Bruce has told Kathy Dopp that all the personal emails to him have helped pull him through on a personal level. He now is asking people to contact the Governor of Utah.

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Dear Resisters,

As I was working on the roses for Lynn Landes, some people also
wanted to send roses to Ted Ann and Bruce Funk and gave money for
doing so. Ted Ann is Bruce's wife. Bruce is the very brave election
official in UTAH who stood up to Diebold, as reported by BBV at
http://blackboxvoting.org/ There are stories dated 3/28/06 and
3/18/06 right on the home page.

Bruce has told Kathy Dopp that all the personal emails to him have
helped pull him through on a personal level. He now is asking people
to contact the Governor of Utah. Governor Jon Huntsman, Utah State
Capitol Complex,East Office Building, Suite E220,
PO Box 142220,Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-2220 . Governor's email
address: [email protected] and also [email protected]
Governor's Fax 801-538-1528

At this point, I have sent organic white roses to Ted Ann and Bruce
from the Election Reform movement and white roses to Lynn Landes from
individual signers. The roses will be arriving tomorrow - Thursday, March 30.

I shall send to the individual Lynn signers more about that and what
the card said in another email after this posting.

The message to the Funks said: "Dear Ted Ann and Bruce,

Bravissimo. Thank you for your outstanding courage and integrity. We
applaud you both. Stand strong.

All your admirers and supporters in the Election Reform movement."

As more money comes in, I shall send more roses

If you still want to be involved, it is not too late. Make checks
payable to Sheila Parks and send to Sheila Parks, 545 Centre Street,
Apt 603, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. This time on the memo line write
either Lynn or Bruce. Please let me know if you are sending a check.

They can try to stop the resister, but they can never stop the
resistance (and this one).

THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO

Sheila

Dr. Sheila Parks is a former college professor. After having a
spiritual awakening, she left her college teaching career to work as
an activist/organizer for peace and justice. She has worked in many
arenas over a long period of time. For the last four years she has
been working against the electronic voting machines and now for hand
counted paper ballots (HCPB). she can be reached at [email protected]

Submitter: Joan Brunwasser

Submitters Website: http://www.opednews.com/author/author79.html

Submitters Bio:

Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of transparency and the ability to accurately check and authenticate the vote cast, these systems can alter election results and therefore are simply antithetical to democratic principles and functioning.



Since the pivotal 2004 Presidential election, Joan has come to see the connection between a broken election system, a dysfunctional, corporate media and a total lack of campaign finance reform. This has led her to enlarge the parameters of her writing to include interviews with whistle-blowers and articulate others who give a view quite different from that presented by the mainstream media. She also turns the spotlight on activists and ordinary folks who are striving to make a difference, to clean up and improve their corner of the world. By focusing on these intrepid individuals, she gives hope and inspiration to those who might otherwise be turned off and alienated. She also interviews people in the arts in all their variations - authors, journalists, filmmakers, actors, playwrights, and artists. Why? The bottom line: without art and inspiration, we lose one of the best parts of ourselves. And we're all in this together. If Joan can keep even one of her fellow citizens going another day, she considers her job well done.


When Joan hit one million page views, OEN Managing Editor, Meryl Ann Butler interviewed her, turning interviewer briefly into interviewee. Read the interview here.

While the news is often quite depressing, Joan nevertheless strives to maintain her mantra: "Grab life now in an exuberant embrace!"


Joan has been Election Integrity Editor for OpEdNews since December, 2005. Her articles also appear at Huffington Post, RepublicMedia.TV and Scoop.co.nz.