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Sheila Parks, Ed.D.,is the Founder of the Center for Hand-Counted Paper Ballots. Parks is a researcher, writer, and fundraiser who lives in Belmont, MA. She is a long time feminist and peace & justice activist/organizer on many issues and has been involved in the current wave of voting rights for a very long time. She is an advocate for hand-counted paper ballots (HCPB) now.

http://www.handcountedpaperballots.org

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6 Articles

Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Down the Rabbit Hole With Democracy and Three Urgent Pleas
(3 comments) "When our children and grandchildren ask me what I am doing in this crucial time to stop our government from murdering people at home and abroad, I want to be able to tell them that I am doing everything I possibly can to get democracy in this country for all the people, for the first time ever, and to end these brutal behaviors everywhere. Don't you?"

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Cheney Indicted
(2 comments) So, YES, Cheney et al deserve to be indicted now for the murder here at home of so many, not only for their immoral wars in Iraq and all over the planet. The war at home on people of color in our holding cells, jails, and prisons and death penalty is no less important than that war everywhere else.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008
SORT AND STACK ELECTIONS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
This articles discusses sort and stack elections in New Hampshire (NH), including real time observations of two sort and stack elections in NH. It also compares the sort and stack method of hand-counting paper ballots (HCPB) with the read and tally method of (HCPB).

Monday, April 14, 2008
Netiquette
(7 comments) Some guidelines on netiquette.

Sunday, November 25, 2007
New Yorkers: Don't buy new machines and dump the old!
(1 comments) The right to vote,as well as the principle of "one person, one vote," are cornerstones of our democracy...Equally fundamental is the assurance that each voter knows that her or his vote counts and is counted as intended.At this time in our history,many have lost confidence in our voting system. This confidence must be restored.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007
ON-SITE OBSERVATIONS OF THE HAND-COUNTING OF PAPER BALLOTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 2008
(3 comments) The purpose of these observations was to gather first-hand data concerning the feasibility, effectiveness and accuracy of the use of hand-counted paper ballots (HCPB).