Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Democracy!

Whatever the outcome, one thing we learned in 2004, is that our elections don't always run smoothly. New machines, paperless technology, haters who spread misinformation to voters, all these contibute to undermining voter confidence.

Lucky for us, there are a lot of people working to protect your vote. Four months after our historic election, these leaders need our support.

If the idea of fair elections is important to you, check this out:


On February 9, 2005 Senator John Ensign(R-NV) introduced S330, the "Voting Integrity and Verification Act" (VIVA), requiring a voter-verified paper ballot


Common Cause is a great resource for e-mailing your support of this bill.

Electionline.org is the nation’s only non-partisan, non-advocacy website providing up-to-the-minute news and analysis on election reform.

Indyvoter.org has published the 2005 mayoral election schedule and you can see if your congressperson SUX (or not). Here at VoterVirgin we secretly love and adore the League for all the kickass work they do to keep voters informed.

Want to impact your state level? Here's a rockin' database to search for info.

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: "Thou shalt not ration justice."
Sophocles

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