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In 2004, Rady Ananda joined the growing community of citizen journalists. Initially focused on elections, she investigated the 2004 Ohio election, organizing, training and leading several forays into counties to photograph the 2004 ballots. She officially served at three recounts, including the 2004 recount. She also organized and led the team that audited Franklin County Ohio's 2006 election, proving the number of voter signatures did not match official results. Her work appears in three books.
Her blogs also address religious, gender, sexual and racial equality, as well as environmental issues; and are sprinkled with book and film reviews on various topics. She spent most of her working life as a researcher or investigator for private lawyers, and five years as an editor.
She graduated from The Ohio State University's School of Agriculture in December 2003 with a B.S. in Natural Resources.
All material offered here is the property of Rady Ananda, copyright 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. Permission is granted to repost, with proper attribution including the original link.
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
1936: Counting America's 40,000,000 Votes This 70-yr-old article from Modern Mechanix Hobbies & Inventions peeks at the lever voting machine, and voting systems dating back to ancient Athens.
Sunday, October 26, 20081936: Counting America's 40,000,000 Votes This 70-yr-old article from Modern Mechanix Hobbies & Inventions peeks at the lever voting machine, and voting systems dating back to ancient Athens.
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Does the US electoral system HAVA brain? The Help America Vote Act is so flawed it makes the USA PATRIOT Acts look like time-out for ill behaved children. Bipartisanly passed in 2002, HAVA strips U.S. citizens of their right to know their vote is counted as cast. Electoral management bodies across the nation ALL know these machines can be hacked without detection. They've read the studies. So I gotta ask, Does the US electoral system HAVA brain?
Saturday, October 25, 2008Does the US electoral system HAVA brain? The Help America Vote Act is so flawed it makes the USA PATRIOT Acts look like time-out for ill behaved children. Bipartisanly passed in 2002, HAVA strips U.S. citizens of their right to know their vote is counted as cast. Electoral management bodies across the nation ALL know these machines can be hacked without detection. They've read the studies. So I gotta ask, Does the US electoral system HAVA brain?
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Friday, October 24, 2008
Science Friday: Who Controls the Voting Machines? Video Transcript: NPR aired a Science Friday release of a nine-part video interview of William Biamonte, Democratic Commissioner of Elections from Nassau County, New York on its Science Friday program. Biamonte details the problems with transitioning from machines that allowed for complete control by election officials to those now completely controlled by private for-profit corporations with no accountability to the public.
Friday, October 24, 2008Science Friday: Who Controls the Voting Machines? Video Transcript: NPR aired a Science Friday release of a nine-part video interview of William Biamonte, Democratic Commissioner of Elections from Nassau County, New York on its Science Friday program. Biamonte details the problems with transitioning from machines that allowed for complete control by election officials to those now completely controlled by private for-profit corporations with no accountability to the public.
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Friday, October 24, 2008
We Do Not Consent - Open Letter To The Media It will surprise nobody this November when the election outcome is a spoiled mess, riddled with controversy. We can already say the results-–based on the conditions–-are guaranteed to be inconclusive, unknowable and unprovable. We must challenge our industry to refuse to report as fact what cannot be proven and has not been independently verified, particularly when the only source of the information is the government itself.
Friday, October 24, 2008We Do Not Consent - Open Letter To The Media It will surprise nobody this November when the election outcome is a spoiled mess, riddled with controversy. We can already say the results-–based on the conditions–-are guaranteed to be inconclusive, unknowable and unprovable. We must challenge our industry to refuse to report as fact what cannot be proven and has not been independently verified, particularly when the only source of the information is the government itself.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
The Big One: Stealing America Vote by Vote Stealing America peers into the darkness of U.S. elections with stunning clarity, supported by deep research and significant interviews of several key investigators. More than a film, the entire project encompasses a Grassroots call to immediate action. Both the film and its website inform the public and demand that citizens step into their role as overseers of public elections. The stakes couldn't be higher.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008The Big One: Stealing America Vote by Vote Stealing America peers into the darkness of U.S. elections with stunning clarity, supported by deep research and significant interviews of several key investigators. More than a film, the entire project encompasses a Grassroots call to immediate action. Both the film and its website inform the public and demand that citizens step into their role as overseers of public elections. The stakes couldn't be higher.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
BREAKING: Florida Dems Told to Vote by Phone Adding to a lengthening string of voter abuses, the GOP has now been accused of telling Democrats they can call in their vote for Barack Obama.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008BREAKING: Florida Dems Told to Vote by Phone Adding to a lengthening string of voter abuses, the GOP has now been accused of telling Democrats they can call in their vote for Barack Obama.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Blackwell's Neoliberals file RICO Suit against ACORN The Buckeye Institute, a neoliberal think tank featuring Ohio's notorious vote suppressor, J. Kenneth Blackwell, today filed a state RICO action against ACORN on behalf of two voters. Reviving an unsuccessful tactic employed against the organization in 2004, the allegations recycle discredited claims from 2004, and attempt to link unsubstantiated stories to ACORN, raising false and unattributed "congressional testimony."
Tuesday, October 14, 2008Blackwell's Neoliberals file RICO Suit against ACORN The Buckeye Institute, a neoliberal think tank featuring Ohio's notorious vote suppressor, J. Kenneth Blackwell, today filed a state RICO action against ACORN on behalf of two voters. Reviving an unsuccessful tactic employed against the organization in 2004, the allegations recycle discredited claims from 2004, and attempt to link unsubstantiated stories to ACORN, raising false and unattributed "congressional testimony."
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Zeitgeist Addendum: Steps toward a sustainable future While Zeitgeist challenged our perspectives on religion, the attacks of September 11th, and the formation and function of the Federal Reserve Bank, Zeitgeist Addendum dives deeply into our debt-based monetary system. It also comments on the media, corporations, energy use, consumerism, government, as well as religion. More importantly, perhaps, it also offers solutions.
Sunday, October 12, 2008Zeitgeist Addendum: Steps toward a sustainable future While Zeitgeist challenged our perspectives on religion, the attacks of September 11th, and the formation and function of the Federal Reserve Bank, Zeitgeist Addendum dives deeply into our debt-based monetary system. It also comments on the media, corporations, energy use, consumerism, government, as well as religion. More importantly, perhaps, it also offers solutions.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Sheri Myers Strikes Again: Turdblossom Part 1 Introducing Sheri Myers' video, "Turdblossom's Insider's Guide to Swinging Elections" and her new Voter Guide... all part of a campaign to get more and more citizens involved in overseeing US elections. But the historical research behind this campaign is also worth the read.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008Sheri Myers Strikes Again: Turdblossom Part 1 Introducing Sheri Myers' video, "Turdblossom's Insider's Guide to Swinging Elections" and her new Voter Guide... all part of a campaign to get more and more citizens involved in overseeing US elections. But the historical research behind this campaign is also worth the read.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Ecuador Constitution Recognizes 'Rights of Nature' On Sunday, two-thirds of the voters in Ecuador approved a new constitution that is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights. It also provides for pensions for stay-at-home mothers and free education for all through college. The battle between Ecuadorians and Chevron rages on.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008Ecuador Constitution Recognizes 'Rights of Nature' On Sunday, two-thirds of the voters in Ecuador approved a new constitution that is the first in the world to recognize legally enforceable Rights of Nature, or ecosystem rights. It also provides for pensions for stay-at-home mothers and free education for all through college. The battle between Ecuadorians and Chevron rages on.
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Murder, Spies & Voting Lies: The Clint Curtis Story Released on DVD and now airing on Link TV, "Murder, Spies & Voting Lies: The Clint Curtis Story" is the most explosive documentary produced in recent memory, involving murder, espionage, coverup, electoral cyber fraud and a United States Member of Congress with ties to the Bush Administration. VIDEO TRAILER included.
Monday, September 29, 2008Murder, Spies & Voting Lies: The Clint Curtis Story Released on DVD and now airing on Link TV, "Murder, Spies & Voting Lies: The Clint Curtis Story" is the most explosive documentary produced in recent memory, involving murder, espionage, coverup, electoral cyber fraud and a United States Member of Congress with ties to the Bush Administration. VIDEO TRAILER included.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Michael's Brilliant Denial: A review of Slacker Uprising This free release chronicles Michael Moore's 62-city tour in 2004. It is his best effort, his slickest, most exciting, most inspirational film to date. It's a rousing musical-speech-video tour aimed at Getting Out The Vote in 2008, and is pathologically silent on electoral cyber fraud and Democrat wimplicity.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008Michael's Brilliant Denial: A review of Slacker Uprising This free release chronicles Michael Moore's 62-city tour in 2004. It is his best effort, his slickest, most exciting, most inspirational film to date. It's a rousing musical-speech-video tour aimed at Getting Out The Vote in 2008, and is pathologically silent on electoral cyber fraud and Democrat wimplicity.
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Naomi Klein: The Bomb Has Yet to Detonate Naomi Klein debates Andrew Sullivan in defining the current economic meltdown on the Bill Maher show. Klein warns, "The thesis of the Shock Doctrine is that you need a disaster to rationalize pushing through these very unpopular policies. The real disaster is the debt that is going to explode on the American taxpayers. And then they'll do 'economic shock therapy.'"
Monday, September 22, 2008Naomi Klein: The Bomb Has Yet to Detonate Naomi Klein debates Andrew Sullivan in defining the current economic meltdown on the Bill Maher show. Klein warns, "The thesis of the Shock Doctrine is that you need a disaster to rationalize pushing through these very unpopular policies. The real disaster is the debt that is going to explode on the American taxpayers. And then they'll do 'economic shock therapy.'"
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Monday, September 22, 2008
Sequoia's Sinking Ship All along the Eastern seaboard, Sequoia Voting Systems continue to fail. Vendor response is, we're not at fault and don't you dare study our product. Faulty design, hackable software, lengthy voting process and an inability to accurately count the vote doesn't stop officials and "voter advocacy" groups from using them. Tempers flared at Friday's NY State Board of Elections meeting.
Monday, September 22, 2008Sequoia's Sinking Ship All along the Eastern seaboard, Sequoia Voting Systems continue to fail. Vendor response is, we're not at fault and don't you dare study our product. Faulty design, hackable software, lengthy voting process and an inability to accurately count the vote doesn't stop officials and "voter advocacy" groups from using them. Tempers flared at Friday's NY State Board of Elections meeting.
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Livni "Wins" in Israel: 2nd Woman PM Former Mossad agent and current Foreign Minister, 50-year-old Tzipi Livni, stunned pollsters with a claimed victory in Israel's election yesterday, despite trailing by 10-12 percentage points in the exit polls.
Friday, September 19, 2008Livni "Wins" in Israel: 2nd Woman PM Former Mossad agent and current Foreign Minister, 50-year-old Tzipi Livni, stunned pollsters with a claimed victory in Israel's election yesterday, despite trailing by 10-12 percentage points in the exit polls.
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
HDTV Sucks When you look around your living room and then at the HDTV, it's as if Walt Disney, Andy Warhol and Timothy Leary took an acid trip to the sun. The colors radiate, irritate, and distract from the film. It's like permanently watching TV in phosphorescence. It sucks.
Thursday, September 18, 2008HDTV Sucks When you look around your living room and then at the HDTV, it's as if Walt Disney, Andy Warhol and Timothy Leary took an acid trip to the sun. The colors radiate, irritate, and distract from the film. It's like permanently watching TV in phosphorescence. It sucks.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
'Fatally Flawed' Systems Await Voters: 'Drastic Change Needed' A new report, and video, has been issued by the Computer Security Group at the University of California, Santa Barbara. "All voting systems recently analyzed by independent security testers have been found to contain fatal security flaws. There is need for drastic change. The very core of our democracy is in danger."
Tuesday, September 9, 2008'Fatally Flawed' Systems Await Voters: 'Drastic Change Needed' A new report, and video, has been issued by the Computer Security Group at the University of California, Santa Barbara. "All voting systems recently analyzed by independent security testers have been found to contain fatal security flaws. There is need for drastic change. The very core of our democracy is in danger."
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Mexico Constitutionalizes the Right to Abort In an 8-3 vote by the Mexican Supreme Court, abortion is now legal in Mexico under any circumstance in the first twelve weeks of pregnancy. Plus other news from around the world, mostly from WomenNewsNetwork.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008Mexico Constitutionalizes the Right to Abort In an 8-3 vote by the Mexican Supreme Court, abortion is now legal in Mexico under any circumstance in the first twelve weeks of pregnancy. Plus other news from around the world, mostly from WomenNewsNetwork.
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Sunday, September 7, 2008
AZ Election Official Arrested for Flagging Tampered Ballots: Charged with Criminal Trespass During Saturday's audit of Pima County ballots from Arizona's primary election, official observer John Brakey was forcibly removed by sheriffs when he raised questions about possible ballot tampering. At least seven ballot bags arrived unlocked or lacked proper chain of custody documentation. Elections Director Brad Nelson had Brakey arrested and charged with criminal trespass.
Sunday, September 7, 2008AZ Election Official Arrested for Flagging Tampered Ballots: Charged with Criminal Trespass During Saturday's audit of Pima County ballots from Arizona's primary election, official observer John Brakey was forcibly removed by sheriffs when he raised questions about possible ballot tampering. At least seven ballot bags arrived unlocked or lacked proper chain of custody documentation. Elections Director Brad Nelson had Brakey arrested and charged with criminal trespass.
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Saturday, September 6, 2008
Anne Kilkenny Full Email on Sarah Palin It's legit; and widely posted. On Sept. 1st, Wasilla resident Anne Kilkenny wrote to about 40 family members and friends who kept asking about Sarah Palin. This is her six-page response which brought Kilkenny global attention. She's been interviewed by ABC, NBC and CNN, as well as NPR and mainstream newspapers from around the globe. Because this email is widely posted, it's reproduced here.
Saturday, September 6, 2008Anne Kilkenny Full Email on Sarah Palin It's legit; and widely posted. On Sept. 1st, Wasilla resident Anne Kilkenny wrote to about 40 family members and friends who kept asking about Sarah Palin. This is her six-page response which brought Kilkenny global attention. She's been interviewed by ABC, NBC and CNN, as well as NPR and mainstream newspapers from around the globe. Because this email is widely posted, it's reproduced here.
