Havasu

Havasu is an Indian word for blue. This blog is about issues and celebrations in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

Thursday, February 17, 2005

Count Every Vote Act

Senator Hillary Clinton is formally introducing the Count Every Vote Act.
Senator Clinton’s Act includes "Providing paper receipts for electronic voting machines, creating uniform standards for provisional ballots, and guaranteeing adequate equipment to prevent long waiting lines are common-sense reforms. They will help strengthen our democracy and they are supported by the vast majority of Americans."

This is a sad time in America where our rights are being stripped {reporters without the right of free speech/silence or the right to know our vote counts}; freedoms taken away {Patriot Act}, and we are required to carry papers in our homeland {Nazi Germany and Apartheid South Africa.} Lord help those of us without papers.

Unless this is the America you feel is right, please support the Count Every Vote Act.

If you agree that the Count Every Vote legislation should be approved please contact your senators, in Arizona Senators McCain and Kyl, as well as family, friends and neighbors and ask them to support legislation that restores integrity in voting.

In addition to Senator Clinton's bill, I went to Congress.gov for a search on "Count Every Vote."

Here's the short list

"Listing of 1 bill containing all your search words near each other in any order.

1 . Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2005 (Introduced in House)[H.R.550.IH]

Listing of 3 bills containing all your search words but not near each other.

2 . Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2005 (Introduced in Senate)[S.17.IS]

3 . Voting Opportunity and Technology Enhancement Rights Act of 2005 (Introduced in House)[H.R.533.IH]

4 . Family and Community Protection Act of 2005 (Introduced in Senate)[S.6.IS]

Listing of 46 bills containing one or more of your search words.

5 . Know Your Vote Counts Act of 2005 (Introduced in House)[H.R.278.IH]

6 . Honoring the service of Reverend Lloyd Ogilvie. (Agreed to by Senate)[S.RES.11.ATS]

7 . Ex-Offenders Voting Rights Act of 2005 (Introduced in House)[H.R.663.IH]

8 . Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President by the popular vote of the citizens of the United... (Introduced in House)[H.J.RES.17.IH]

9 . Improving Electronic Voting Standards and Disclosure Act of 2005 (Introduced in House)[H.R.470.IH]

(search item 10 not relevant by the description)

10 . Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish a standing Committee on Homeland Security and a standing Committee on Intelligence and to allow the Committee on Appropriations... (Introduced in House)[H.RES.25.IH]

11 . Voting Integrity and Verification Act of 2005 (Introduced in House)[H.R.704.IH]

12 . Voting Integrity and Verification Act of 2005 (Introduced in Senate)[S.330.IS]

13 . Every Vote Counts Amendment (Introduced in House)[H.J.RES.8.IH]

We are overcoming now.

Monday, February 14, 2005

Stand Tall

It's an exciting time to be a Democrat in America, especially in Arizona. We are getting this country back on track.

From Yahoo News New DNC Head Dean Looks to Rebuild Party "WASHINGTON - New national Democratic Chairman Howard Dean (news - web sites) promised Saturday to rebuild the party in the most conservative regions of the country, help develop state and local organizations and let congressional Democrats set the tone on policy."

Arizona is deemed a red state. Great place to help empower the much needed, international, positive, healing change. With the great Tsunami of 2004, where over 1/4 of a million people were basically washed away, the rest of us are just left behind, with responsibility to make things right.

That last election is proven riddled with fraud - PRESERVING DEMOCRACY: WHAT WENT WRONG IN OHIO, Status Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff. Please review the report, then demand integrity be restored to the voting system. Integrity also should be applied to the presidential election of 2004. Prove the Ohio vote was in order or redo the counting of the 2004 electoral college votes.
Here's a few more sites of note regarding Arizona politics:

Arizona State Legislature

Arizona State Senate

To effectively rebuild the party, we need to understand the landscape. For where I live, Lake Havasu City, Arizona here are the Quick Facts Demographics from the U.S. Census Bureau- if anyone has more recent demographics, please share the links.

America

Arizona

Lake Havasu City

Lake Havasu City Chamber of Commerce

Lake Havasu City Government

Lake Havasu City Convention and Visitor's Bureau

Paradise at Lake Havasu