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AmyCrat Donating Member (721 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 02:51 PM
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Poll question: Pick One -- Feet or Thumb Print??
I made both images based on JSamuel's idea and the comments of TalkingDog.

Which one do you like best?



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AmyCrat Donating Member (721 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 03:23 PM
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1. kick n/t
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AmyCrat Donating Member (721 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:04 PM
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2. kick n/t
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smartvoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:05 PM
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3. Voted. Kick.
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:08 PM
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4. Voted!
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:09 PM
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5. Actually the Feet mean footprints (evidence) and the Red is for Republican
Edited on Wed Dec-01-04 04:11 PM by jsamuel
It also has connections with th "White Hands" movement in South America. Those of you who know what I am talking about know that whenever they have a protest, they paint their hands white and protest. I personally think the feet are better because they are something that people can identify quickly with (where red shoes, or paint feet red). The thumb print is hard to do anything with other than put it on a poster.
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AmyCrat Donating Member (721 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:17 PM
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7. I'm not sure my own preference but...
be creative... you could do a lot with either.

T-shirts, Hats, Stickers, Magnets -- both work equally well with or without the words (ribbon + feet or ribbon + fingerprint)

Feet - paint feet red, wear red shoes

Fingerprint - paint fingertips red, wear red gloves
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:19 PM
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10. Good points :)
Edited on Wed Dec-01-04 04:19 PM by jsamuel
I like the red gloves and painting fingers :)
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Twist_U_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:15 PM
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6. my 2 cents
Excellent both of them

but people associate the footprints as a friendly ,laid back symbol.
on the other hand
a fingerprint means crime and investigation

I couldn`t think of anything more appropriate !!

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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:18 PM
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8. You have a point...., but....
which one (if you didn't know anything about us) would make you stop and look? Which one is more attention getting? Which one would a reporter like to write about?
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neohippie Donating Member (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:26 PM
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17. if I didn't know anything about this issue and saw the feet
I immediately think of baby feet and some kind of pro-life thing, just my two cents.
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AmyCrat Donating Member (721 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:28 PM
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18. I think either.
We should all be aware that the black ribbon has been adopted for "free speech/stop censorship" or the free exchange of idea on the internet. It's also used for "Amish on the Internet" (a little bizarre if you ask me!)

If we need a variation, it could be something like:

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Twist_U_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:31 PM
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20. the print
i just looked again and I was more drawn to look around for more information about why its there.

just my insight.

I was thinking it would hit you quiker if the words where on top of the print.

just my 2 cents
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AmyCrat Donating Member (721 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:18 PM
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9. intesting since TalkingDog
...said the feet were associated with something negative or bondage.
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Twist_U_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:36 PM
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22. lol
maybe a poll on what your reaction is when you see the feet image
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:19 PM
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11. I agree
plus the term "red handed" is more common than "red footed".... ;)
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Helga Scow Stern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:19 PM
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12. I like both. But I would change the feet saying to something like
don't tread on our vote.

The thumbprint is very clear, otherwise. How easy would either be to stencil?
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:21 PM
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13. Haha, DON'T TREAD ON OUR VOTE!!!
I like that!
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Helga Scow Stern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:23 PM
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14. I kept thinking of it last night...
I had to get out of bed and turn the computer back on to post it!

It stirs up that old fervor...
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Twist_U_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:35 PM
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21. yep I like that too
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AmyCrat Donating Member (721 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:39 PM
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Hands Off My Vote might work too... similar concept to the tread one n/t
Edited on Wed Dec-01-04 04:40 PM by AmyCrat
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Twist_U_Up Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:44 PM
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27. I read one
that said Dude where`s my vote ?

young people can relate to that
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:47 PM
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28. Actually, I would think they would find that patronizing... and it makes
us sound like we are a bunch of drucken dope smokers...
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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:24 PM
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15. I'd suggest a third icon...
....one showing a barrier of some kind indicating that the most obvious of all the forms of systemic disenfranchisement -- voter suppression -- is also the one that immediately and irrevocably invalidates this election.

Thank you.

"I Declare The 2004 Election Invalid: Someone I do not know was prevented from voting"
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demodonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 08:02 PM
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35. Amy I like the red-handed one the best...
as in they need to get caught red-handed!

Second favorite is the fingerprint, third favorite is the footprint.

Just my personal preferece -- ALL of these are VERY good -- you are one talented person!
:-)
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Taming the Shrub Donating Member (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:24 PM
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16. What about red handed
Certainly they have been caught red handed with the fixing of this election. This also lends itself to the hand painting that someone mentioned in respect to the white hand movement. Someone being caught red handed is a phrase most people would understand as opposed to red feet that looks like a surfing motif.
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 07:54 PM
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34. Hi Taming the Shrub!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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Taming the Shrub Donating Member (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 08:14 PM
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36. Thank you
I've been observing for awhile, but decided to go public! Thanks for noticing!
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:29 PM
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19. Whatever we chose, we need to chose it and STICK WITH IT!!!
It is great that people are taking a hold of the idea and trying to make it better!

Once we have a fairly agreeable graphic, we need to "call it" and say that's it, otherwise we will never actually get anything to happen and will never get anything done. Everyone wants to put their part in, which is good, but at some point we need to say, "that's it, we are the _______ Movement."
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Helga Scow Stern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 05:06 PM
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32. Does there have to be just one?
The thumbprint is a go. It would be a great bumper sticker and thing to stick all over the place, and to have on signs.

I am intrigued with the idea of the foot prints on the vote--as in
Don't Tread on Me (from revolutionary era). That used a snake, I think.

But I was thinking....maybe foot prints on the word VOTE, or on a checked ballot symbol like so many have here as avatars.

I think of foot prints carrying anger, anger and marching are in the feet, like on that video Mosh. Get on your feet!

I can get behind Don't Tread On my Vote! as a chant, stomping my way, holding my sign! And Get on Your Feet! Count the Vote!

And it connects us to the revolutionary spirit of our ancestors, no less.

But then I am a 50-year old nerd, as my kids are fond of reminding me.
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 05:07 PM
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33. Well, we can do both
I don't see a problem with it. They are both good.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:39 PM
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:40 PM
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24. Start a new post, dude
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:42 PM
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:44 PM
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26. The post you just made has nothing to do with this topic, if you want to
say what you just said, make a whole new topic. Don't post random information in a topic that has nothing to do with it.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:47 PM
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jsamuel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:52 PM
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30. Actually read the posts.... no one has even talked about the dixiecrat
counties since Nov. 3rd... eveyone knows that is bung, even us... if you are going to claim that we don't know what we are talking about, then maybe you should get to know what we are talking about better. And I am not going to sum it up for you because it would take days to do so. LOOK AT THE OTHER THREADS!
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AmyCrat Donating Member (721 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-01-04 04:53 PM
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31. It doesn't take thousands
It takes a handful of computer guys who wrote the code. Code, which they won't let anyone see, owned by a private company, and which is not audited (and ANYTHING that required accuracy and security should be audited, common practice in the IT world).

There's been posts on the simple math of all this. It would take very few votes per precinct to really screw up the results -- and when there are proven "irregularities" (like 4000 extra votes for Bush in Warren County, Ohio), it needs to be investigated... whether it was intentional or not.

Our democracy depends on us getting the vote count RIGHT.

and BTW, your post is off topic. We are discussing slogans and logos for the "stop election fraud" movement. Start your own post to discuss why you think there wasn't any fraud... I'm sure you'll get tons of replies ;)
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