An urgent call-in project for NY State voters:

New York State has HAVA funds to spend, and is on the verge of choosing a voting machine system. Please help make sure that we don't end up stuck with the infamous no-paper-trail, "black box" computerized voting machines run by Diebold, ES&S and other partisan Republican corporate entities by participating in the call-in project described below the fold. It will take no more than 30 minutes total and could make the difference in whether we have an honest, reliable voting system in 2006.

Let's not wait til it's too late-we may not get another chance to save the vote in NY State!

So I had just finished writing an email to my Mom (long-time liberal, independent voter, new internet user) on how the Net-Eyes are everywhere and all over every issue we care about, and how the bloggers are putting steel in the spine of Congressional Democrats and breathing new life into the Party.

And then I open Friday's New York Times and see this: Senate Committee Passes New Lawsuit Rules!

More below on whodunit, and why we should care.  

This is a summary I wrote of the issues and irregularities in the 2004 election, including links for documentation.  Please use it if you find it helpful as a resource to help people become informed about this critical issue!

SUMMARY

Far too many irregularities are apparent in the conduct of the election, especially in key "battleground states."  The suppression of minority voters, in particular, is a stain on the election that we must not overlook.

Also, the use of unverifiable, no-paper-trail "black box" voting machines, and computerized vote tabulating systems that have been shown to be vulnerable to corruption and that are controlled by private corporations with partisan ties, is very troubling.

A growing number of people are losing confidence that this election was fair. I believe that this is the most important issue facing our nation today, as it is the democratic process on which our whole system of government rests.

We must call for a full investigation of the integrity of the voting process in the 2004 election.  See below the fold for detailed information and what you can do now.

An organization called Voters Unite is helping to organize multiple demonstrations in the form of a National Black Box T Party.

One is planned for Nov. 27 1:00 pm in Times Square, NYC, and others are also planned.  See the following links for further details:

Voters Unite: http://www.votersunite.org

For specific info on planning a demonstration:
http://www.votersunite.org/takeaction/bbballot-invitation.htm

I will update as a receive further information.