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For PaisAn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 02:47 PM
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Election protest in NYC this Saturday
Edited on Wed Dec-08-04 02:49 PM by For PaisAn
Who: VotersUnite.org and concerned citizens across America

What: Black Box TEA (Total Electoral Access & Accountability) Party

When: Saturday, December 11, at 12:15 p.m.

Where: Times Square - we'll meet on the east side of Broadway from 42nd street south.

(view flyer at this link: )



If you are concerned about the issue of voting irregularities and the flaws in the current system, there will be a rally in Times Square on Saturday, December 11, at 12:15 p.m. We'll meet on the east side of Broadway from 42nd street south.



The goal is to raise visibility in the media about the major flaws in the electronic voting and vote tabulating systems, as well as other voting irregularities, suppression and fraud. The invitation to hold demonstrations came from www.VotersUnite.org, and many locations across the country have held and will hold demonstrations. The theme is a Black Box TEA (Total Electoral Access & Accountability) Party to symbolically dump our black box voting systems.



Please join us on the 11th. I need people to bring their own boxes or signs whenever possible. For boxes, ask at local stores for empty cardboard boxes when they re-stock, then either cover with black paper, or spray paint the box black. Please paint “No Black Box Voting” in white on your box. If you can make at least one or two posters (one or more to share), please let us know, and we will e-mail sign suggestions (if you can get a group of friends together to have a poster-making party, even better).



We want to raise awareness peacefully. There’s already enough dismissal from the media referring to anyone who questions the “smoothness” or “success” of the election as “conspiracy theorists” or “tin-foil hat crazies”. Let’s not contribute to that spin. Specifically, this event is NOT about bashing Bush. Trust me, I want to bash him as much as any of you, but as soon as we have anti-Bush signs or anti-Bush chants, that is the *only* message anyone will get. They will write us off as sore losers and anti-Bush rallyers, and ignore the real issue of the vulnerability of black box voting systems and the other irregularities in the November 2 vote. Let’s stay “On Message” – Free, Fair and Accurate elections are the bedrock of democracy.



Please dress either in all black, or be patriotic in red, white, and blue. Little flags to wave will be a plus. We’re doing our patriotic duty trying to bring attention to an issue that strikes at the very core of our democracy.



Please contact us if you’d like to attend and/or help organize. We need a rough idea of number of participants to expect, and contact info if there are any last minute changes.



Alexis: alexisact – at – yahoo.com

Or Sharon: Sharon.lynch – at – verizon.net

(replace – at – with @)

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NY lib NY Donating Member (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 02:48 PM
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1. I'll be there!
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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 03:04 PM
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2. linked image does not load - 404, N/T
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For PaisAn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 04:55 PM
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3. Here's the link for the flyer again but
Edited on Wed Dec-08-04 04:57 PM by For PaisAn

When I paste it here it just says "image" and it doesn't work?
Maybe it can be found at the voters unite website? The flyer also shows a picture of a "Black Box" that was used at a previous protest.
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dogindia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 04:58 PM
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4. link to imagae still does not load
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For PaisAn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 05:04 PM
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5. I don't know why it's not working
Edited on Wed Dec-08-04 05:14 PM by For PaisAn
Maybe check out the votersunite.org website or if you E-mail Alexis she can send you the link.

Try right clicking on the word "image", then click on properties and you'll find the url and can paste that into your browser.
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alexisact Donating Member (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-04 05:26 PM
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6. Link, and sign suggestions
Hello,

I'm one of the orgnizers for Saturday.

My apologies about the link. Getting the link right is a little tricky, but let me give it another try here:

(it worked when I previewed it, anyway)

Best,

Alexis
alexisact - at - yahoo.com (replace - at - with @)


Also, if anyone would like to make and bring signs, here are some ideas:

Over 57,000 voting problems on election day is a “success”?

Total Electoral Access & Accountability

RIP Democracy
1776 – 2004

No Mandate

Election Fraud is Newsworthy

Election flaws won’t go away just because the media ignores them!

Do you Ukrainians care more about Democracy than Americans?

If Ukraine can do it, so can we!

Corporate Media Blacked Out in US, Woke Up in Ukraine

We Know How the Ukrainians Feel

Exit polls were good enough for the Ukraine

American Exit Polls are at Least as Good as Ukrainian ones

The Exit Polls Were Right

Did your vote count? Are you sure?

Vote goes in, what comes out? How do you know?

Whose votes count when partisan corporations count the votes?

(decorate poster with ATM receipts) Verified paper trail – your ATM has it, why not your vote? (or, why not your democracy?)

(decorate poster with ATM receipts) Shouldn't your vote be as safe as your money?

Auditability = Legitimacy

Make your vote count: Get it in writing!

Vote But Verify

Voting without Auditing Are We Insane?

Live Free Diebold

Vote Free or Diebold

Secret Software Secret Government

Diebold (in a red circle with a line through it)

ES&S (in a red circle with a line through it)

Sequoia (in a red circle with a line through it)

Dissent is an American Virtue!

Dissent is Patriotic!

No Vote Left Behind!

Democracy Counts

Democracy Counts All Votes!

Count all the votes!

Make sure every vote counts!

Our Vote is not For Sale!

The Machine Ate My Vote

The Computer Ate My Vote

Dude, where’s my Vote?

Error 404: Your vote has been corrupted. Better luck next election

Visualize True Democracy

Visualize Legitimate Secure Elections

Veterans didn’t die for Rigged Elections

Was the election stolen? If you can’t audit, can you prove it wasn’t?

Electile Dysfunction!

Correct Electile Dysfunction

Secret Technology + No Paper Trail + Can’t Audit = Black Box Voting

First they ignore you.
Then they ridicule you.
Then they fight you.
Then you win.
-- Mahatma K Gandhi
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