Democracy for New Hampshire - Action alerts

NH Public Elections Financing Commission public hearing

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:00:57 -0500

NH Public Elections Financing Commission
Meeting to Receive Public Comment on its draft report
Friday, November 21, 10:30 a.m.
Room 306, Legislative Office Building, Concord

Report draft available at www.nhpublicfundingcommission.org.
Comments section of this website is also available for posting responses to the report draft.

Planning to Protect the Count in NH tomorrow?

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:36:35 -0500

Protect the Count action means you go to the polls as they are closing, and you film the closing of the polls and the polling place election results. This way, we have first hand data of the election results before the central tabulation, which is done Wednesday morning at the Secretary of State's office.

Some teams will also be going on Wednesday to film the central tabulation.

If you want to help, contact the PTC-NH organizers at protectthecount@gmail.com

More information here

And a PTC-NH checklist is here

Citizens' Election Verification Poll (EVP)

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:24:34 -0400

SOURCE: Election Defense Alliance Election Verification Poll

Election Defense Alliance, Election Integrity and The Warren Poll are organizing an Election Verification Polling (EVP) project as a safeguard for the November 2008 presidential election -- and we're calling on you to help. Exit polling provides an independent check on "official results" reported by suspect computerized voting systems.

Citizens applying professionally managed, scientifically designed polling methodology will conduct exit poll voter surveys in strategically selected locations, presenting brief survey forms to voters exiting their polling places on Election Day (Tuesday, November 4th) 2008. The voters' anonymous responses reporting how they have cast their votes will be processed and analyzed in real time.

Unlike the national exit poll conducted by a private consortium of newsmedia corporations, who withhold their raw polling data and heavily "adjust" their results to match the reported election results (!), this Citizens' Exit Poll will fully disclose the data so there can be no doubt about the truth of the numbers and what they reveal about the purported truth of the official election results -- and, for that matter, the purported truth of the corporate newsmedia exit poll.

Protect the Count - NH: Election2008

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:38:43 -0400

SOURCE: BlackBoxVoting.ORG

Download file for printable information.

Election 2008 - Protect the Count - NH.pdf (29.9 k)

The State of NH has given away our elections to a private industry that has a criminal history and partisan ties, which counts nearly 90% of NH votes IN SECRET, using proprietary vote counting technology originally designed and developed by a convicted embezzler whose specialty is computer records alteration. The VP of the company programming this technology for NH is himself a convicted drug trafficker.

Sgambati asks for Neighbor Helping Neighbor community action

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:40:35 -0400

Dear Constituents,

On October 18th, I will be hosting a "Neighbor Helping Neighbor" event with other concerned members of the community. A Yard Sale, Silent Auction, Bone Marrow Drive and Bake Sale will be held at the Opechee Park House at 867 North Main in Laconia Street, across from Central Fire Station from 8:30am to 2:30pm this Saturday.

The event is being sponsored in a response to the concerns expressed by our communities about shortages in the food pantries and the heating emergencies that could occur, given the cost of fuel this winter. This community wide event will, in a small way, begin to help fill local pantries. Funds raised will be donated to the fuel assistance programs to provide for emergency needs.

We are also pleased that we will be joined by Giovanni’s dad so you can learn more about becoming a bone marrow donor to help Giovanni’s friends. I am sure that many have followed the story of young Giovanni Guglielmo who needed a transplant. While Giovanni has found a donor, his family continues to work to help others in need.

NATIONAL - "Protect the Count" to launch in the coming week

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:06:15 -0400

JUST IN:

Oct. 5, 2008: NATIONAL - "Protect the Count" to launch in the coming week.

4 min: Protect the Count Pt. 1

Watch for, and plan to join actions for public citizens, election workers, and credentialled observers. "Protect the Count" actions have been developed for all variations of vote-counting in America. Watch for each easy to learn short video, and make it your mission to DO IT and spread information to others!

Please: DONATIONS are badly needed from now through the end of the year, as we shift from training into action mode to "Protect the Count."

Exeter Canvass

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:46:55 -0400

We need volunteers for our Saturday, October 4th canvass in the mobile home parks in Exeter to identify unregistered voters and to distribute a voter motivation piece entitled "Why Bother to Vote ?". Please call/email Herb
> Moyer 772-6910 herb.moyer@comcast.net or Pat Yosha 772-3782
> pyosha@comcast.net to help Saturday. You know how important these
> elections
> are...from the bottom of the Democratic ballot to the top.

Sunshine Foundation: Update to Public Markup Bailout Bill

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:43:23 -0400

Democracy for New Hampshire,

Thanks for pointing to Public Markup for the draft legislation. I wanted to inform you that we just put the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act up on Public MarkUp(http://publicmarkup.org/bill/emergency-economic-stabilization-act-2008/). We are also asking people to sign a petition to ask lawmakers to not vote on the bill for 72 hours so that Congress can actually READ THE BILL.

We need to require better lawmaking from our representatives. They can't rush this important legislation through without reading it.

Please sign the petition and thanks so much for your support.

Nisha Thompson
Sunlight Foundation
Online Organizer and Outreach Coordinator
nthompson(at)sunlightfoundation(dot)com
202-742-1520

Bernie Sanders (I-VT): Help me oppose the Bush bailout

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:13:09 -0400

FINANCIAL CRISIS

I need your help to oppose Bush’s Plan to Bailout Wall Street at Taxpayer Expense.

TAKE ACTION BELOW!

For years, we have heard the Bush administration tell us how “robust” our economy was and how strong the “fundamentals” were. That was until a few days ago. Now, we are being told that if Congress does not act immediately and approve a $700 billion Wall Street bailout proposal there will be an unprecedented economic meltdown in the United States and an unraveling of the global economy.

Shockingly, having looked the other way while Wall Street hucksters looted the economy, the Bush administration now wants American taxpayers (and our children) to pick up the tab. I say “no way.” But I need your help to let officials in Washington know that Americans don’t want to be saddled with the cost of this bailout – a bailout made necessary by the Bush administration's deregulatory fever and Wall Street's insatiable greed.

Take action for green jobs this Saturday

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:19:52 -0400

NOTE: The new location for the day of action is the Fellowship Hall of the Concord Unitarian Universalist Church, at 274 Pleasant St. in Concord, at 11 am on Saturday. As before, we're going to have speakers from groups including the Sierra Club and the New Hampshire Council of Churches, tables and information from some of our partner groups, and an art project for kids to participate in!

Hey folks,
This Friday, the presidential candidates will come together in Mississippi for their first debate, to lay out their platforms in front of a national audience of millions. But while each candidate will claim to have a vision that can protect our country's safety and prosperity, neither of them is going to articulate a strong enough platform on stopping global warming.

The candidates are far behind the American people on this issue. You and I know that global warming is a threat to our health, our security, and our future, and that it's time to implement solutions that will address this crisis while creating good new jobs and pathways out of poverty. But if we're going to make the candidates face up to this reality, we're going to have to make some headlines of our own so that our concerns get heard.

Stealing America vote by vote

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:09:58 -0400

Over the last decade, millions of votes have disappeared.

A nation can be stolen without guns or tanks.

A nation can be stolen vote by vote.

Direct Cinema Limited presents a Concentric Media Film: STEALING AMERICA Vote by Vote

A new feature length documentary film

Narrated by PETER COYOTE, Original music LAURENCE ROSENTHAL, Produced and Directed by Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning Filmmaker, DOROTHY FADIMAN

September 12th - September 18

Majestic Hometown Theater

36 Main Street Conway Village

www.StealingAmericaTheMovie.org

Compelling, meticulously accurate, poignant…

First-person stories from the election trenches paint a chilling picture of problems affecting election outcomes, "glitches" and "irregularities" which cannot be explained away as random errors.

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

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:58:09 -0400

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/

Call in 856-227-1360 questions/comments

Can't listen live? Email questions in advance and access previous shows at: www.voiceofthevoters.org

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

What are some election officials doing to reclaim our elections?

Come to DC for this Historic Moment: "Hearing on the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush"

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:34:03 -0400

NATIONAL IMPEACHMENT NETWORK

Come to DC for this Historic Moment: "Hearing on the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush"

Contact NIN DC action coordinator: cynthia_papermaster@yahoo.com if you're coming from outside the DC area.

July 22-24 "Impeachment Lobbying Days", House of Representatives

9 a.m. "Choose the Constitution" Press Conference & Rally

Rayburn Building, Independence Avenue

10 a.m. Hearing on the Imperial Presidency of George W. Bush

House Judiciary Committee, Rayburn Bldg, Rm. 2141

"Rumor has it there are two panels being planned for the hearing, one consisting of Kucinich and four other members of Congress (Jane Harman, Walter Jones, Brad Miller, and Maurice Hinchey), and the other consisting of five non-Congress Members (Elizabeth Holtzman, Bruce Fein, Frederick Schwartz, John Dean, and Bob Barr)." ADS

AT&T Whistleblower: Spy Bill Creates 'Infrastructure for a Police State'

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:48:54 -0400

SOURCE: wired.com

AT&T Whistleblower: Spy Bill Creates 'Infrastructure for a Police State', By Ryan Singel, June 27, 2008 | 1:14:59 PM

Mark Klein, the retired AT&T engineer who stepped forward with the technical documents at the heart of the anti-wiretapping case against AT&T, is furious at the Senate's vote on Wednesday night to hold a vote on a bill intended to put an end to that lawsuit and more than 30 others.

Wednesday's vote by Congress effectively gives retroactive immunity to the telecom companies and endorses an all-powerful president. It’s a Congressional coup against the Constitution.

The Democratic leadership is touting the deal as a "compromise," but in fact they have endorsed the infamous Nuremberg defense: "Just following orders." The judge can only check their paperwork. This cynical deal is a Democratic exercise in deceit and cowardice.

The Global Poverty Act

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:54:47 -0400

I'm writing on behalf of the Borgen Project- a seattle based non profit organization working to bring political attention to severe poverty. You can learn more about our organization through theborgenproject.org.

As you will see we have created the Global Poverty Act which has passed in the House and now we're trying to pass in the Senate. The way you can help is severly important and takes only thirty seconds to help pass this act.

We need roughly a dozen people (however the more the merrier) in New Hampshire to call Senator Sununu's office at (603) 647- 7500 and simply tell the staffer on the phone: “I’m a Borgen Project supporter and I would like the Senator to cosponsor the Global Poverty Act.” People can also email his office here:

sununu.senate.gov.

If you and your members can make the call or shoot an email it would greatly help the cause. You can see here (sample call log on right) how political offices tally each call and why it’s so important. Thank you so much for your consideration and let me know if I can answer any questions.
Thank you,

Candice Hays
The Borgen Project
theborgenproject.org