Your help needed -- "Be the Media" kit

[garybeck]

Hi folks,

In the near future I will make available the "Be the Media" kit I've been talking about. It will consist of a CD with all the videos and essential documents about election fraud, plus tools to print t-shirts, flyers, business cards, and many ways to help spread the word. Due to a kind contribution, several of the "be the media" kits will be made available for free, for those who promise to make use of it. Stay tuned if you're interested.

I'm sure I"ll be continuously upgrading the kit but I want it to be as complete as possible when it first comes out. Below is my current list of what will be on the CD. Please take a few moments to look over the list and make suggestions on what I'm missing. I can keep adding content until it fills up a CD. So far space on the CD is not an issue.

freeman doc
the slideshow
votergate movie
DU movie (the one released 1/25)
ohio suppression movies
http://www.solarbus.org/stealyourelection/articles/0130-exitpolls.html
something from Chuck Herrin
black box voting PDF book (hopefully Bev won't sue me)
Conyers 100 page report
some conyers letters to blackwell
a few other judiciary committe docs
video of congress contesting the vote
some video from hearings (if I can figure out how to cut out portions of the CSPAN footage)
the one-page voting fact sheet on solarbus.org
Georgia Diebold PDF (?)
myth breakers
a few Palast, Hartmann, Fitrakis, Rosenfeld & Wasserman articles
http://www.votersunite.org/info/mapflyer2004.pdf
new rebuttal to Mitofsky's report on exit poll problems
list of external website links

thanks
Gary

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[Peace Patriot]

1. here's my standard list

Exit poll analysis: astronomical odds against Bush win

Dr. Steven Freeman: http://www.appliedresearch.us/sf/epdiscrep.htm
Dr. Ron Baiman: http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/997
Dr. Webb Mealy: http://www.selftest.net/redshift.htm
Jonathan Simon:http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0411/S00142.htm

(9 Ph.D's from leading universities call for investigation of 2004 Election)
http://uscountvotes.org/ucvAnalysis/US/USCountVotes_Re_Mitofsky-Edison.pdf

(Florida: 130,000 to 230,000 phantom votes for Bush--paper vs. electronic voting:)
Dr. Michael Haut & UC Berkeley stats team: http://ucdata.berkeley.edu

Democratic Underground (ignatzmouse):
(North Carolina: absentee ballot vs. electronic, inexplicable 6% edge to Bush in electronic:)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x45003
(also at:) http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/12/233831/06

Johns Hopkins report on insecurity of electronic voting (general): http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0307/S00196.htm#5

Ohio vote suppression: http://www.bpac.info

TruthIsAll: "To believe Bush won, you have to believe…"

Part 1
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1316010

Part 2
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1358806

Part 3
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x197878

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What about Arnebeck lawsuit brief?

[Peace Patriot]

2. also, are you including contact info., or urls for contact...

...with the media, or elected officials?

It would be good to include a list of all state Sec. of States contact info.

Here's media blaster (simple to use, just cut and paste the four sets of media email addresses into your email program, write your message, and send):

http://www.independentmediasource.com/voteintegrity2_12.htm

Here's a DU url, where I've compiled all Senate Dem contact info. including all their state offices (not the posted list at the top, but the amended list towards the bottom of the thread), and all Senate Repub DC contact info. (mid-thread):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x302077

NOTE: In the Senate Dem list, just ignore the question marks (?) that appear before some of the Dem names.

[understandinglife]

3. Excellent effort Gary. You may be interested in this compilation...

...that 'FogerRox' just posted here at DU:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=311105#311216

Thank you.


BE THE BU$H OPPOSITION;24/7

[paineinthearse]

4. Fantastic job!

Since we are up against the MSM, this will be a fantastic tool.

In the immortal words of Chevy Chase, "If you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own!"

[garybeck]

5. thanks and in the words of Abbie Hoffman

"you can start a revolution with a Xerox copier"

the "be the media" kit is not the start and it's not a xerox copy but hopefully it will help spread the word and get some people to take action.

[myschkin]

6. This is so great!

Let´s start a revolution...

[Helga Scow Stern]

7. Way to go, Gary! Can I buy/have a copy when it's ready?

And I will reproduce and distribute.

[garybeck]

8. I'm not keeping track of peole who want a copy yet

Several people have expressed interest at being notified when it's ready, etc... I working on the content now and I'm not keeping track of these requests at this point. I promise to post info here as soon as it becomes available. I will also info on the Solar Bus website and in the email newsletter. I hope to have approx 50 copies available for free and after that it will only be a nominal fee to cover production and shipping costs (probably less than $5).

thanks
gary

[AtLiberty]

9. Following the Conyers report, you should add...

Don't have time to read 102 pages? Here's the executive summary from the report: www.truthout.org/docs_05/010605Y.shtml

[AtLiberty]

10. What do you mean...

...by the slideshow? It's the only thing I didn't recognize.

Also add the trailer for "Electile Dysfunction."

[garybeck]

11. the slideshow is here

I still haven't figured outhow I'm going to put it on a CD, but here's the link:

http://www.electionfraud2004.org/presentation/index.html

It's in the #1 slot of the summaries and commentary section of solar bus.

[emlev]

12. I Googled "bethemedia" yesterday. It asked...

"Do you mean Bethesda?"

[Zan_of_Texas]

13. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY - ELECTION REFORM ISSUES

This is still being revised, but it's almost done. I know you've seen an earlier version, Gary.


SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY - ELECTION REFORM ISSUES
January 2005


Ellen Theisen:
"Myth Breakers: Facts about Electronic Elections.
Essential Information for Those Entrusted with Making
Decisions about Election Systems in the United States,"
Second Edition, January 2005
http://www.VotersUnite.org/MB2.pdf

Bruce F. Cole:
"How To Fix a Broken Electoral System In Six Easy Steps,"
CommonDreams.org
November 19, 2004
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1119-29.htm

Ronnie Dugger:
"How They Could Steal the Election This Time,"
The Nation, Cover Story
August 16, 2004 issue
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040816&s=dugger

Stephanie Desmon:
"Md. Computer Testers Cast a Vote: Election Boxes Easy to Mess With,"
January 30, 2004
Sun (Maryland)
This test by former National Security Agency experts showed that Diebold DREs could be attacked by someone with a modem and a laptop; they could enter the database, change vote totals, and exit without a trace.
http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-te.md.machine30jan30,0,4050694.story?coll=bal-local-headlines

Pokey Anderson:
"Even a Remote Chance?"
Voters Unite
January 10, 2005
http://www.votersunite.org/info/evenaremotechance.htm

Chuck Herrin:
"How to Hack the Vote: the Short Version,"
http://www.chuckherrin.com/hackthevotedemo.htm

Chuck Herrin:
"Empathy Training for Compassionate Conservatives: Why the Democrats Are Still Whining About the Election (and Why Maybe We Should Be, Too),"
http://www.chuckherrin.com/ConservativeEmpathy.htm

Teresa Hommel:
"Statement Against the Use of Money Allocated under the
Help America Vote Act for the Purchase of
Electronic Voting Systems for New York,"
October 18, 2004
http://www.wheresthepaper.org/NYCChearing10_18.htm

Rick Dawson and Loni Smith McKown:
"Will Your Vote Count?"
WISH-TV Indianapolis - An I-Team 8 Investigation
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/category.asp?C=49590&nav=LymHKrIq
This is a portion of the series:
"Excerpts from Interviews with MicroVote Executives"
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1647598&nav=0Ra7Jxq2


Lynn Landes:
"Voting Systems Organizations and Companies,"
Extensive Notes
http://www.ecotalk.org/VotingMachineCompanies.htm

Voters Unite.org:
"Malfunctions and Miscounts, Sorted by Vendor,"
http://www.votersunite.org/info/messupsbyvendor.asp

Bertell Ollman:
"Should The Left Ignore The 'Stolen Election,'"
January 26, 2005
ZNet
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=90&ItemID=7110



OHIO, NEW MEXICO, N.C., WASHINGTON STATE, THE NATION - 2004

Bob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld and Harvey Wasserman:
"Ten preliminary reasons why the Bush vote does not compute, and why Congress must investigate rather than certify the Electoral College,"
Free Press (Columbus, Ohio)
January 3, 2005
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2005/1065

Michael Keefer:
"The Strange Death of American Democracy: Endgame in Ohio,"
Global Research
January 24, 2005
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/KEE501A.

Bloomington Peace Action Coalition:
"The Case for Fraud in Ohio Election 2004,"
http://www.bpac.info/OhioFraud.html

Daily Kos online community in response to Armando's Challenge:
"Eye on Ohio: The Informed Citizen's Guide to the 2004 Election,"
December 2004
http://hamburgsteak.sandwich.net/mirrors/EyeOnOhio

Congressman John Conyers' letter to
Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell
detailing 34 questions about the Ohio election
(which Blackwell has declined to answer),
December 2, 2004
http://www.bpac.info/pdfdocuments/blackwellltr12204.pdf

The Conyers Report:
"Preserving Democracy:
What Went Wrong in Ohio"
Status Report of the
House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff,
January 5, 2005
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/ohiostatusrept1505.pdf

"Executive Summary of Conyers Report,
Preserving Democracy"
http://www.truthout.org/docs_05/010605Y.shtml

Warren Stewart:
"What Are They Hiding in New Mexico?"
National Ballot Integrity Project
January 19, 2005
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0501/S00152.htm

Joyce McCloy:
"North Carolina's Ballot Blues,"
Raleigh News and Observer
Nov 26, 2004
http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/story/1867424p-8200319c.html

Paul R. Lehto, J.D., and Jeffrey Hoffman, Ph.D.:
"Evidence of Election Irregularities in Snohomish County, Washington
General Election, 2004,"
http://www.votersunite.org/info/SnohomishElectionFraudInvestigation.pdf


EXIT POLLS

Josh Mitteldorf, PhD, Kathy Dopp, MS in mathematics,
Steven F. Freeman, PhD, Brian Joiner, PhD, Frank Stenger, PhD,
Richard G. Sheehan, PhD, Elizabeth Liddle, MA (UK), PhD candidate,
Paul F. Velleman, PhD, Victoria Lovegren, PhD, Campbell B. Read, PhD:
"Response to Edison/Mitofsky Election System 2004 Report,"
US Count Votes
http://www.uscountvotes.org/ucvAnalysis/US/USCountVotes_Re_Mitofsky-Edison.pdf


VOTER SUPPRESSION; VOTING WHILE BLACK

Greg Palast:
"1.9 million black votes didn't count in the 2000 presidential election.
It's not too hard to get your vote lost -- if some politicians want it to be lost,"
San Francisco Chronicle
June 20, 2004
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/06/20/ING2976LG61.DTL



THE 2002 MID-TERM ELECTION

Andrew Gumbel:
"All the President's Votes?"
October 13, 2003
Independent/UK
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1013-01.htm

ONE OF THE FIRST WARNING BELLS - 1988

Ronnie Dugger:
"Annals of Democracy -
Counting Votes,"
November 7, 1988 issue
The New Yorker Magazine
http://www.votefraud.org/ronnie_dugger_dangers_computerized_voting.htm


VISUAL

"Votergate,"
30-Minute video, free online, of voting anomalies, etc.
http://www.votergate.tv

US map of some of the 2004 election anomalies
http://www.votersunite.org/info/mapflyer2004.pdf

Ohio map of some of the 2004 election anomalies
http://www.votersunite.org/info/mapflyerohio2004.pdf

Peter Drekmeier and Amy Adams:
"Election Fraud 2004 SLIDE SHOW,"
December 29, 2004
http://www.electionfraud2004.org/

[Peace Patriot]

14. My Lord! This list is just amazingly totally.....! Thanks! Kick!

... fabulously, breathtakingly awesome!

[Wilms]

15. Here's some links.

Listing of Voting Machine Mess-ups Du Jour:

<http://www.votersunite.org/info/previousmessups.asp>


TruthIsAll
The Unmaking of the President: 2004

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x309604>


And see FogerRox's DU Thread:

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x311105>

[Helga Scow Stern]

16. Gary, you might want to think about

including something about the dominionist agenda. It sure makes it clear why stealing elections would be no problem morally for such a crowd.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=1544256

[NeoTraitors]

17. This is what I'm talkin' 'bout

Willis! Thanks

[EFerrari]

18. a modest proposal

Great content, Gary.

I'd like to suggest a little file with a list of beliefs and countering facts. This comes to mind as the first post that TIA put out was titled this way "To believe Bush won, you also must believe" (sorry, I'm probably butchering this.) But, the title was arresting and got to me on another board and helped me come here.

I'd be willing to help put it together. Simple, straightforward and lubricating for the more difficult stuff that follows.
Beth

[Wilms]

19. Here are more.

Chuck Herrin

Empathy Training for Liberals: A Primer on the Conservative Mind, From the Inside of One.

<http://www.chuckherrin.com/LiberalEmpathy.htm>


Hunger For Democracy

The five basic elements of voting security are:

-Poll Book (personal sign in)
-Paper ballot
-Ballot box (transparent and locked)
-Hand Count (of all paper ballots in the ballot box)
-Results Posted (prominently displayed at the polling place)

Many of these elements are missing in many of the polling districts and sites across the United States. YOUR VOTE IS IN GRAVE DANGER.

<http://www.hungerfordemocracy.org/>


National Ballot Integrity Project

<http://www.ballotintegrity.org>


Electronic Voting:Critical Issues, Critical Risks
Backgrounder

<http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:x6w3b04hKvgJ:www.ballotintegrity.org/Electronic%2520Voting%2520Critical%2520Issues.doc+Brian+Hancock,+the+ITA+Secretariat+&hl=en>


National Voting Rights Institute

<http://www.nvri.org/>


Open Debates

<http://opendebates.org/>


DU Calimari's amazing list:

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=106&topic_id=8816>


Contacting Congress:

<http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/>


Project Vote Smart

As a national library of factual information, Project Vote Smart covers your candidates and elected officials in five basic categories: biographical information, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and interest group ratings.

What would you like to know?

<http://www.vote-smart.org/index.htm>


You got questions? They are Answers.

http://answers.com/


The Rockridge Institute
The Strategic Framing Overview

Strategic Framing is an effort to revitalize progressive discourse by reframing progressive policies in ways that speak to shared American values.

<http://www.rockridgeinstitute.org/projects/strategic/framing>


All Election Reform Meetup Groups Worldwide

<http://electionreform.meetup.com/>


The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, was formed in 1963 at the request of President John F. Kennedy to involve the private bar in providing legal services to address racial discrimination. The principal mission of the Lawyers' Committee is to secure, through the rule of law, equal justice under law.

<http://www.lawyerscomm.org/home.html>


Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections

<http://www.uselectionatlas.org>


AP- 2004 Senate Races Results

<http://wid.ap.org/campaign2004/senatenew.html>

[Wilms]

20. .

[EFerrari]

21. kick

[Oversea Visitor]

22. Go to

www.zonaeuropa.com

for a list of media contacts in EUROPE

[AtLiberty]

23. That slide show was awesome! Thanks garybeck

Nothing fancy, just the facts, ma'am. We should send this to everyone!

http://www.electionfraud2004.org/presentation/index.htm...

[Wilms]

26. At Liberty. The link didn't work for me.

But, this did.

<http://www.electionfraud2004.org>

[Senator]

24. A couple or our "tools"...

...use 'em, don't use 'em. Just offering.

Our things differ from the usual "election fraud" stuff in that they deal with the core value of our right to confidence in free and fair election results, not simply a (stalinist) vote count.

This graphic We Do Not Concede has been useful as it draws attention. We've had many requests for copies.

Also, our effort continues regarding January 6th (relaunching as the January 6th Coalition Project). We've simply changed the date (visibly). The issues and demand for officials to stand up and do their sworn duty, as Sen. Boxer et al did, remains the same.

This Declaration of Intent has been the vehicle for this effort and was included in the official record of the first Conyers hearing in DC.

We also have project talking points should you wish to use them or any part (feel free to use/edit without attribution - it continues to evolve). They were part of the training on the bus on the way in from Ohio and (we're told) were helpful to many other Jan 6th activists in their meetings with staff. They include a good bit of background info that folks should know.

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www.thedeanpeople.org

[marions ghost]

25. excellent

looking forward to the release of this...thanks Gary

[Wilms]

27. kick n/t

[tommcintyre]

28. Kick

[garybeck]

29. another kick because I'm working on this now

please review the latest list and let me know if you feel I'm missing anything.

freeman doc
the slideshow
votergate movie
DU movie (the one released 1/25)
ohio suppression movies
article on TIA's margin of error report (soon to be published on solarbus)
something from Chuck Herrin
black box voting PDF book
http://www.solarbus.org/stealyourelection/articles/0130-exitpolls.html
Conyers 100 page report
some conyers letters to blackwell
a few other judiciary committe docs
video of congress contesting the vote
some video from hearings (if I can figure out how to cut out portions of the CSPAN footage)
the one-page voting fact sheet on solarbus.org
Georgia Diebold PDF (?)
myth breakers
a few Palast, Hartmann, Fitrakis, Rosenfeld & Wasserman articles
http://www.votersunite.org/info/mapflyer2004.pdf
new rebuttal to Mitofsky's report on exit poll problems (US Count Votes)
TIA's you must also believe
National exit poll/ popular vote study

note, I still have to go through this thread and check out some of the suggestions already made.