[VoteRescue] "Voice of the Voters" TONIGHT!

[Karen Renick]

1/7/09
TONIGHT on "Voice of the Voters" heard at www.voiceofthevoters.org 
<http://www.voiceofthevoters.org> OR http://wnjc.duxpond.com/ ,
Ellen Theisen and John Gideon of votersunite.org will discuss their new 
report on the Election Assistance Commission's performance. (Their 
report is online at http://www.votersunite.org/info/EACviolations.asp).


*The Election Assistance Commission:  **Where's the "Assistance"?*
**
/"'Assistance' is our middle name/."-Donetta Davidson, former chair of 
the EAC

For over four years, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) - 
created by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 - has been derelict in its 
duties by refusing to give the states essential guidance /required by 
federal law/. By the EAC's negligence, it has left election officials 
across the country at the mercy of the voting system vendors' assessment 
of their own equipment.  And, it has allowed provisional ballots to be 
improperly used to suppress votes rather than to ensure that the votes 
of all eligible voters are counted.  Now, the EAC has proposed a 
"strategic plan" to delay issuing the needed guidance for another two 
years, despite the obvious problems its negligence has caused.


Voice of the Voters!
Every Wednesday - 7 to 8 PM Central
Heard on 1360 AM Philadelphia and on the Internet
 www.voiceofthevoters.org <http://www.voiceofthevoters.org> OR 
http://wnjc.duxpond.com/

GUEST BIOS
*Ellen Theisen*, founder of VotersUnite.Org, is Co-Director and Managing 
Editor of VotersUnite! In her 22-year career as a software technical 
writer, she has written hundreds of user manuals, functional and design 
specifications, online help systems, and programmer guides. Ellen 
created and maintains the VotersUnite! website, developing most of the 
informational resources available on the site.

Early in 2004, Ellen wrote "Myth Breakers for Election Officials" to 
dispel myths about HAVA and inform decision-makers of important, 
under-publicized facts about electronic voting issues. The document has 
been distributed to thousands of federal, state, and local 
decision-makers, and volunteers are now distributing the second edition. 
The document has also been included as testimony in three court cases 
regarding electronic voting issues.

Ellen's work in the voting integrity movement led directly to the 
development of the Vote-PAD as an accessible alternative to computerized 
voting devices. During much of 2006, she focused her attention on 
providing that alternative, and has now resumed developing the resources 
available at VotersUnite!

*John Gideon *is Co-Director and Information Manager for VotersUnite! He 
is a disabled Viet Nam Vet (Navy) and a retired federal employee. He has 
been learning about and working on the issues related to voting reform 
and voting integrity since early in 2003. He maintains the current news 
links on the VotersUnite! website and compiles the "Daily Voting News," 
a clipping service of voting news articles for activists, attorneys, 
elections officials, elected officials, and others who are interested in 
voting reform issues. His personal knowledge of current events on these 
issues has become a trusted resource for voting integrity activists 
across the country.

John has been effective in lobbying Washington State legislators to 
introduce and pass legislation requiring voter-verified paper ballots. 
He is dedicated to informing election officials and journalists of 
accurate details, often emailing them facts in response to fallacies he 
finds in the articles he includes in his clipping service.


"Voice of the Voters!" is hosted this week by Lori Rosolowsky and Jim 
Strait. John Gideon of VotersUnite.org will also give us updates on 
voting news.

 Stay tuned for the Rob Kall Show - 8pm Central same station

 Call in 856-227-1360 questions/comments

 www.voiceofthevoters.org <http://www.voiceofthevoters.org>

 Coalition for Voting Integrity



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