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« Thursday May 08, 2008 »
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(event) FILM SCREENING Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections Start: 7:00 pm End: 9:00 pm Electronic Voting Machines Will Eat Our Election They've digested the millions of votes they gobbled up and made disappear in 2004 and are coming for more. And we can prove it. SALEM, OR Salem Progressive Film Series Grand Theater Thursday, May 8, 2008 7pm Q&A with filmmaker David Earnhardt Watch the Trailer It's been four years since the 2004 election debacle and a mere 6 months before the next presidential election and yet these questions remain unanswered: * Why do 18 states still use computerized electronic voting machines with no voter verifiable paper trail? * Why are the machines still using proprietary software that is contractually protected from inspection? * Why are private corporations, with no obligation to protect the public interest, still maintaining and monitoring these machines?