ELECTION OUTLOOK 2008

"Moles in the Garden: Vendors Undermine U.S. Elections: Who is Holding them at Bay, and What More Can be Done in 2008?"

Pt. 3 of "The Good, The Bad, The Unbelievable"

Tonight, "Voice of the Voters" continues a series of reports on election readiness in various states.

8PM ET Wednesday, August 20

Voice of the Voters! Every Wednesday - 8 to 9 PM Eastern Heard on 1360 AM Philadelphia and on the Internet www.voiceofthevoters.org OR http://wnjc.duxpond.com/

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How Dependent are we on vendors to run our elections? What have we lost?

What are some election officials doing to reclaim our elections?

What can both election officials and citizens do in time for 2008 to limit vendor dependency and reclaim PUBLIC ownership of elections.

Special guest, Ellen Theisen, co-director of VotersUnite! (votersunite.org), will discuss a new VotersUnite! report that looks at the depth of vendor-dependency, some repercussions, and election officials who are resisting corporate control of our elections. From the report: "Citizens both private and public are beginning to realize that they can and must reassert their ownership of elections and demand transparent, citizen oversight of elections."

Ellen will discuss practical, concrete actions anyone can do to help election officials take back their power and protect elections from corporate control.

Ellen's report is entitled "Vendors are Undermining the Structure of U.S. Elections"

Executive Summary is online at: http://www.votersunite.org/info/ReclaimElectionsSumm.asp

The full report is at: http://www.votersunite.org/info/ReclaimElections.pdf

The media release is available at: http://www.votersunite.org/takeaction/ReclaimElections.htm

Guest Bio:

Ellen Theisen is the co-director of VotersUnite! (votersunite.org). VotersUnite! is a national non-partisan organization dedicated to fair and accurate elections. It focuses on distributing well-researched information to elections officials, elected officials, the media, and the public; as well as providing citizens with information they need to work toward transparent elections in their communities.

"Voice of the Voters!" is hosted by Mary Ann Gould and Lori Rosolowsky with weekly news updates by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org.

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