Movement in lawsuit against Dick Cheney to fix Electoral College for 2008

Posted on November 2, 2008 by iwilder

Our Green Party colleague Asa Gordon, from the DC Statehood Green Party, is brilliant. In 2000, he filed a lawsuit as a non-attorney, pro se citizen, to try to intervene in the Florida recount. He was actually able to argue before a federal judge on the matter. And, for the 2008 election, Asa Gordon has […]

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Two videos on the web, plus a workshop today (8/15) on Democratizing the Electoral College

Posted on August 15, 2008 by iwilder

Below the jump are the long video and new 10 minute youtube, of Asa Gordon describing his Electoral College/Proportional Apportionment lawsuits. This strategy of Asa Gordon’s way of making the Electoral College and the national vote for President more democratic.

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NBC finally starts to understand voting

Posted on July 26, 2008 by iwilder

If NBC keeps this up they might actually stop asking the stupid “spoiler ” question of every non-corporate candidate they meet. They finally got that voter choices are complex, especially in a winner take all system. Voter’s issue both positive and negative votes, i.e. they make preference decision not only among the candidates they like, […]

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If you like HBO’s “Recount”, you’ll love this…

Posted on May 23, 2008 by iwilder

Before there was Recount – which will start airing this Sunday on HBO – there was “American Blackout”. American Blackout is a movie that tells the story of the stolen presidential elections of 2000 and 2004. The movie gives insight into all the various ways that the powers that be can swing elections: electronic voting; […]

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Cynthia McKinney wants Election Protection for Campaign-08

Posted on January 7, 2008 by iwilder

Are you: Incredulous at the fact that two Presidential elections were stolen and no one was held accountable? Disappointed that, as a result, our country is at war, involved in torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and crimes against the peace? Concerned that your vote might not be counted in November and that the will […]

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