the information you need to understand why we face an unprecedented crisis to our democracy from electronic voting. It will help you see the corporate and official corruption that has privatized vote counting and shut down public scrutiny of elections, the deplorable security of the electronic systems, and it explains the steps YOU can take to end these wholly unacceptable conditions and reclaim your democracy.

Carolyn Crier reports on Court TV News on the utter disaster and insecurity in our election system. The report focuses on how unauthorized "sleepovers" (where poll workers take voting machines home for days and weeks before the election) invalidate the certification of these machines under state and federal standards and laws. The primary election on June 6th in which Brian Bilbray was declared the "winner" is therefore completely illegal and invalid. Concerned citizens have been hit with at $150,000 bill to even have the paper records examined (and counted) properly and legally for the first time.

Remarking on the passage of the National Voting Rights Act, Crier interviews RFK, Jr. and Brad Friedman about the serious vote supression problems still plaguing our election system and the way electronic voting has intensified the crisis rather than bring solutions.

Take Action as a Voter

• Contact your voting registrar or county clerk.
• Are you registered on the central data base?
• How do you get access to election day observation?
• Write your registrar or county clerk with a cc to the State Secretary of State and ask what they are doing to protect the accurate counting of your vote.
• Become a pollwatcher. Check the guidelines at your local voting site.
• Contact one of the election complaint hotlines and report irregularities or known wrong doings. (See Voter Resources link)
• If you vote with an absentee ballot, photocopy the ballot and the secrecy envelope and keep it on file.

Take Action as a Volunteer

• Go to www.ElectionDefenseAction.org [2] and sign up for the following areas
• Legal professionals for research or precinct presence
• Statistical researchers
• Media organizers and communications
• Demonstration organizers and supporters
• Law enforcement contacts

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Take Action as a House Party Host
• Go to www.ElectionDefenseAlliance.org [3] and click on Host A House Party
• Invite up to 15 people, all political persuasions welcome, to view a set of on-line video clips and foster a discussion.
• Encourage attendees to take at least one action from this set of actions.

This 18 minute Citizen Call to Action produced by the Ecological Options Network [1], will give you all the information you need to understand why we face an unprecedented crisis to our democracy from electronic voting. It will help you see the corporate and official corruption that has privatized vote counting and shut down public scrutiny of elections, the deplorable security of the electronic systems, and it explains the steps YOU can take to end these wholly unacceptable conditions and reclaim your democracy.

Carolyn Crier reports on Court TV News on the utter disaster and insecurity in our election system. The report focuses on how unauthorized "sleepovers" (where poll workers take voting machines home for days and weeks before the election) invalidate the certification of these machines under state and federal standards and laws. The primary election on June 6th in which Brian Bilbray was declared the "winner" is therefore completely illegal and invalid. Concerned citizens have been hit with at $150,000 bill to even have the paper records examined (and counted) properly and legally for the first time.

This 18 minute Citizen Call to Action produced by the Ecological Options Network [1], will give you all the information you need to understand why we face an unprecedented crisis to our democracy from electronic voting. It will help you see the corporate and official corruption that has privatized vote counting and shut down public scrutiny of elections, the deplorable security of the electronic systems, and it explains the steps YOU can take to end these wholly unacceptable conditions and reclaim your democracy.

Take Action as a Voter