skippy the bush kangaroo

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

vote early and often

a new film, votergate, is premiering on the net today. they tell us:

three exciting young filmmakers, simon ardizzone, russell michaels androbert carrillo cohen, have produced "votergate" the timely criticalfeature film that uncovers the truth about new electronic voting systemswhich allow a few powerful corporations to count our votes in secret!every american who cares about democracy must see this film before theelection! these filmmakers decided to create a 30 minute "specialedition" of their feature film as a free public service to get thisinformation out to the public - in time for the presidential electionand it premiers october 26, 2004 online at (www.votergate.tv).

critics of these e-voting systems protest that the machines are nottransparent to the voters and provide no paper ballot/receipt or any wayto do a meaningful recount. but votergate is not just a warning, thefilm strongly concludes that elections are harder to defraud when votersturn out in big numbers. just as public interest and news about theseelection issues are exploding, the votergate special edition is themust-see film that educates citizens about how to keenly observe,question and protect the process on election day!...

george wendt, the actor famous for his role as the good friend "norm" onthe hit comedy cheers, narrates "the special edition." featured: bevharris, the executive director of black box voting(www.blackboxvoting.org), the seattle grandmother who uncovered thesecret software that counts american votes. according to vanity fairmagazine, her investigations are breaking news, "that would have madeher career at the new york times or washington post." andy stephenson,associate director of black box voting is uncovering nationwideevidence of security risks in america's voting system.

the film interviews computer experts such as dr. avi rubin, technicaldirector, johns hopkins information security institute (www.avirubin.com) and dr. david dill, professor of computer science, stanford universityand the founder of (www.verifiedvoting.org).

also featured: congressman robert wexler (http://www.wexler.house.gov/ florida's 19th district, who is leading the effort to comprehensivelyreform our electoral system following the 2000 election controversy inflorida. he also has an active lawsuit to require paper ballots in allflorida counties. congresswoman corrine brown(http://www.house.gov/corrinebrown/) of florida's 3rd district, whoformally invited the organization for security and cooperation in europe(esce), and the organization of american states (oas) to participate inthe upcoming united states presidential elections as monitors.
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