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GuvWurld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 02:49 PM
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More MSM Coverage For No Confidence Movement (Arcata Eye)
The following essay came out today in this week's Arcata Eye. Not all content from this paper is posted on their site. I will add a direct link here if this essay is posted, and I will also try to get a scanned copy into the GuvWurld News Archive.


A Program To Restore Election Legitimacy

What is it with elections in America today? Why do they keep creating such controversy? Is it even possible to find someone who has complete confidence in the system, someone who thinks things are exactly as they should be?

Elections, as a measure of the will of the people, should be transparent, observable, and create records that forever sustain unanimous agreement about the outcome. Current conditions do not permit US federal elections to be accepted beyond question. I'm not interested in proving that fraud has been committed or in overturning the results of any recent election. Instead, let us work to create conditions that will make our election process and results unquestionable and beyond reproach. Above all, we need to create a basis for confidence in US federal elections where none currently exists.

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GuvWurld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 06:20 PM
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Al-CIAda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 07:32 PM
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GuvWurld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 10:43 PM
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starmaker Donating Member (520 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 10:50 PM
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4. WHY CAN'T WE COUNT????
Paper ballots, Hand Count (public)
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GetTheRightVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-18-05 11:13 PM
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5. I am with you Starmaker, Paper ballots, hand count the only way
to fair elections.

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GuvWurld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-19-05 11:25 AM
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GuvWurld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-19-05 09:07 PM
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 01:33 AM
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GuvWurld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 12:28 PM
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