An Idea to Stimulate interest in Fair Votte counting: Arrange a showing of "Uncounted"

[Stevepol]

FILM'S SHOWING TO INSPIRE INTEREST IN ELECTORAL PROCESS
By STACY SMITH SEGOVIA
The Leaf-Chronicle

A local woman was so affected by a documentary she saw recently that she bought a copy of it, secured the filmmaker's permission and is hosting a free screening of the film in Clarksville.

Amanda Whitley will show "Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections" 3 p.m. Saturday at Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library.

High margins of error in U.S. elections and computer programs that can successfully hack into voting machines are among the problems uncovered by Earnhardt.

In an interview on the film's Web site, Earnhardt says ridiculously long waits to vote was the most shocking issue he encountered.

"I was astounded that people across the country were forced to wait in lines as long as 15 hours to vote," Earnhardt says. "And it was in Democratic-leaning precincts across the board. People were still in lines in Ohio even after the election had been called for Bush. And the people in these long lines were mostly African-American. To me, it looked like Jim Crow, pure and simple."

Other examples of what Earnhardt calls "a broken electoral system" include:

"In Florida, computer programmer Clint Curtis is directed by his boss to create software that will 'flip' votes from one candidate to another. In Utah, County Clerk Bruce Funk is locked out of his office for raising questions about security flaws in electronic voting machines."

Whitley says she wants people to see the evidence in Earnhardt's film and think about it. She first saw the film Dec. 7 in a free screening at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Clarksville. Debbie Boen of Clarksville Freethinkers saw the film at the same time.

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Earnhardt by the way is encouraging people to do just what Whitley is doing. You just have to contact him and find a venue for it, a library or a Unitarian Church or some other site. One of the reasons he made the film was to do just that: educate the public thru public showings like this.

Link:
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080201/COMMUNITY/802010332

[Snarkoleptic]

1. Here's a link to the Clint Curtis testimony...WHOA!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=JEzY2tnwExs

[Fly by night]

2. This movie is energizing the election integrity movement and drawing many other people into it.

I sponsored two showings on Martin Luther King Day in Nashville which drew hundreds. There are two more showings in Nashville on Monday night, with our local Congressperson (Jim Cooper) on stage with David Earnhardt and Bob Koehler. Even though I've seen the film at least a half dozen times, I want to be there for that panel.

Much to celebrate, but much more left to accomplish.