Thread: If you are worried about Election 2006

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/message ... 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-v ... ration.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-c ... ustody.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-p ... ecords.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-a ... ficial.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-a ... bility.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-c ... -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@blackboxvoting.org or post them on the forums at http://www.blackboxvoting.org

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I dont see why we (citizens) cant get ahold of quite a few of these and show them to the public. Ive seen warnings around on how easily hacked they are....