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Counts & Recounts
The ability to accurately count the votes, and to conduct a full and accurate recount if necessary, is a hallmark of any genuine democracy.
Organizing ResourcesMonitor Provisional & Absentee Ballot ProcessingProvisional 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 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 . . . NewsMINNESOTA RECOUNT: County Recounts Conclude, State Canvassing Board Is Up NextDate: December 8, 2008MINNESOTA RECOUNT: Claiming Victory Before the Votes Have Been CountedDate: December 3, 2008Video footage of call for UN observersDate: October 31, 2008Take ActionDon't Let Them Steal --THIS-- Election (12/12/08)source: No More Stolen Elections!Standing for Voterssource: www.StandingforVoters.orgVideo the Votesource: VideotheVote.orgEventsDemocracy 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. 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. Publications & TalksFRIEDMAN: Democracy's Gold Standard(September 14, 2009)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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