Closing the broadcast was John Gideon with his west coast update. An explanation of “Double Bubble Trouble” where confusing ballot design, poorly trained poll workers, and machines that read in one dimension (as opposed to humans who can use their imaginations to solve real time problems) has created a condition where over 100 THOUSAND votes may go uncounted as a function of over thinking a simple paper ballot. It’s amazing how we out smart ourselves by trying to be too clever, only the ourselves in this instant is not the designer of a bad ballot, but over one hundred thousand registered voters. That event should be national news, yet only the blogging world seem to be aware.
While the adage that all politics are local demands that we fight voting integrity skirmishes at the city, county, and state level, it is the authors opinion that nothing short of an Constitutional Amendment will fully right the voting integrity ship. It is chaos in all fifty states, and until the bull is taken by the horns and the system of voting made into a standardized process (with control states for a checks and balance) then we should anticipate that the chaos will continue.
However, in Pennsylvania, the guns are a blazing. Volleys fired from both sides are producing direct hits, with the bureaucrats firing the heavy artillery that comes with their positions of authority, and the voting integrity grassroots firing accurate meaningful shots whose cumulative effect can be to fell the bureaucratic beasts in mid stride. The parallels between colonial times and now are significant. A one dimensional force of bureaucrats fending off the efforts of tireless civic warriors. It is a quiet revolution that must find a way to amp up the noise level.
To make noise at the Governors office in Pennsylvania, call Governor Ed Rendell, 717-787-2500. To pump up the volume in Bucks County, contact the Commissioners, 215-348-6000, and to make the issue resonate with Representative Bob Brady, Chair of the House Administrative Committee, 202-225-4731.
Calling in great numbers is vital. Call them all, then call a friend have them repeat the process. It’s winter in Pennsylvania, lets snow them in with phone call, after email, after fax, after US Postal. Let then know that you’re one angry hombre, and that you are no longer going to tolerate their arrogance and disconnect.
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