Two great videos about Occupy Wall Street and the Movement from Isabelle Bourgeois, who was in New York last week. Isabelle was part of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence from beginning to end and broadcast her experiences of the March in daily bases. Video One & Video Two The languages are mixed between English and French but everyone should understand the main points Here Site: www.planetpositive.org
A Sunnyside resident set up a table, displayed some literature and began promoting “Occupy Wall Street” underneath the Arch on 46th Street. The Sunnyside Post
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is pleased to share its latest publication Design Deficiencies and Lost Votes. It has now been over a decade since the 2000 Election debacle that brought us Bush v. Gore. In that election, thousands of Floridians accidentally selected more than one candidate for President; their votes didn’t count. Our new study demonstrates that the problem hasn’t entirely disappeared. We find that tens of thousands of voters in New York did not have their votes counted in 2010 because the machines read their choices as “overvotes” – the invalid selection of more than one candidate. As mandated by federal law, when a voter marks more than the allowable candidates, voting machines must warn the voter and give her an opportunity to correct her ballot. But the warning message on New York’s voting ...
