BBV: Now is the time for your 2 cents: Citizen's Tool Kit to Take Back

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[Air_America_Radio] BBV: Now is the time for your 2 cents:

Citizen's Tool Kit to Take Back

 

 

 

 

 

BBV: Now is the time for your 2 cents: Citizen's Tool Kit to Take Back

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If you are worried about Election 2006, this message is for you.

 

The Black Box Voting CITIZEN'S TOOL KIT contains 20 modules, listed

below. Begin actively managing your elections by choosing one thing to

do. This is your chance to suggest improvements to the tool kit.

 

Choose one action – any action. This is YOUR tool kit to help you and

your group take action and monitor upcoming elections, so contribute

input as desired.

 

A FRAME OF REFERENCE: You own your government, it's not the other way

around.

 

When you own something, it's up to you to manage it. The Citizen's Tool

Kit was created through combined expertise with many of our nation's

most effective and experienced citizens, to help you learn the citizen

management skills that work. If you depend on others to do this for you,

you may just lose your country.

 

TELLING IT TO YOU STRAIGHT: WE'RE IN TROUBLE

Our electoral system is fundamentally broken. It's NOT going to be fixed

by November. And we don't have a lot of time to make things right.

What happens when the owner of a business doesn't do anything to manage

it? Pretty soon it doesn't exist. Let's not kid ourselves: The same

thing can happen to our democratic republic.

We need to take this seriously. Your children and grandchildren will

inherit the government you give to them. If you don't take action, who

will?

Black Box Voting is not going to organize you, fix the government for

you, or manage your efforts. We WILL provide you with the tools to have

a real impact, either individually or by gathering together in small

groups of 5 to a dozen people. We will provide you with mentoring if you

need it. This is not a top-down initiative, it's roots-up, and it's your

turn to reach for sunlight.

If you've been under the impression that the American citizenry can win

back our elections by clicking " send " on an e-mail or writing letters to

our representatives, or even by passing a law, think again. Those of us

who have been in the trenches know: Laws are being ignored willy-nilly,

public records are being withheld from citizens, and the voting machines

we're using are junk.

 

If you aren't convinced, here is a presentation you can review -- it's

pictures and captions, a quick read (but due to so many pictures, a

slightly slow download, allow a few minutes even on high-speed

connections): http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-presentation.pdf

You can also use this presentation to explain the situation to others.

 

CITIZEN'S TOOL KIT TO TAKE BACK ELECTIONS - Choose what interests you

most (links to each at bottom). Pick just one thing and take action.

MOBILIZATION MODULES

Module 1: Have a House Party

Module 2: Organize a Town Meeting

Module 3: Give a Speech to a Group

HARD CORE EVIDENCE MODULES

Module 4: Adopt Part of an Election: Check Out the System Testing Module

5: Adopt Part of an Election: Check On Voter Registration Lists Module

6: Adopt Part of an Election: Become a Poll Worker or Elections Judge

Module 7: Adopt Part of an Election: Monitor the Voting Module 8: Adopt

Part of an Election: Monitor the Counting Module 9: Adopt Part of an

Election: Check on the Chain of Custody Module 10: Adopt Part of an

Election: Audit for Accuracy Module 11: Get Public Records and Freedom

of Information Documents

CREATIVE & SPECIALTY MODULES

Module 12: Be the Media

Module 13: Adopt a Public Official

Module 14: Check Out the Money Trail: Who's Getting Paid? Module 15:

Accountability Check-up: Did the Election Follow Rules & Laws? Module

16: Legal Actions

'PLAN B' MODULE

Module 17: Count the Votes Yourself

MODULES FOR CANDIDATES, CELEBRITIES, AND WEALTHY CITIZENS Module 18:

Actions for Candidates

Module 19: For Famous Voices (Action ideas for Celebrities) Module 20:

Actions for High Net Worth Individuals

 

Each module is being posted at Black Box Voting for your perusal and

commentary. Links to each module are also provided below. You can see

the modules as they go up, and read the comments of others, here:

http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/1954/36341.html

You can contribute your input by going to the above link -- you must be

signed in to post, so if this is your first time, just hit the

" register " link to the left, fill in the boxes and you're ready to go!

 

You can also comment by e-mail. Just hit " reply " to this message and

send your input along.

We'll take your ideas into consideration and update the Citizen's Tool

Kit as needed. To help you customize each module for your own community

or group, a page is also provided at the end of each module.

 

The entire Citizen's Tool Kit will be available module by module and as

one complete document.

CITIZEN'S TOOL KIT TO TAKE BACK ELECTIONS INTRO

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-intro.pdf

MOBILIZATION MODULES

Module 1: House Parties

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-house-party.pdf Module 2: Town

Meetings http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-town-meeting.pdf Module

3: Speeches http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-speaking.pdf

Additional modules are being added throughout the day. If the links

below don't work, wait a couple hours and try again as they are updated

and added all day today.

HARD CORE EVIDENCE MODULES

Module 4: Adopt Part of an Election: Check Out the System Testing

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-testing.pdf Module 5: Adopt Part

of an Election: Check On Voter Registration Lists

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-voter-registration.pdf Module 6:

Adopt Part of an Election: Become a Poll Worker or Elections Judge

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-pollworker.pdf Module 7: Adopt

Part of an Election: Monitor the Voting

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-voting.pdf Module 8: Adopt Part of

an Election: Monitor the Counting

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-counting.pdf Module 9: Adopt Part

of an Election: Check on the Chain of Custody

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-chain-of-custody.pdf Module 10:

Adopt Part of an Election: Audit for Accuracy

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-audit.pdf Module 11: Get Public

Records and Freedom of Information Documents

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-public-records.pdf

CREATIVE & SPECIALTY MODULES

Module 12: Be the Media http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-media.pdf

Module 13: Adopt a Public Official

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-adopt-an-official.pdf Module 14:

Check Out the Money Trail: Who's Getting Paid?

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-money-trail.pdf Module 15:

Accountability Check-up: Did the Election Follow Rules & Laws?

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-accountability.pdf Module 16:

Legal Actions http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-legal.pdf

'PLAN B' MODULE

Module 17: Count the Votes Yourself

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-count-the-votes.pdf

MODULES FOR CANDIDATES, CELEBRITIES, AND WEALTHY CITIZENS Module 18:

Actions for Candidates

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-candidates.pdf Module 19: For

Famous Voices (Action ideas for Celebrities)

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-celebrities.pdf Module 20: Actions

for High Net Worth Individuals

 

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/toolkit-affluent.pdf

Enjoy. If you have any questions or input, e-mail to

crew or post them on the forums at

http://www.blackboxvoting.org

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