***** BLOCK THE VOTE ***** PBS NOW *****

[Sapphire Blue]

PBS NOW
9.1.06

Video: Block the Vote http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/235/video.html {I strongly encourage DUers to watch this!!!}


Block the Vote

About the Show

Across the nation, states have enacted new laws supposedly designed to prevent voter fraud and avoid election-day debacles. But qualified voters may also be left out in the cold, especially minorities, the poor, the elderly and the disabled.

This week NOW looks at several states where these new rules may keep voters away from the polls in November.

Critics charge that the Bush administration is part of the problem as the U.S. Department of Justice, which is charged with protecting the rights of all voters, has signed off on a number of the new regulations.

In Florida, new penalties that can reach up to $5,000 for registration delays or problems, which forced traditional registration advocacy groups, like the League of Women Voters, to avoid registering voters for a crucial primary.

"The law has done harm because the League of Women Voters, as well as other organizations, were not able to register voters before the primary," said Dianne Wheatley-Giliotti, the president of the LWV in Florida.

More @ http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/235/index.html

[Imagevision]

1. Can't say the warnings haven't been forthcoming...don't bitch election day

when perhaps a wide spread of "irregularities start popping up, this election is every bit as important as the other one Bush/Rove rigged!

[Sapphire Blue]

2. The disenfranchisement is popping up now. Some are ACCEPTING it!

Guess it's okay as long as they have the required documents/ID... never mind those who don't or can't get them. :argh:

[liberaldemocrat7]

28. Crony capitalism, stolen elections. What does this remind you of?

Crony capitalism, stolen elections, suppression of dissent, maniacal supporters who act like thugs.

You got it.

FERDINAND MARCOS !!

If they got rid of him over there we can get rid of him over here.

People power.

[bobbolink]

64. Can read those sentiments right here on DU--"liberal" thought at

it's best.

AFter all, those required IDs are cheap--anyone can get one...

:eyes: :nuke: :eyes:

[Sapphire Blue]

66. Gotta look up @ the web address above to make sure where I am sometimes...

... hard to tell sometimes. *sigh*

Sometimes people really can't seem to accept anything beyond their own (sometimes very limited) experience... they haven't personally encountered X, so X does not exist.

[bobbolink]

83. As usual, you've said it so very well!! Nothing will change unless/

until Dems start looking inward, and seeing where they/we are making the same assumptions as the RW. sigh... Like that's gonnna happen.

I'm finding myself saying to people over and over and over... "IT's NOT an individual problem--it's a systemic failure."

You'd think, after witnessing Katrina the way we did, that this would have been the BIG LESSON--it's not individual fault, it's systemic failure.

But, I guess we're a society that is so determined to be ruggedly individualistic, regardless of evidence to the contrary, that all the proof counts for nada.

That's why I get so ANGRY at the term "Voter fraud"!!! THere was so much crap in 2000 about voters being soooo stoooooopid, they marked the ballots wrong. GAK!! It was done purposely, to throw the election, but the individual voters get blamed. How.... convenient.

Same will happen, I'm guessing, when the Nov results show system failure with the machines... somehow it will be "Voter fraud".

Yes, I'm on a rant... I'm so very sick of all this!

It's the SYSTEM, DAMMIT!!

:nuke:

[Kurovski]

3. K&R!(nt)

[Sapphire Blue]

4. Thank you, Kurovski !

:hi:

[Kurovski]

5. You bet.

:hi:

[Kurovski]

7. I cross-posted this thread in the Election Reform Forum.

:kick:

[Sapphire Blue]

10. Thanks for doing that!

:hi: Have you seen the show yet?

[Kurovski]

15. Yes!

And the good old ER folks are showing up here en masse. Don'cha love 'em!?:D

[Sapphire Blue]

19. ...

:hug: :loveya: :grouphug:

[EFerrari]

6. K&R

:kick:

[Sapphire Blue]

11. Thanks, sfexpat2000!

:hi: Watch the video if you haven't yet!

[calimary]

8. Good to see this problem is getting a little more attention.

Needs more, still. Thanks for posting this! Get the word out!

[Sapphire Blue]

13. This was an OUTSTANDING show!

:hi:

[goclark]

9. Sapphire Blue, we'll keep kicking and recommending

this VITAL thread.

Without the VOTE, we have nothing.

[Sapphire Blue]

16. Thank you so much, goclark!

:hi: I'll ask you, too... please watch the video if you haven't yet. Meet a few of our fellow Americans who may be disenfranchised in November.

[bleever]

12. K'ing and R'ing.

The big Setup is moving into place, and people need to see the scenery being moved into place.

:kick:

[Sapphire Blue]

17. Thanks, bleever!

:hi:

[Fridays Child]

14. K & R

[Sapphire Blue]

18. Thank you, Fridays Child!

:hi:

[StrictlyRockers]

20. Hey that was great! I can't wait to see next week's show on the machines!

[Sapphire Blue]

23. Here's the video for 'Down for the Count'...

9.8.06
Down for the Count - Will new voting machines cause an Election Day debacle?: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/236/video.html (video)

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/236/index.html

[Kurovski]

21. Remember the old cry "The south shall rise again"?

Yeah, well watch that PBS video and say hello to Jim Crow Jr.
:mad: :kick:

[goclark]

22. If this is not kicked all night and tomorrow

and until election day, I will be extremely disappointed.

All we do at DU is post and complain and now we can DO something so we all better do it.

Let's move!

Sapphire ~ I saw the video and every election I have witnessed the way that my Brothers and Sisters have been left out!

It makes me so angry, just so angry!

Thanks again for keeping us walking toward JUSTICE.

[Sapphire Blue]

24. and WATCHED!!! Please, DU, WATCH THE VIDEO!

I'm angry right along w/you, goclark!

You're right, we've got to stop this legislation!!!

[Solly Mack]

25. recommended

[Sapphire Blue]

27. Thanks, Solly Mack!

:hi:

[Kurovski]

26. Kick

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[lonestarnot]

29. Damn a MUST SEE!

Watch next week too. More information regarding vote machines.

[Sapphire Blue]

30. Yes! And see post #23 for the video of 'Down for the Count'

:hi:

[Moochy]

31. Thanks for the heads up!!

maybe someone can help explain this to those who support republican positions on voter id cards on this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2175727

[Sapphire Blue]

33. You're welcome!

I posted a link to this thread there.

[Sapphire Blue]

34. Sometimes it feels like I'm witnessing a lot of people trying sooo hard...

... to be such good Germans, oops, I mean Americans.

[goclark]

35. Keep on kicking,we are nothing without a VOTE nt

[Sapphire Blue]

37. kick! for our right to vote!!!

:kick:

[lonestarnot]

32. Thanks Sapphire Blue. Will check it out.

:hi:

[Sapphire Blue]

36. ***** Action Alert from NAACP Re: Voter ID Cards *****

Related thread posted by DesertedRose...

Action Alert from NAACP Re: Voter ID Cards: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2157894

[Sapphire Blue]

68. kick

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[Moochy]

38. Just finished watching this!! Watch this now

Such a crime that NOW was reduced to 30 minutes by that sack of shit Tomlinson.

:kick:

[Kurovski]

39. Kick

:kick:

[Sapphire Blue]

40. kick!

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[Sapphire Blue]

41. If you don't believe that voter suppression is real - watch the video.

:kick:

[goclark]

42. Wake up DU, they will suppress the vote AGAIN

DIEBOLD is not where the fight is, they have been suppress way before DIEBOLD... Poll TAX, long lines, no places to vote in poor neighborhoods etc. etc. etc.

Suppression is the enemy.

[lonestarnot]

43. They are already doing it!

[goclark]

45. Maryland was just a practice run for them and it worked

in their favor.

Now they know for sure that they can do just as much damage to us with suppression smoke and mirrors as with the machines.


The element of surprise is another trick that works for them.

What the Democratic Party is doing is NOT working IMO.

Who is leading this effort?

[Sapphire Blue]

52. ***** HOUSE DEBATE ON C-SPAN NOW *****

Anyone else watching this Voter ID debate in the House?: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2178563

[bdamomma]

44. will people get out in the streets if their right to vote is taken

away, because that is what they are doing and this should have been looked into after the 2004 vote. Apparently is voting a priority to people anymore?

you can't vote you have no voice in whatever this country does.

I just finished watching "Now" and I am extremely furious, that we have gotten to this horrible place, will we as a people unite in November to get this regime out????? :grr:

[Sapphire Blue]

48. I'm so glad that you watched it! Let's use our fury to GET THEM OUT!!

:toast:

[G_j]

46. K&R

thanks! :hi:

[Sapphire Blue]

47. Thank YOU!

:hi:

[lonestarnot]

49. kick

[Sapphire Blue]

50. ***** HOUSE DEBATE ON C-SPAN NOW *****

Anyone else watching this Voter ID debate in the House?: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2178563

[EFerrari]

55. Last night, I couldn't find this on any PBS channel.

:(

Is there really a video available somewhere?

:hi:

[Sapphire Blue]

56. It was on earlier this month (09/01), which is when I first saw it.

The link is right there in the OP, and here it is again:

Video: Block the Vote: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/235/video.html

There's another link in this thread for the next show's (09/08) video, too (Down for the Count).

[EFerrari]

57. Thank you! n/t

[Sapphire Blue]

58. You're welcome!

:hi:

The other video (from post #23)...

9.8.06
Down for the Count - Will new voting machines cause an Election Day debacle?: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/236/video.html (video)


http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/236/index.html

[lonestarnot]

71. So this is the second video referred to in the first?

[Sapphire Blue]

74. Yes, the one about the voting machines.

[lonestarnot]

78. Ok check! I have seen them both! Cool.

Thanks Blue!

[jazzjunkysue]

73. Uber-kick.

[NoSheep]

51. KICK

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[lonestarnot]

53. kick

[Sapphire Blue]

54. kick

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[petunia.here]

59. Thanks for posting this!

I haven't caught NOW in a long time. I'm glad to see this is finally getting some well deserved coverage to a wider audience.
I'm so fed up with bogus cries of protecting voter rights coming from the GOP. Every time they punish the little guy and pay no attention to the very real wholesale election fraud happening all over our country. We, the voters, are Not the problem that needs to be fixed. :eyes:

[Sapphire Blue]

60. Welcome to DU, petunia.here!

:hi: :hi: :hi:

[petunia.here]

61. Thanks,

another long time lurker coming out. I've read DU for several years now but until recently I haven't really entertained the thought of being an active DU member, mainly due to time. I really enjoy and appreciate all the research this group does to try to answer so many questions that the msm just completely ignores. I know many mothers of small children who don't have the time to sift through all the crap to find the good stuff. We love places like the DU because those who do have the time or the know-how share that knowledge. I bet you (the DU community) influence more people than you'll ever know. It's a great thing!
So, thank you for having me and for all of your hard work. :applause:

[lonestarnot]

62. Wooohooo petunia! Welcome!

:woohoo:

[Leopolds Ghost]

63. K & R -- we had a great thread on this last night, thanks!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2175727

Thanks Saphhire Blue! :hi:

[Sapphire Blue]

67. Thanks, Leopolds Ghost!

:hi:

[lonestarnot]

65. kick!

[Supersedeas]

69. Out of the last vestiages of television journalism - PBS still hanging by

threads and chads

[lonestarnot]

70. kick

[MissWaverly]

72. Great Post, I am glad PBS is broadcasting this

[Sapphire Blue]

75. Thanks, MissWaverly! I'm glad, too. Very glad!

:hi:

[MissWaverly]

76. I was just thinking what a difference a week makes

From Path to 9-11, Clinton did it to a documentary on election fraud thru vote suppression

[Sapphire Blue]

77. kick

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[AspenRose]

79. Kick

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[lonestarnot]

80. kick

[Kurovski]

81. kICK

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[Kurovski]

82. Kick(nt)

[bobbolink]

84. Two new articles from Colorado on the voting machines:

Yes, this is a bit different from the PBS show, but since my posts tend to drop to obscurity, I"m going to post this heads up here:

From yesterday:
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/elections/article/0,2808,DRMN_24736_5007194,00.html

"Fear of fraud in the November election will be confronted head-on in a Colorado courtroom today when a lawsuit goes to trial on whether computerized voting machines should be banned because they are too susceptible to tampering.
The state will argue that voting on computer screens is safe because a person's ballot also is recorded on a printout, allowing spot checks for fraud and miscounts after the polls close."
snippage

"The controversy in Colorado is part of a growing nationwide clamor over the possibility of election fraud, fueled by continuing anger over problems from the 2000 presidential election, which George W. Bush won by only a few hundred votes in the deciding state, Florida, and after a Supreme Court decision. "

more snipping
"In today's lawsuit, a bipartisan group of voters is arguing that Secretary of State Gigi Dennis used an unqualified staffer to certify the machines and that he did little security testing as required by state law.
Princeton University computer experts last week released a study, saying they can reprogram machines made by Diebold to distort votes with just a screwdriver, a tiny flashdrive loaded with software and one minute of time."

From today's paper:
Court hears challenge to new voting machines
Plaintiffs say devices subject to tampering, should be decertified
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_5009489,00.html

"The Colorado Secretary of State's Office was in chaos when it certified four types of computerized voting machines, according to testimony Wednesday in a lawsuit seeking to ban the machines from being used in the November election.

A bipartisan group of voters is suing the office, saying the certification procedure was shoddy and the machines are vulnerable to tampering. Voters across Colorado used the equipment in the August primary, marking their choices on a computer screen."

snip

"John Gardner, who took charge of the testing after Vest quit, testified that he considered two of his assistants incompetent. Gardner himself acknowledged he had no education in computer science, but said he made up for that with his experience.

Diebold, one of the four manufacturers of the machines, was found to be misrepresenting its equipment, plaintiffs' attorneys said. As a result, Diebold machines were decertified after the 2005 election - in which they had just been used. "

[Kurovski]

85. bobbolink, please post this in the Election Reform forum,

It is less likely to drop because it takes an entire one to two days and longer for threads to move off the front page.

Just lift it as it is and paste it into a original post. I promise that I'll keep it kicked. :hi: It's a terrific post!

Post here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=203

[bobbolink]

87. Thanks, Kurovski! I've become very discouraged at trying to

post things that I think are important, or ...even just spirit-lifting.

Sigh... yanno, I just don't have one of those names that people gravitate towards... :hi: Thanks for noticing these articles!

Thanks, and I'll post this there.



Hope I'm technologically able to do it...

Hmmm, to post them seperately, or together... hmmm... decisions, decisions... :rofl:

[Kurovski]

91. Maybe if you changed your name to

generousbillionaire06 it would create a psychological pull?:D

[Sapphire Blue]

86. Thank you for posting these!

:hi:

May be a bit different from the show discussed in the OP, but just as vitally important!!! It's part of the double pronged attack against Democratic voters.

(btw, I posted a link to the next show in the series in post #23. It's about the machines... called 'Down for the Count'.)

[bobbolink]

88. Most welcome! Your job now is to keep fingers crossed for CO!

This has been so up and down---I was in the original group that met at Mercury Cafe in Jan, 2005. A lot of ANGRY people, a lot of SCARED people, and a lot of folks determined to try to get our Democracy back.

I'm very proud of them for doing all this work, and pulling out all the stops to try to protect voting in Colorado! Job well done, folks!
:applause:


No matter the outcome, you're all heroes! :patriot:

[bobbolink]

89. Thanks for the link... wish I could watch it, but ... no plug for TV in

my car. :hi:

When I was able to, I recorded these things and passed them around.

No TV now, so....

Glad you post this for others.. wish I could see it.

I'll just hafta look forward to Bobby's article in the next Rolling Stone!

Yeah, Bobby!

[Sapphire Blue]

92. The videos are available to watch online...

Block the Vote: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/235/video.html

Down for the Count: http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/236/video.html


If you can't watch them online, the transcripts are also available...

Block the Vote: http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/235.html

Down for the Count: http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/236.html

[bobbolink]

94. People here always say "Watch online"

that's usually not possible in the library.

sigh....

[stepnw1f]

90. We Should Ask Our Reps if they Bothered Watching This (nt)

[lonestarnot]

93. kick

[Sapphire Blue]

95. kick

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[Kurovski]

96. Kick.(nt)