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Being Deliberate
eVote is an internet tool that adds extra functions to both Mailman and Majordomo, popular email discussion utilities. The main site for eVote, http://deliberate.com, is hosted in this suite of sites, i.e., Rauterkus.com/deliberate.
Deliberate and Necessary Promise to Self-Determination
"The Internet presents an opportunity for improving democracy and the process by which it is achieved. Registration and participation of voters, essential to a healthy democracy, could be increased with Internet technology."
Robert Done, assistant research professor of management and policy at the University of Arizona in a PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowment for the Business of Government study.
Democracy is messy. It's a difficult monster to control and a hard thing for control-freaks to accept.
M. Daivis
Voting is one of the few things where boycotting in protest clearly makes the problem worse rather than better.
Jane Auer (author)
Deployment tips for eVote
Help for eVote is at http://eVote.CLOH.Org/tips.
Falling sky
The slow death of the American political system matters little to most. Most people don't vote. The special election for PA's 44th House District that elected Republican Mark Mustio had a 13-percent voter turnout.
Most think our government is a democracy. Some might say our government behaves mostly like a monarchy, with an election ritual to deceive people. As with all monarchies, the real power lies in a privileged aristocracy that supports the monarch. Privileged aristocracy topples the monarch who resists them. All the distinctions between republics and monarchies belie the fact that this government is not anywhere close to being either.
Whatever your slant, consider today an action day. Do something American -- and call for a vote. And, when it comes to the question of "how" -- simply say, "I'm quite certain that eVote can handle those problems."
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