SHARE        Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Peggy Holman on Voice of the Voters Wednesday, 4/1 Peggy Holman,founder of Open Circle Company&facilitator of "Journalism That Matters" conferences,explores how bringing a diversity of voices together is essential to achieving "emergent change"&allows us to turn crisis into opportunity.Where citizens used to be merely consumers of news and journalists the providers,now they join together into a "new news ecology" that is frightening to the old order but brings with it

SHARE        Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Tonight 3/11 on Voice of the Voters: BREAKING THROUGH: Innovative Solutions to the Impasse in Bucks County Can we TALK our way out of crisis? "Yes," according to the creators of Wisdom Councils. DeAnna Martin, Center for Wise Democracy, will discuss how her organization uses Dynamic Facilitation to allow ordinary people to create choices that lead to breakthroughs. Not win-lose. Not compromise. Solutions.

(7 comments) SHARE        Thursday, March 5, 2009
My Wal-Mart Prayer: Your Challenge As Wal-Mart racks up profits which go to the top as well as overseas, America continues economic decline and very possibly the onslaught of a Major Depression. As Wal-Mart prospers, Sears suffers and is now considered a company at risk of going under...yet Sears has supported our Military through making up differences in pay, ensuring jobs, on return from service....Wal-Mart has not!

SHARE        Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Tonight 3/4 on Voice of the Voters: Internet Voting: Future Promise or Future Problem? Tom Geairn,an Internet security expert,is informed about the theory and steeped in practicality,he has been doing in-the-field development work in the area of Internet security for military installations, public and private corporations,and educational institutions.Skip Parish adds a unique perspective having been involved in the engineering & set-up of communications lines leased by Operation Bravo. Was it a success?

(2 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Internet Voting: Future Promise or Future Problem? on Voice of the Voters 2/18 The DoD is urging states to enact legislation that allows military and overseas voters to return their completed ballots by email over the Internet.Several states are now considering legislation to allow some form of Internet voting or to authorize its study.NIST, the GAO, and dozens of nationally recognized computer science experts warn against casting ballots over the Internet with its current architecture.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, February 4, 2009
One woman's fight for open government on Voice of the Voters, 2/4 Ellen Brodsky is in the "fight of my life to clear my record."The State of FL has charged Brodsky with a criminal charge of "Trespass After Warning."Brodsky,a nationally known activist from Broward County&former candidate for Supervisor of Elections,will discuss the charges against her,her Not Guilty plea,and why HER fight is OUR fight.But,she maintains,"I am not alone--EI groups all around the country are supporting me!"

SHARE        Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Wednesday, January 21st on Voice of the Voters - The Tipping Points in Election Integrity America has a new President and a new Congress facing historic challenges. What are the Top Challenges facing the Election Integrity movement? Join a round table of Election Integrity experts as they discuss the most significant legal, legislative and technical hurdles and goals of election integrity activists. Learn about the impact of the growing financial crisis on voting efforts and visibility.

(3 comments) SHARE        Monday, January 19, 2009
Tears for Tuesday "Wall Street may be bruised &battered but it still donated more money than any other U.S. industry to Obama's inaugural festivities on Tuesday,a study has found."OUR challenge is to find a way to get past the power stranglehold surrounding Obama & see if he will live and act the message of his campaign. We MUST find ways to help Obama BE the Obama so many people were drawn to, worked for,voted for, and believe in.

SHARE        Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Richard Hayes Phillips on Tonight's Voice of the Voters 11/26 Richard Hayes Phillips, Ph.D., is the author of "Witness to a Crime: A Citizens - Audit of an American Election." This is the document of record for the fraudulent 2004 presidential election in Ohio, the state that decided the election. It is based upon 30,000 photographs of actual forensic evidence - ballots, poll books, voter signature books, ballot accounting charts, and other election records.

SHARE        Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Ellen Brodsky and Clint Curtis on tonight's Voice of the Voters! Both Brodsky&Curtis have recently suffered losses in the general election.Brodsky lost to incumbent Dr.Snipes in the race for Supervisor of Elections in Broward County & was later arrested at the direction of her political competition.Curtis lost his primary race for Congress in the 24th District of FL.This now-famous whistle blower against purpose-designed vote flipping software will talk of the state of voting in FL&beyond

SHARE        Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Our Eyes on the Prize: What did we see? On Tonight's Voice of the Voters, 8pm ET Join us for a whirlwind wrap-up of the 2008 elections!Reports from leaders in the Election Integrity Community including:Brad Friedman, John Gideon, VotersUnite Bo Lipari,New Yorkers for Verified Voting,Marybeth Kuznik, VotePA Jeremy Epstein,Virginia Verified Voting,Paddy Shaffer,Ohio Election Justice Campaign,MANY OTHERS! * --what they saw* --what they learned * --what impact our work had on the process *--what now?

(7 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, November 4, 2008
URGENT CALL TO PA CITIZENS AND JUDGES OF ELECTIONS PA already has 2 important LAWS which should be the 1st line of decision making and protection for voting rights.Put the two laws together,it seems clear that if a single machine break-down disrupts order by costing voters to leave or undue burden of long lines to form,the elec.judge should immediately act to request in accordance with sworn duty and the above statute that emergency paper ballots be permitted to citizens.

SHARE        Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Voice of the Voters 10/29: What to do as "situations" arise on Election Day Ruth Matheny is a Judge of Elections and authored a pollwatchers toolkit that provides a checklist and guidelines for pollwatchers to spot and report problems.Madeline Rawley has done extensive research on voting procedures in PA and has communicated extensively with legislators, election officials, and voting rights groups for many years to improve the process.

SHARE        Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Voice of the Voters, Wednesday, 10/8, 8-9PM, EST Today's global economy is on the verge of depression era collapse.How did it happen?What forces were ignored or deployed to create this condition?Is the problem with the "Fed"?Inept or corrupt oversight?What can be done near term to keep things normalized?Can the system be rebooted?Financial "Guru" Bill Glynn will join guest host James Strait as they attempt to bring clarity to the murkiest of conditions.

(11 comments) SHARE        Thursday, October 2, 2008
NAME THE BAILOUT CHALLENGE! Financial Bailout of Criminal Actions & Greed We need to come up with a hard hitting, edgy name for the bailout that clearly defines it as toxic, crooked, dirty and pro business.

(15 comments) SHARE        Thursday, October 2, 2008
ACT NOW! House limits constituent e-mails to prevent crash HOW DARE OUR REPRESENTATIVES LIMIT CONSTITUENTS E-MAILS ABOUT BAIL-OUT ...AFRAID OF A SYSTEM CRASH!TOP ECONOMISTS OPPOSE THIS RUSH TO ACTION AS DO RESPONSIBLE LEADERS IN "REAL" FINANCE NOT THE DERIVATIVE JUNK TYPE WHO HIJACKED OUR FINANCES AND UNDERMINED THE SECURITY OF OUR ECONOMY AND MARKETS.LET'S GET THE FACTS.LET'S FIND OUT THE REAL PROBLEMS AND REAL ROOT CAUSE(S) - ESPECIALLY THE EXTENT.

SHARE        Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Student Voting 101: the "How-To" and "Who-Is" on Voice of the Voters 9/24/08 The Brennan Center's recently-released guide provides student voters with information on voting residency,registration,identification,and absentee balloting requirements on a state-by-state basis.We will discuss: Are certain states friendlier than others towards student registration and voting? How do the battleground states rate?What barriers to voter registration and voting should students be aware of?Myths to worry about?

(6 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, September 10, 2008
PA Needs SOS but not this SOS: Bonifaz & Friedman on Voice of the Voters 9/10/08 Pennsylvania's Secretary of State has just issued a non-binding directive requiring that emergency paper ballots be issued only if ALL machines in a precinct malfunction. But the state already has a law which allows ( but does not require) paper ballots if just one machine per precinct malfunctions. In addition, PA has a directive allowing electronic votes to be destroyed if the "record" button is not pushed.

SHARE        Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Moles in the Garden:Vendors Undermine US Elections on Voice of the Voters 8/20 How Dependent are we on vendors to run our elections?What have we lost?What are some election officials doing to reclaim our elections?What can both election officials & citizens do in time for 2008 to limit vendor dependency & reclaim PUBLIC ownership of elections.Ellen Theisen looks at the depth of vendor-dependency,some repercussions, and election officials who are resisting corporate control of our elections.

SHARE        Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Election Outlook '08: "State of the States" Report, Wed. 8/6 on Voice of the Voters Is YOUR state prepared for November 2008?When it comes to elections,Ohio and Florida are like two teams in the Superbowl: election integrity activism in these two states is intense due to widely publicized election problems since 2000. Tonight we profile Ohio and Florida about their election readiness.