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Chants for Hand-Counted Paper Ballots


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The first phrase could be said by someone with a megaphone, and the words in parenthesis would be what the crew then answered. If people carried HCPB signs, our main message would be read, as well as heard. These chants could also be used in a drum circle. Can you just hear the beat on the HCPB refrain?

HCPB Chants

Get it right on election night (hand count paper ballots)

The simple truth in plain sight (hand count paper ballots)

Democracy won't compromise (Keep your eyes on the prize)

Recounts rarely yield the truth (Citizens count ? there's the proof)
Cheapest, safest, most accurate (Who would dare to object to it?)
Machines and democracy just don't fit (Keep corporations out of it)

Get it right on election night (hand count paper ballots)

The simple truth in plain sight (hand count paper ballots)

High-paid experts we don't need (Why waste money on PhDs?)

One-tenth the cost of high-tech schemes (Paper ballots are so damn cheap)
No more waiting in long lines (Pen and paper end that crime)
All adults will be franchised (we're all born equal in our eyes)

Get it right on election night (hand count paper ballots)

The simple truth in plain sight (hand count paper ballots)

No more toxic technology (Earth-friendly paper ? no machines)

Citizens count for all to see (Transparency ? that's for me)
Secret votes and open counts (These machines we must surmount)
That's the way to democracy (And how we live in liberty)

Get it right on election night (hand count paper ballots)

The simple truth in plain sight (hand count paper ballots)

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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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