Voting and Democracy: The Challenges Ahead
Don Hazen, AlterNet
30 July 2003

Voting security irregularities have put the populace on edge. The solution? Push hard on reform opportunities now, and don't stay home on Election Day


The Theft of Your Vote Is Merely a Microchip Away
Thom Hartmann, Berkeley Daily Planet
1 August 2003

Are computerized voting machines a wide-open back door to massive voting fraud? The discussion has moved from the Internet to CNN, to UK newspapers, and the pages of The New York Times. People are cautiously beginning to connect the dots, and the picture that seems to be emerging is troubling.


Beyond Voting Machines: HAVA and Real Election Reform
Miles Rapoport, AlterNet
30 July 2003

The Florida 2000 election proved to Americans of all political persuasions that our election laws are broken. Yet the debacle also created an opening for voting reform that we have not seen for decades


The Voting Rights Struggle of Our Time
Kim Alexander, AlterNet
30 July 2003

California is at the forefront of the paper trail debate with electronic voting machines. Thanks to a state task force, there's still time to weigh in on the controversy