Nov. 21, 2007: Reprise of Oct. 31, Rosabeth M. Kanter, see below.
Nov. 14, 2007: Laura M. Esquivel, respected, connected DC lobbyist, shares her experience and insights into developing strategies for effective
policy impact (Part 1). John Gideon gives a voting news update (Part 2). Paul Lehto reports on the recent Claim Democracy conference in DC (Part 3). Strait Talks. Audio Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Podcast.
Nov. 7: Bo Lipari of New Yorkers for Verified Voting, Andi Novick of Northeast Citizens for Responsible Media, and John Bonifaz of Voter Action discuss DOJ's threat of federal takeover of new voting system selection for NYS. Strait Talks. Audio. Podcast.
Oct. 31: Rosabeth M. Kanter, professor at Harvard Business School, best-selling author, and one of the "50 most powerful women in the world"
(Times of London). Latest book: America the Principled: 6 Opportunities for Becoming a Can-Do Nation Once Again. Strait Talks. Marta's Blog. Audio. Podcast. Transcript.
Oct. 24: Mimi Kennedy, actress, author, activist and Chair of the Advisory Board of Progressive Democrats of America, and Andi Novick, attorney and founder of Northeast Citizens for Responsible Media (www.re-media.org). Strait Talks. Audio. Podcast.
Oct. 17 reprise of Oct. 10: Bev Harris, Founder/Director of Black Box Voting (Parts 1&2), featured in the Emmy-nominated HBO documentary Hacking Democracy. Dr. Alan Brau will discuss the situation with Advanced Voting Solutions machines (Part 2). Audio Part 1. Part 2. Podcast.
Oct. 3: Greg Palast, author of Armed Madhouse, and Harvey Wasserman, author of the forthcoming What Happened in Ohio? with guest host Bo Lipari. Audio. Podcast.
Sept. 26: Michael Collins, writer, publisher of Election Fraud News and contributor to Scoop, author of "Microsoft 811—Safety for Voting Machine Vendors," discussing the role of the media. Audio Part 1. John Gideon's update: Part 2. Podcast.
Sept. 19: Mary Ann Gould, co-founder of CVI, discusses "Commitment to America"—a call to Congress to better secure and prove the
2008 election plus Rush Holt's HR 811, or 'Microsoft 811,' which may be voted on this week, and the need for a ban on DREs.
Sept. 12: Bo Lipari of New Yorkers for Verified Voting was guest host, joined by Brad Friedman (Part 1) of the BradBlog.com with an update on HR 811, Ellen Brodsky (Part 2) of the Broward Election Reform Coalition and Palm Beach Coalition for Election Reform, and John Gideon (Part 3) of Voters Unite. Audio Part 1, Part 2, Part 3. Podcast.
Sept. 5: Brad Friedman, author of the BradBlog.com, was guest host, joined by James Strait (Part 1), Bob Fitrakis (Parts 2-3) and Paddy Schaeffer of Ohio, Bruce Funk of Utah, and John Gideon of VotersUnite.org (Part 4) with an update on the week's voting news, including the possible amendment to and vote on Rush Holt's HR 811. Audio Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4. Podcast.
Aug. 29: Reprise of July 18, John Bonifaz, legal director of Voter Action, re the privatization and outsourcing of U.S. elections, plus the illegality of DRE voting machines. Audio. Podcast. John Gideon will give guest
host Lori Rosolowsky a live update on the week's voting news.
Aug. 22: Tom Courbat, founder of Save R Vote, analyzed the impact of Secretary of State Bowen's historic decisions following the top-to-bottom review of electronic voting machines used in CA; John Gideon, executive director of Voters Unite, discussed the situation in PA's Wayne, Lackawanna and Northampton Counties, where Advanced Voting Solutions
has been denied certification of their WINvote DRE touchscreen system; Ellen Bukstel & Nancy Wuerzburger wrote the song "They Lost My Vote," often heard on Voice of the Voters! Lori Rosolowsky is guest host. Audio. Podcast.
Aug. 15, 2008, repeat of Aug. 8: Matt Blaze, member of team that did security review of voting machines used in CA, coauthor of Security Problem Excuse Bingo, and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, an advocate for paper ballots. Blaze Transcript. Kucinich Transcript. Audio. Podcast.
Aug. 1: Tom Courbat, founder of Save R Vote, interviewed by guest host Lori Rosolowsky in the wake of CA Secretary of State Bowen's report revealing voting machine vulnerabilities. Audio. Podcast.
July 25: Gregory Luke, election law attorney, discusses S. 1487, the "Ballot Integrity Act." Audio. Podcast.
July 18: John Bonifaz, legal director of Voter Action, re the privatization and outsourcing of U.S. elections, plus the illegality of DRE voting machines.
Audio. Podcast.
July 11, 2008: Bruce O'Dell, information technology
consultant and election integrity activist. See his most recent article re HR 811 at OpEdNews.com and report "Landslide Denied: Exit Polls vs. Vote Count 2006." Plus Nancy Tobi, of Democracy for New Hampshire. Audio. Podcast.
