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Marta Steele is an author/editor/blogger who has been writing for Opednews.com since 2006. She is also author of the 2012 book "Grassroots, Geeks, Pros, and Pols: The Election Integrity Movement's Nonstop Battle to Win Back the People's Vote, 2000-2008" (Columbus, Free Press) and a member of the Election Integrity movement since 2001. Her original website, WordsUnLtd.com, first entered the blogosphere in 2003. She recently became a senior editor for Opednews.com. She has in the past taught college and worked as a full-time as well as freelance reporter. She has been a peace and election integrity activist since 1999. Her undergraduate and graduate educational background are in Spanish, classical philology, and historical and comparative linguistics. Her biography is most recently listed in "Who's Who in America" 2019 and in 2018 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Who's Who. OpEd News Member for 919 week(s) and 0 day(s) 368 Articles, 229 Quick Links, 1130 Comments, 73 Diaries, 15 Series, 0 Polls
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Friday, September 5, 2008No, They Can't!! Random Thoughts on the RNC Random impressions as I forced myself to watch as much as I could of the RNC. It ends with a bang. Pow (not as in P.O.W.)!!! Series: The Capitol Beat (80 Articles, 134677 views)
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Saturday, August 16, 2008Free for All, a feature documentary by John Wellington Ennis A review of Free for All, a feature documentary by John Wellington Ennis, focusing on Ohio 2004 and 2006--what we can learn from it and what we can do about it: outstanding production, outstanding cameos Series: Election Integrity (103 Articles, 228889 views), Reviews (107 Articles, 173133 views)
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008Reviewing a Review: Stealing America Response to a glib, smug, totally abusive NY Times review of Stealing America, Vote by Vote Series: Election Integrity (103 Articles, 228889 views), Greg Palast and environmentalism (23 Articles, 49445 views), Reviews (107 Articles, 173133 views) (View All Series)
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Sunday, August 3, 2008"Swing Vote" Really Rocks, even with glitches A review of the newly released satire Swing Vote, which provides some important insights into what it is to be an American, a father, and a Voter. In the process the protagonist, Kevin Costner, wakes up out of a nightmare to put on a suit and assume respectability. Series: Election Integrity (103 Articles, 228889 views), Reviews (107 Articles, 173133 views)
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Thursday, July 24, 2008Around the Capital Hilton: Thousands Line Up to Save Their Lives An acocunt of a five-day "occupation" of the Capital Hilton by the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America (NACA), desperately reaching out to the droves of Americans facing foreclosure, with free counseling and attempts to restructure their mortagages more affordably. Series: Reviews (107 Articles, 173133 views), The Capitol Beat (80 Articles, 134677 views)
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008"Peace Economy"--workshop held at Peace Action congress A recap of a great workshop on peace economy led by Rev. Bob Moore, exec. director of the Delaware Valley Coalition for Peace Action--workshop held at the 50th Annual Peace Action Congress Series: Reviews (107 Articles, 173133 views), The Capitol Beat (80 Articles, 134677 views)
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Thursday, July 10, 2008Review: Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Efforts to Fight Terrorism A review of the biography of Greg Mortenson, veteran mountain climber whose ultimate summit became his goal to spread education to the remotest parts of the world, and with that, peace and understanding. Series: Reviews (107 Articles, 173133 views)
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008Review of Uncounted, a Film by David Earnhardt et al. Yet another review of the magisterial chronicle of the last eight years of corruption that has violated our voting rights to a critical point. Our democracy is in grave jeopardy and not only does Earnhardt urge us to action but proves why. Series: Election Integrity (103 Articles, 228889 views), Reviews (107 Articles, 173133 views)
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Friday, May 23, 2008Ready, Set, Vote and Other Strategies An account of the May 21 edition of Voice of the Voters, a Socratic conversation that considers both the pragmatic and theoretical aspects of voting.
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Thursday, May 1, 2008Remote Voting--Who's Counting? An account of the 4/30 edition of Voice of the Voters, on the subject of preventing "voter fraud" at the level of remote voting. Series: Election Integrity (103 Articles, 228889 views)
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Thursday, April 17, 2008Hopping around with Hope An account of the last edition of "Voice of the Voters" before the Pennsylvania primary. Three interviewees describe various issues and problems affecting Georgia, Florida, and Pennsylvania, all involving indifference to EI and what has been done and how the fight is progressing.
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Thursday, April 3, 2008Helpless, Helpless, Helpless An edition of Voice of the Voters that includes news of the opposite fates in committee of two relevant House bills. There is also an interview of Clint Curtis, once a computer programmer, since then a whistleblower, and now a candidate for the U.S. Congress in Florida, for the second time. Against whom is he running? The infamous Tom Feeney. Read on for more.
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Thursday, March 20, 2008The Skeptical Patriot A recap of this evening's edition of Voice of the Voters, which starred Mimi Kennedy, founder and head of PDA, Progressives for a Democratic America.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008Democrats: Stop Dissing Our Candidates and Stop Them from Doing It Too! An argument, or plea for the Democratic candidates to stop dissing each other, fodder for McCain, and set a historical precedent by praising each other instead.
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Thursday, February 21, 2008Dry Ice and the DRE Dumpster An account of a rally held on Feb. 19 to demand paper ballot voting and discard the Danaher touchscreens, to improve accountability and set a precedent for the rest of PA, most of which still votes on touchscreens. Series: Election Integrity (103 Articles, 228889 views)
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Thursday, February 14, 2008Taking Back the Fourth Estate Yesterday's edition of Voice of the Voters featured an award-winning producer of shows for the three major networks-60 Minutes, Dateline, 20/20, Nightline, Melissa, who shared her insights about "the new media" and how citizens can get their messages out.
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Thursday, February 7, 2008"Double Bubble Trouble" on Voice of the Voters Voice of the Voters devoted an hour of this week's "double header" to voting issues in Virginia. The second hour focused on Bucks County, PA, New York State, and California. Series: Election Integrity (103 Articles, 228889 views)
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Thursday, January 31, 2008VOV 1/30/08: Around the Country and the Counties "Around the Country and the Counties" explored various adverse situations in counties across the country, interviewing activists for the first hour. The second hour was devoted to interviews of the head of the National Association of Counties and a commissioner of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. A magnificent achievement summarizing so much of what is wrong with our voting system and the heroism of the activists fighting back. Series: Election Integrity (103 Articles, 228889 views)
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Thursday, January 24, 2008History Made on a.m. 1360: Jennifer Brunner The January 23, 2008 edition of Voice of the Voters featured Ohio's SoS Jennifer Brunner for the second time in three weeks, answering questions from citizens nationwide; opednews.com was also quoted as carrying important news about South Carolina's constitution: it forbids secret voting and the state votes on DREs! Series: Election Integrity (103 Articles, 228889 views)
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Thursday, January 17, 2008In a Rush Back toward Democracy 1/16/08 edition of Voice of the Voters featured Congressman Rush Holt, Dr. Steve Freeman, IT specialist Bruce O'Dell, and John Gideon of votersunite.org. Series: Election Integrity (103 Articles, 228889 views) |
