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Paul has worked in health care for the past 30 years and writes a weekly column for a local newspaper in California. He is involved in local civics, a member of Citizens for Democracy, Temecula Valley and active in the election integrity movement. Paul has been on the planet for 48 years and married to his soul mate for 27 years and counting.

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15 Articles

Friday, September 4, 2009
Going Viral for Health Care
(3 comments) No public option? No more me! A rallying cry to keep the public option on the table.

Friday, February 13, 2009
GOP = Gridlock Over Patriotism
(2 comments) Republican congressmen have taken a bold stand - against America. While their constituents are losing their jobs across the country, we have to go to work and make sure that come election time, some of these congressmen learn about unemployment firsthand.

Friday, August 22, 2008
AOL is Out of Line!
(2 comments) Protesting an Internet provider that shamefully uses "America" in its name.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Individual, Inc.
(2 comments) A columnist in a conservative county questions why the words of Ronald Reagan run counter to the deeds of the Republican movement.

Monday, June 9, 2008
It's a hands-on democracy
Another election, another departure from democracy in Riverside County and elsewhere in the USA.

Monday, April 7, 2008
Protecting democracy isn't nutty
(2 comments) County supervisors call her "nuts," but CA Secretary of State Debra Bowen will soon be a recipient of the JFK Profile in Courage award!

Saturday, December 1, 2007
The Fool's Ballot
Mistaking something worthless for something valuable can be costly.

Sunday, August 5, 2007
A stake through heart of e-voting
(1 comments) Weekly newspaper columnist urges county supervisors to act on Secretary of State's findings on voting systems top-to-bottom report.

Monday, July 23, 2007
Voting Integrity in America
An e-mail alerted me to send comments on election reform for entry into the Senate records this Wednesday. Ironically, the fax number provided apparently contained the wrong digits. Imagine what happens when a couple of errant digits work their way into any of the thousands of lines of programming code that processes our elections.

Sunday, July 22, 2007
The Oz of Computerized Voting
(2 comments) Just when it looked like Riverside County, CA would lose it's #2 position as the worst places to vote in the country (per Black Box Voting rating), county supervisors go for #1 by burying their own handpicked panel's report.

Sunday, July 15, 2007
Actions don't follow rhetoric
Local newspaper columnist for The Californian reviews/reacts to Michael Moore's "Sicko."

Monday, June 25, 2007
Democracy Under Glass
(1 comments) As printed in The Californian on June 17, a columnist named Paul hits a glass wall in search of election integrity.

Friday, June 22, 2007
Framing Computerized Voting
(6 comments)

Friday, June 15, 2007
Turning up the heat with HAVA
(2 comments)

Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Open Letter To Debra Bowen, CA Secretary of State
(2 comments) Riverside County resident begs Secretary of State to investigate the epicenter of electronic voting in the United States of America. Includes video stills of broken chain of custody of DRE election results cartridges on election night, 11-7-06