Fighting the 'Hidden Threats' to American Democracy From 'Democracy Convention II,' held in Madison Wisconsin Aug. 7-11, 2013, this is Part 2 of a panel in the Election Protection section of the Convention, organized by Victoria Collier and Ben Ptashnik. Speakers: Ben Ptashnik, Victoria Collier, Jonathan Simon, Mimi Kennedy and Bob Fitrakis From the program: The Election Integrity (EI) movement is working non-stop behind the scenes against loss of citizen control over U.S. election and therefore self-government. The right to vote and to oversee the ballot chain of custody, the ability to watch the vote-count, has disappeared inside the electronic processes of a privatized electronic election system whose accountability to election officials, law enforcement, or citizens is negligible. What is the state of EI today? How threatened are American election by insider/outsider fraud and hacking? Why did Karl Rove insist there'd be a GOP victory in the 11th hour of vote counting in Ohio in 2010? What does the plan for nationwide Internet Voting mean for America? Leading EI activists discuss their recent work, immanent threats to democracy, and building the movement to demand transparency and citizen oversight of elections. For more information: ElectionIntegrityCoalition.org LibertyTreeFoundation.org FreePress.org ElectionDefenseAlliance.com pdamerica.org

• published: 30 Aug 2013
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