Monday, April 10, 2006
Media Briefs
Eureka Reporter
Local activist publishes essay collection
4/7/2006
Local elections activist Dave Berman has published a collection of his essays, “We Do Not Consent,” dedicated to “conscientious objectors everywhere.”
The 20 essays have been posted on Berman’s GuvWurld blog and address U.S. involvement in Iraq, election reform and the Voter Confidence Resolution, among other things.
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Humboldt Advocate (.pdf)
GuvWurld Blogger Authors 'We Do Not Consent'
Cameron Langford
Humboldt Advocate
April 7-13, 2006
As the vote count in the 2000 presidential election ended in uncertainty and controversy, the ultimate decision passed from the hands of the American people to the nine justices of the Supreme Court. In this void of disconnect between verifiable will of the people and the verdict of the nation's highest court a fire kindled to life in the belly of Humboldt County Voter Confidence Committee co-founder Dave Berman.
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Eureka Times-Standard (archive)
Article Launched: 04/09/2006 4:16 AM PDT
Democracy forum scheduled for Tuesday
The Times-Standard
EUREKA -- Voter Confidence Committee (VCC) of Humboldt County has scheduled a “Demand Your Democracy Forum” to be held Tuesday.
The forum, to be held in Founders Hall Room 118 at Humboldt State University, is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
Speakers will include Nathan Smith, vice president of the Humboldt Chapter of the NAACP; David Cobb, Green Party presidential candidate in 2004 and steering committee member of Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County; and Dave Berman, VCC founding member and author of the just-released book, "We Do Not Consent."
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HSU Lumberjack
Flawed voting machines affect elections
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Written by Jon Koriagin
I have never in my life seen anything so stunning as our press' inability to deal with the issues surrounding the subversion of our national elections.
[snip]
A real democracy demands real participation. I would urge those who care about democracy to come to the Demand Your Democracy Forum, on Tuesday, April 11, 7 p.m. at HSU's Founder's Hall, Room 118, to find out how you can stay informed about and make a difference concerning issues surrounding democratic reform.
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Eureka Reporter
It's time for people to reclaim their rights and make their voices heard
by Larry Hourany, 4/2/2006
[snip]
With the voting machines dependent on a proprietary code that Diebold refuses to allow election officials to monitor or verify, and with the presence of uncertified machines to keep us company in the voting booth, Americans are participating in a sham process. At the time of the last election it was not known that the programming was illegal. However, now it is clear, thus every official who abides this violation is in dereliction of duty.
One organization, VoterAction.org, has filed suit against the California secretary of state, C. Crinich, Humboldt registrar of voters, and 16 other county registrars. This suit alleges that voting laws have been violated by use of the Diebold machines and that voters’ constitutional rights have been infracted.
On the local level, we are having mixed results confronting this problem. On March 21, the Elections Department proposed, and the Board of Supervisors indicated a willingness to approve, a non-electronic, low-tech assistive voting device called Vote Pad. This would satisfy the disabled voter provisions of the Help America Vote Act and presumably stop the county from buying Diebold touch-screen machines.
Despite this good news, we must still object to the optical scanners used to count all votes, including those cast on Vote Pad. The illegal interpreter code simply requires blind trust and gives no basis for confidence. A secret ballot means casting your vote in private, not counting the votes in secret.
[snip]
Come to the Demand Your Democracy Forum presented by the Voter Confidence Committee on Tuesday, April 11, at 7 p.m. at HSU Founders Hall Room 119. For more information, go to www.voterconfidencecommittee.org.
MORE...
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Against These Wars
Dennis Kyne: An Uncommon American Hero
By Cathy Garger
3 April 2006
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I remember some time back reading one of Dennis Kyne's articles, thinking he was my kind of person. You know the type - one way cool dude. I wrote to him, he wrote back, and since then I've followed his work, his travels (including Camp Casey) and his awesome humanitarian effort down in New Orleans after Katrina with Cindy Sheehan and friends.
A man who's definitely more action than talk, Army veteran of 15 years Dennis Kyne is without a doubt one of my all-time favorite heroes. This advocate for both vets and current military soldiers informs us on his website www.denniskyne.com that to simply say we Support the Troops is not enough. Instead, Kyne maintains, we must Support the Truth.
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Eureka Times-Standard (archive)
Article Launched: 04/09/2006 4:16 AM PDT
Arkley opposes Measure T
Kimberly Wear The Times Standard the initiative.
EUREKA -- In letters to elected officials and political candidates, businessman Rob Arkley asks for their response to a ballot initiative that would ban outside corporations from donating to local races -- saying that Measure T will open the county up to a lawsuit and suppress free speech.
[snip]
Arkley writes that the measure suppresses speech by attempting to limit campaign contributions -- a "hallmark of fascism."
"We do not need any form of fascism here in Humboldt County," Arkley said in the letter dated April 7.
MORE...
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Local activist publishes essay collection
4/7/2006
Local elections activist Dave Berman has published a collection of his essays, “We Do Not Consent,” dedicated to “conscientious objectors everywhere.”
The 20 essays have been posted on Berman’s GuvWurld blog and address U.S. involvement in Iraq, election reform and the Voter Confidence Resolution, among other things.
MORE...
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Humboldt Advocate (.pdf)
GuvWurld Blogger Authors 'We Do Not Consent'
Cameron Langford
Humboldt Advocate
April 7-13, 2006
As the vote count in the 2000 presidential election ended in uncertainty and controversy, the ultimate decision passed from the hands of the American people to the nine justices of the Supreme Court. In this void of disconnect between verifiable will of the people and the verdict of the nation's highest court a fire kindled to life in the belly of Humboldt County Voter Confidence Committee co-founder Dave Berman.
MORE... (.pdf)
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Eureka Times-Standard (archive)
Article Launched: 04/09/2006 4:16 AM PDT
Democracy forum scheduled for Tuesday
The Times-Standard
EUREKA -- Voter Confidence Committee (VCC) of Humboldt County has scheduled a “Demand Your Democracy Forum” to be held Tuesday.
The forum, to be held in Founders Hall Room 118 at Humboldt State University, is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
Speakers will include Nathan Smith, vice president of the Humboldt Chapter of the NAACP; David Cobb, Green Party presidential candidate in 2004 and steering committee member of Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County; and Dave Berman, VCC founding member and author of the just-released book, "We Do Not Consent."
MORE...
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HSU Lumberjack
Flawed voting machines affect elections
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Written by Jon Koriagin
I have never in my life seen anything so stunning as our press' inability to deal with the issues surrounding the subversion of our national elections.
[snip]
A real democracy demands real participation. I would urge those who care about democracy to come to the Demand Your Democracy Forum, on Tuesday, April 11, 7 p.m. at HSU's Founder's Hall, Room 118, to find out how you can stay informed about and make a difference concerning issues surrounding democratic reform.
MORE...
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Eureka Reporter
It's time for people to reclaim their rights and make their voices heard
by Larry Hourany, 4/2/2006
[snip]
With the voting machines dependent on a proprietary code that Diebold refuses to allow election officials to monitor or verify, and with the presence of uncertified machines to keep us company in the voting booth, Americans are participating in a sham process. At the time of the last election it was not known that the programming was illegal. However, now it is clear, thus every official who abides this violation is in dereliction of duty.
One organization, VoterAction.org, has filed suit against the California secretary of state, C. Crinich, Humboldt registrar of voters, and 16 other county registrars. This suit alleges that voting laws have been violated by use of the Diebold machines and that voters’ constitutional rights have been infracted.
On the local level, we are having mixed results confronting this problem. On March 21, the Elections Department proposed, and the Board of Supervisors indicated a willingness to approve, a non-electronic, low-tech assistive voting device called Vote Pad. This would satisfy the disabled voter provisions of the Help America Vote Act and presumably stop the county from buying Diebold touch-screen machines.
Despite this good news, we must still object to the optical scanners used to count all votes, including those cast on Vote Pad. The illegal interpreter code simply requires blind trust and gives no basis for confidence. A secret ballot means casting your vote in private, not counting the votes in secret.
[snip]
Come to the Demand Your Democracy Forum presented by the Voter Confidence Committee on Tuesday, April 11, at 7 p.m. at HSU Founders Hall Room 119. For more information, go to www.voterconfidencecommittee.org.
MORE...
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Against These Wars
Dennis Kyne: An Uncommon American Hero
By Cathy Garger
3 April 2006
[snip]
I remember some time back reading one of Dennis Kyne's articles, thinking he was my kind of person. You know the type - one way cool dude. I wrote to him, he wrote back, and since then I've followed his work, his travels (including Camp Casey) and his awesome humanitarian effort down in New Orleans after Katrina with Cindy Sheehan and friends.
A man who's definitely more action than talk, Army veteran of 15 years Dennis Kyne is without a doubt one of my all-time favorite heroes. This advocate for both vets and current military soldiers informs us on his website www.denniskyne.com that to simply say we Support the Troops is not enough. Instead, Kyne maintains, we must Support the Truth.
MORE...
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Eureka Times-Standard (archive)
Article Launched: 04/09/2006 4:16 AM PDT
Arkley opposes Measure T
Kimberly Wear The Times Standard the initiative.
EUREKA -- In letters to elected officials and political candidates, businessman Rob Arkley asks for their response to a ballot initiative that would ban outside corporations from donating to local races -- saying that Measure T will open the county up to a lawsuit and suppress free speech.
[snip]
Arkley writes that the measure suppresses speech by attempting to limit campaign contributions -- a "hallmark of fascism."
"We do not need any form of fascism here in Humboldt County," Arkley said in the letter dated April 7.
MORE...
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