Event: Santa Cruz Movie showings tonight

[LaraOVC]

If you are in the Santa Cruz area-
come to the election reform movie event tonight!

See movies "Votergate" and "Electile Dysfunction" and "The Open Voting Solution"!

Talk with Emily Levy- an activist who is in one of the movies.

Time and location: 7:00pm-9:00pm at Next Door (1207 Soquel, next to The Rio)

Date: TONIGHT, Saturday, March 12

Requested Donation: $5 (No one will be turned away due to lack of funds! If you can't pay, you can come for FREE!)

Movie Descriptions:

“Votergate”
See this documentary about hackable electronic voting systems which follows Bev Harris as she investigates Diebold- a leading voting machine company. Includes a scene where Howard Dean and Bev Harris hack into a Diebold vote tabulation machine!

“Electile Dysfunction”
See this not-yet-released film created by
People to People Tv about 2004 election problems.
Includes music by Billionaires for Bush and interviews with Jeanine Garofalo, Greg Palast, and Santa Cruz’s own Emily Levy and Bob Kibrick!

“The Open Voting Solution”
See this ABC News clip about the open voting system that prints paper ballot summaries- to be counted as the vote- and uses publicly owned, open source software- where everyone can see how the machines are programmed. Includes an interview with Santa Cruz’s own Maureen Smith! Hear from and speak with Santa Cruz’s own Lara Shaffer, Director of Development of the Open Voting Consortium!

Hear from activists about how to get involved in the growing and important Election Reform Movement!

Brought to you by the Open Voting Consortium
(www.OpenVoting.org).

[Sugarbleus]

1. Oooooo, THANKS for that. I live in SC

Been meaning to get down to the Dem club and find my place in the activities.

THANKS MUCH!! :hi:

[newyawker99]

2. Hi LaraOVC!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Kelvin Mace]

3. Electile Dysfunction was stolen

from its creators, our very own Symbolman. Money raised for this movie is going to the thief.

Interesting that the woman now hangs with Bev Harris.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

David Allen
www.blackboxvoting.com
www.thoughtcrimes.org