Mar. 5, Feb. 20 reprise of Feb. 13, 2008: Melissa Scott, award-winning network producer of 60 Minutes, Dateline, 20/20, Nightline, etc. shares insights about "the new media," the evolution of the Fourth Estate, and how citizens can get their message out. Audio. Podcast. Marta's Blog: "Taking Back the Fouth Estate." Strait Talks: "Why won't corporate media cover voting integrity issues?"

 

Feb. 6, 2008: Hour 1A: Ivy Main of New ERA for VA; Virginia State Senator Mark Herring, sponsor of SB 292 for random audits and recount rules; Alex Blakemore of Virginia Verified Voting; and Jeremy Epstein, co-founder of the Verifiable Voting Coalition of Virginia. Hour 1B: Guest hosts Lori Rosolowsky and Jim Strait recap news from Bucks County, PA. Hour 2: CVI's Madeline Rawley and Mary Ann Gould join the discussion of Bucks County and PA as a state largely without verifiable voting. Bo Lipari gives an update on New York and John Gideon on Super Tuesday's voting problems. Audio Hour 1A. Hour 1B. Hour 2: Rawley. Gould. Lipari. Gideon. Podcast Hour 1. Hour 2. Marta's Blog: "Double Bubble Trouble" on Voice of the Voters Strait Talks: “STOP THE PRESSES!!!”

 

Jan. 30: 2-Hour Voice of the Voters Special with reports in Hour 1 from Brad Friedman of the BradBlog.com; Susan Pynchon of the Florida Fair Elections Coalition reporting on New Hampshire as well; Harvie Branscomb of the Colorado Voter Group; Jason Osgood of Washington Citizens for Fair Elections; Jeremy Epstein of the Verifiable Voting Coalition of Virginia; Bill Faulkner of Verified Voting of Florida; Madeline Rawley, Alan Brau, and Marian Schneider of PA's Coalition for Voting Integrity; and Paddy Shaffer of the Ohio Election Justice Campaign; co-hosted by Mary Ann Gould and Jim Strait of Strait Talks. Hour 1 Audio. Friedman. Pynchon. Branscomb. Osgood. Epstein. Faulkner. Rawley. Brau. Schneider. Shaffer. Podcast. Hour 2: Alysoun McLaughlin of the National Association of Counties and Diane Marseglia, newly elected Bucks County, PA, Commissioner. John Gideon of Voters Unite with a news update. Hour 2 Audio. Podcast. Strait Talks: “The nation speaks.” Marta's Blog: "Around the country and the counties"

 

Jan. 23: Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner gave an update on the status of election reform in the state and then took calls from citizens of Ohio and the nation. Mark Adams of Project Vote Count spoke to South Carolina's constitutional issue with secret vote counting. Transcript. Audio. Podcast. Strait Talks: “Ohio Secretary of State agrees with voting activists...” Marta's Blog: "History made: Jennifer Brunner in radio/internet dialogue"

 

Jan. 16: Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) discusses his new emergency election reform legislation [provisions here],  focused on 2008. Information technology consultant Bruce O'Dell and Dr. Steve Freeman of the University of Pennsylvania, author of Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen? Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count, talk about the New Hampshire primary. John Gideon updates the voting news. Synopsis from Marta's blog. Strait Talks. Audio. Podcast.

 

Jan. 9: Bo Lipari of New Yorkers for Verified Voting hosts Barbara Bartoletti, Legislative Director of the League of Women Voters of New York State (Part 1), and Doug Kellner, Co-Chair of the New York State Board of Elections (Part 2), to discuss the DOJ lawsuit and the NYS Board’s proposal for replacing NY’s lever machines by 2009. John Gideon updates the voting news. Strait Talks. Audio Part 1. Part 2. Podcast.

 

Jan. 2, 2008: Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson makes the case for impeachment; read his March 1 and October 27, 2007, speeches. Tim Kettler and Paddy Shaffer of the Ohio Election Justice Campaign. Audio. Podcast. Synopsis from Marta's blog. Strait Talks.

 

Dec. 26, 2007: Our gift to you and George Washington's gift to America plus Lori Rosolowsky's rendition of Natalie Cole's "My Grown-Up Christmas List." Audio. Strait Talks: “Ninety minutes that changed the world.”

 

Dec. 19, 2007: Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner and Dan Lopresti of Lehigh U. discuss the Evaluation & Validation of Election-Related Equipment, Standards  & Testing (EVEREST) report, a review of voting systems used in Ohio and throughout the country, which found “critical security failures.” Paddy Shaffer and Marian Lupo of the Ohio Election Justice Campaign. John Gideon with a voting news update.  Audio. Podcast.  Strait Talks: “Secretary Brunner was candid when she stated, 'I had hoped to see some bright spots, it was extremely disappointing that none of the systems functioned well.'” [continued]

 

Dec. 12: Bob Koehler (Part 1), award-winning syndicated columnist featured in Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections by writer-director-producer David Earnhardt (Part 2). Update on new Holt bill by John Gideon (Part 3) of Voters Unite! Audio Part 1. Part 2. Part 3. Podcast. Strait Talks: "Mr. Earnhardt’s latest creation, documentary film UNCOUNTED: The New Math of American Elections, is both entertainment and civic service." [continued] Marta's Blog: "VoV was more about those brave media activists who dare speak out than the 80 percent who are corporate controlled" [continued]

 

Dec. 5, 2007: NJ Senator Nia Gill, Renee Steinhagen of the NJ Appleseed Public Interest Law Center, and Frances Martin of the Essex County Task Force on Voting Rights discuss the progress of post-election audit legislation NJ Senate Bill 507. Rob Kall, executive editor of OpEdNews.com—"Removing the cobwebs from democracy: A new paradigm for America." Audio. Podcast.  Marta's Blog: "Mary Ann Gould’s Voice of the Voters first celebrated the grassroots victory of New Jersey’s S. 507" [continued>>]  Strait Talks: "The December 5, 2007 broadcast of Voice of the Voters was the usual roller coaster ride." [continued>>]

 

Nov. 28, 2007: Lani Massey Brown, author of A Margin of Error: Ballots of Straw and Information Technology professional with extensive experience in systems design, management of election systems and computer security (Part 1). NJ Senator Nia Gill, Renee Steinhagen, Exec.Director of the NJ Appleseed Public Interest Law Center, and Howard Stanislevic, founder of the E-Voter Education Project, discuss post-election audit legislation NJ Senate Bill 507 (Part 2). Strait Talks. Marta's Blog. Audio Part 1. Part 2. Podcast.  Howard's Update.