Comments on: Tennessee Elections are in Trouble Friday

By: Judy Klass

Judy Klass — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:11:04 +0000

If anyone is planning an event to protest the computerized voting machines with no paper trail in Tennessee, I’ve got a half-hour play called Ismene’s Press Conference — a re-working of the Antigone story — which requires two men and two women and little in the way of sets and is all about this issue. It’s been produced once, in upstate New York. It’s a compact piece of agit-prop with developed characters and it’s something I feel strongly about, so give me a shout through my website or myspace if you’d like a pdf of the script . . .

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I Want a Recount! » LIBERADIO(!) — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:41:13 +0000

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By: Mary Mancini

Mary Mancini — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:47:30 +0000

Thank you, Mark. I too believe that free and fair elections are something we can all get behind. Will you join me by urging your friends, family, and readers to call their elected reps in Tennessee to urge them to keep the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act intact and on track for implementation for the 2010 election?

It’s up for discussion in the House Budget Subcommittee on Tuesday.

By: Mark Rogers

Mark Rogers — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:39:48 +0000

Mary,

No. I was not responding to that. You actually have my admiration for that work because, even though I may not agree with you, it is an issue that needs constant supervision.

I was just saying that I see the current situation an example of ‘what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.’

By: Everybody Knows How Bad Tennessee’s Voting Machines are Except the Dude Running Our Elections » LIBERADIO(!)

Fri, 29 May 2009 18:16:20 +0000

[...] “Tennessee Elections are in Trouble” Friday continues with Mark Goins, Tennessee’s Election Coordinator, who says he is comfortable with the paperless electronic voting machines Tennesseans use to vote in 93 out of 95 counties. Coordinator Goins: I don’t think the DREs [paperless electronic voting machines]…I’m comfortable with the machines we have. Obviously, you aren’t. [...]

By: Mary Mancini

Mary Mancini — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:57:34 +0000

Really? That’s what you get from “Iâ€™ve been fighting for election integrity since 2004″ That I’m mad that “the other party is in control?”

Last time I checked, Dems were in control in 2004.

By: Mark Rogers

Mark Rogers — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:48:55 +0000

I’m not the one complaining about the system because the other party is in control.

By: Mary Mancini

Mary Mancini — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:28:06 +0000

I’ve been fighting for election integrity since 2004, including urging passage of the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act- which was passed almost unanimously in both the Tennessee General Assembly in 2008. You?

By: Mark Rogers

Mark Rogers — Fri, 29 May 2009 17:12:34 +0000

Mary,

Which party controlled Nashville and manipulated the Hopewell Box?

Which party controlled the elections in Shelby County during the special election for John Ford’s seat that was rife with illegal ballots?

Do you think that if the Democrats regain control of the Secretary of State’s office and the Election Commission, they will retain Republican Administrators of Elections, regardless of how well and fairly they did their jobs?

Where was your concern before the Republicans took control? Where were your calls for a cleaner, more non-partisan approach?

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Fri, 29 May 2009 16:13:09 +0000

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