I am highly motivated, this hits close to my home (explained in a later posting), and to the international efforts in the wake of Fukushima. QUESTION: What eventually happened to the moratorium on uranium development in Virginia? (We participated in June 2011, item #4 below). RESPONSE: Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling took up the cause (#2 […]
Notes to myself (from “Comments” on the article at the Harper’s Magazine website) followed by the article: Greg Palast’s “Armed Madhouse” describes vote irregularities and vote stealing in 2000 and 2004. Palast has another couple of books out on the same topic. In the last day or two Anonymous has said they hacked into voting machines […]
Update: In response to the call for assistance to pay for the costs of taking the Robocall scandal to Court, Dec 11: $4.2 K has been raised On Dec 8: $1.9K had been raised. The total estimated cost will be $300K. Canadians still have a way to go! Please spread the word. It’s easy to make […]
In a lawsuit over allegations of voter suppression the integrity of the electoral system is at stake By Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher, Ottawa Citizen A few days before the May 2011 federal election, a phone operator in a Conservative Party call centre placed a call to the home of a retired couple in the […]
Winnipeg Free Press – PRINT EDITION Robocall challengers stay firm Despite setback, voters, lobby group say they have a case By: Mia Rabson Posted: 11/22/2012 1:00 AM | Comments: 21 CP Fred Chartrand / The Canadian Press Voters Sandra McEwing (left) of Winnipeg and Peggy Walsh Craig of Ontario want those who would suppress voters […]
There are serious concerns about electronic voting since the election fraud in Florida that put Geo Bush back into the White House and since the “robo call” manipulations in Canada. Add this article to the file. http://www.salon.com/2012/11/05/ohio_republicans_sneak_risky_software_onto_voting_machines/ Monday, Nov 5, 2012 03:36 PM CST Is the GOP stealing Ohio? Uncertified, “experimental” software patches have been installed […]
A very important story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYIezJyhGWY (INSERT: in the October 2012 municipal election in Saskatoon, the electronic voting system was the same as demonstrated in the documentary where a black marker is used to fill in the oval to mark the voter’s choice. The page is then run through the reader/computer.) “The mid-term elections are one […]
http://www.thestar.com/article/657514 Published on Friday June 26, 2009 Joan Bryden THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA–Allowing Canadians to vote electronically may be the remedy for the ever-dwindling percentage of voters who bother to exercise their democratic rights, Elections Canada suggests. In a report released late Friday, the independent electoral watchdog says it will push this fall for legislative […]
Is there a bigger “David versus Goliath” story than Julian Assange (Wikileaks) versus the American Military Empire? What a cliff-hanger! Will he be extradited to Sweden, or will Ecuador come through? For Assange, it is the difference between death and life (the Swedes will turn him over to the Americans. Ecuador, into whose custody he […]
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/06/27/new-evidence-backs-claims-of-questionable-dean-del-mastro-donations/ Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher, Postmedia News OTTAWA — Two donors to Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro’s 2008 election campaign have produced copies of cheques they say were reimbursements paid by a small electrical company owned by his cousin. The cheques show the donors each received $1,050 from Deltro Electric Ltd. of Mississauga, Ont., […]