Gid rid of ALL electronic voting machines. The ONLY way to insure fair and impartial elections is paper ballots, hand counted in the precincts in front of the general public. So what if it takes a day or two? What's the big hurry? I would rather lose by an accurate count cast by voters - even if it took several days - than be cheated like I was via electronic vote fraud. In the past, the American people didn't seem to mind waiting a week to find ...

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Gid rid of ALL electronic voting machines. The ONLY way to insure fair and impartial elections is paper ballots, hand counted in the precincts in front of the general public. So what if it takes a day or two? What's the big hurry? I would rather lose by an accurate count cast by voters - even if it took several days - than be cheated like I was via electronic vote fraud. In the past, the American people didn't seem to mind waiting a week to find out who became president as long as it was fair and the true will of the American people. Those who want fast food style elections have played right into the hands of the evil doers.

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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.