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Sunday, February 28. 2010

Burlington Instant Runoff Voting Repeal-voters speak out

Burlington Voters try to have their say about instant runoff voting. Burlington voter s will decide on March 2 whether to ditch IRV or not. To ditch IRV, they must vote YES on #5 to Repeal IRV. In the press conference videos below, voters tell their experience with instant runoff voting. It is quite different from the talking points spouted by the outside special interest groups and politicians. In one presser video, Burlington citizens say their votes can't be bought and they would like that Maryland group (FairVote) to take their money back to Maryland. One blogger expresses concerns about election fraud and urges voters to protect their vote by casting their ballot in person and not by absentee.

One Person, One Vote Press Conference on "Outside" Money

02/25/2010

</p><p align="center" /><p align="center" /><p align="center"><iframe marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" src="http://www.cctv.org/stream-player-build?nid=89610" frameborder="0" width="322" scrolling="no" height="335" /></p><p align="center" /><p align="left"><strong>More about the outsde, big money funnelled into Burlington to promote IRV</strong>. </p><blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><h5 class="date-header">Tuesday, February 23, 2010</h5><a name="8056676609056812685"></a><h5 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://repealirv.blogspot.com/2010/02/follow-money-big-bucks-from-out-of-town.html">FOLLOW THE MONEY -- BIG BUCKS FROM OUT OF TOWN. Cheating the system...</a> </h5><p align="left">We've learned that<i> un</i>Fair Vote and VPIRG are funding pro-IRV.<br /><br />VT Yankee is leaking, people are donating to VPIRG figuring they are a VY watchdog, and VPIRG is sending thousands of $$$s to influence a Burlington ballot initiative to Repeal IRV. (Wonder how Brattleboro donors feel about that?)<br /><br />There's also money pouring in from the ubiquitous Fair Vote known as "<i>Un</i>fair Vote" (among repeal irv advocates) because <i>un</i>Fair Vote was fined for violating election laws [*The election law violation was about the validity of using celebrity donors.] But every state has different laws, and wanting to keep a low profile in Burlington's election is probably for a good reason... </p></blockquote> </div> <div class='serendipity_entryFooter'> Posted by <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/s9/index.php?/authors/3-Joyce-McCloy">Joyce McCloy</a> at <a href="/s9/index.php?/archives/357-Burlington-Instant-Runoff-Voting-Repeal-voters-speak-out.html">01:17</a> </div> </div>  <div class="serendipity_comments serendipity_section_trackbacks"> <br /> <a id="trackbacks"></a> <div class="serendipity_commentsTitle">Trackbacks</div> <div class="serendipity_center"> <a rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: normal" href="http://blackboxvoting.com/s9/comment.php?type=trackback&entry_id=357" onclick="alert('This link is not meant to be clicked. 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container_serendipity_plugin_nugget_multilingual"> <h3 class="serendipitySideBarTitle serendipity_plugin_nugget_multilingual"><center>Reports & Studies</center></h3> <div class="serendipitySideBarContent"><a href="http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/report.html" target="_blank">Carter-Baker Report</a><br /> <a href="http://reform.house.gov/UploadedFiles/GAO-05-956.pdf" target="_blank">David-Waxman GAO Report</a><br /> <a href="http://www.dbm.maryland.gov/dbm_publishing/public_content/dbm_search/technology/toc_voting_system_report/votingsystemreportfinal.pdf" target="_blank">Maryland SAIC Report</a><br /> <a href="http://www.raba.com/press/TA_Report_AccuVote.pdf" target="_blank">Maryland RABA Technologies Report</a><br /> <a href="http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos/hava/compuware112103.pdf" target="_blank">Ohio Compuware Report</a><br /> <a href="http://thoughtcrimes.org/s9/doc_files/rebut.pdf" target="_blank">Moore vs. Gilbert</a><br /> <a href="http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/briefings/dvb" target="_blank">Diebold vs. the Bloggers</a></div> </div> <div class="serendipitySideBarItem container_serendipity_html_nugget_plugin"> <div class="serendipitySideBarContent"><center><img border="0" img src="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_web_cover.jpg"><br /> <b>Chapters in PDF form</b></center><br /> <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_chapter-01.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 1</a><br /> <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_chapter-02.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 2</a><br /> <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_chapter-03.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 3</a><br /> <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_chapter-04.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 4</a><br /> <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_chapter-05.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 5</a><br /> <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_chapter-06.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 6</a><br /> <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_chapter-07.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 7</a><br /> <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_chapter-08.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 8</a><br /> <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_chapter-09.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 9</a><br /> <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_chapter-10.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 10</a><br /> <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_chapter-11.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 11</a><br /> <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_chapter-12.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 12</a><br /> <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_chapter-13.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 13</a><br /> <a href="http://blackboxvoting.com/book/bbv_chapter-14.pdf" target="_blank">Chapter 14</a></div> </div> <div class="serendipitySideBarItem container_serendipity_html_nugget_plugin"> <h3 class="serendipitySideBarTitle serendipity_html_nugget_plugin"><center>Important Links</center></h3> <div class="serendipitySideBarContent">Here are links to other resources on the web to help secure your right to cast a secure vote and have that vote counted.<br /> <br /> <b>ANTI-BBV/ELECTION INFO SITES </b><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.verifiedvoting.org/">Verified Voting</a><br /> <a href="http://www.votersunite.org/electionproblems.asp?sort=date&selectstate=NC&selectproblemtype=ALL">VotersUnite.org</a><br /> <a href="http://www.evoting-experts.com/">Election Experts.com</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wheresthepaper.org/">Where the Paper?</a><br /> <a href="http://www.votersunite.org">Voters Unite</a><br /> <br /> <b>VOTER INFORMATION</b><br /> <br /> <a href="http://vote.spectrox.com/">Voting Absentee</a><br /> <a href="http://www.eac.gov/fvap.asp?format=none">Voting for Soldiers and Ex-Patriats</a><br /> <br /> <b>ACTIVIST GROUPS</b><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.calvoter.org/news/blog/index.html">Kim Alexander's site</a><br /> <a href="http://votewatch.us/">Votewatch</a><br /> <a href="http://www.ncvoter.net/">NC Voter</a><br /> <br /> <b>ACADEMICS AND RESEARCHERS</b><br /> <br /> <a href="http://avirubin.com/vote/">Avi Rubin's Web site</a><br /> <a href="http://www.venezuela-referendum.com/">Analysis of Venezuelan recall vote</a><br /> <a href="http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/voting/">Doug Jones' Web site</a><br /> <a href="http://www.verifiedvoting.org/index.asp">Verified Voting Foundation</a><br /> <a href="http://www.notablesoftware.com/evote.html">Rebecca Mercuri's site</a><br /> <a href="http://www.csl.sri.com/users/neumann/">Peter Neumann's site</a><br /> <br /> <b>DOCUMENTARIES</b><br /> <br /> <a href="http://invisibleballots.com/"><i>Invisible Ballots</i></a><br /> <br /> <b>MEDIA SITES</b><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/features/?s=usacoup">Scoop News (NZ)</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/evote/">Wired! BBV stories</a><br /> <a href="http://www.wishtv.com/Global/category.asp?C=49590&nav=LymHKrIq">WISH News - Indianapolis</a><br /> <a href="http://avirubin.com/vote/dailyshow.mov"><i>The Daily Show</i> on BBV</a><br /> <br /> <b>Humor</b><br /> <br /> <a href="http://toostupidtobepresident.com/shockwave/votingmachines.htm">Term-Eliminator 3</a><br /> <br /> <b>Important Stories</b><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2004/03/03_200.html">Diebold's Political Machine<br /> <i>Mother Jones</i></a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3339650/">Black Box Voting Blues<br /> <i>Newsweek</a></i><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2004-06-04-kantor_x.htm">More Problems Arise With Black Box Voting<br /> <i>USA Today</a></i><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.elecdesign.com/Articles/Print.cfm?ArticleID=8879">The Ballot Is Open On Electronic Voting<br /> <i>Electronic Design</i></a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.01/evote_pr.html">Broken Machine Politics<br /> <i>Wired!</i></a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2004-06-08-diebold-donations_x.htm">Diebold stops top executives from making political donations<br /> <i>USA Today</i></a><br /> <br /> <b><center>Bills & Laws</center></b><br /> <a href="http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S223v7.html" target="_blank">NC Public Confidence in Elections law</a></div> </div> <div class="serendipitySideBarItem container_serendipity_syndication_plugin"> <h3 class="serendipitySideBarTitle serendipity_syndication_plugin">Syndicate This Blog</h3> <div class="serendipitySideBarContent"> <div style="padding-bottom: 2px;"> <a href="/s9/index.php?/feeds/index.rss"><img src="/s9/templates/default/img/xml.gif" alt="XML" style="border: 0px" /></a> <a href="/s9/index.php?/feeds/index.rss">RSS 0.91 feed</a> </div> <div style="padding-bottom: 2px;"> <a href="/s9/index.php?/feeds/index.rss1"><img src="/s9/templates/default/img/xml.gif" alt="XML" style="border: 0px" /></a> <a href="/s9/index.php?/feeds/index.rss1">RSS 1.0 feed</a> </div> <div style="padding-bottom: 2px;"> <a href="/s9/index.php?/feeds/index.rss2"><img src="/s9/templates/default/img/xml.gif" alt="XML" style="border: 0px" /></a> <a href="/s9/index.php?/feeds/index.rss2">RSS 2.0 feed</a> </div> <div style="padding-bottom: 2px;"> <a href="/s9/index.php?/feeds/atom03.xml"><img src="/s9/templates/default/img/xml.gif" alt="ATOM/XML" style="border: 0px" /></a> <a href="/s9/index.php?/feeds/atom03.xml">ATOM 0.3 feed</a> </div> <div style="padding-bottom: 2px;"> <a href="/s9/index.php?/feeds/atom10.xml"><img src="/s9/templates/default/img/xml.gif" alt="ATOM/XML" style="border: 0px" /></a> <a href="/s9/index.php?/feeds/atom10.xml">ATOM 1.0 feed</a> </div> <div style="padding-bottom: 2px;"> <a href="/s9/index.php?/feeds/comments.rss2"><img src="/s9/templates/default/img/xml.gif" alt="XML" style="border: 0px" /></a> <a href="/s9/index.php?/feeds/comments.rss2"><span style="white-space: nowrap">RSS 2.0 Comments</span></a> </div> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <img src="http://blackboxvoting.com/s9/index.php?/plugin/checkautobackup" width="1" height="1" style="border: 0px" alt="" /> </body> </html>

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