| VoteRescue Radio Fri. 6/13, 6-8pm CDT: Dr. Lora Chamberlain |
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| Thursday, 12 June 2008 11:02 |
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Hello from VoteRescue Radio, Where Citizens Count, One Vote at a Time!
This Friday, June 13th, from 6-8pm CDT, VoteRescue Radio is happy to welcome Dr. Lora Chamberlain of the Illinois Ballot Integrity Project.
Dr. Lora Chamberlain is a a board-certified Family
Practice Physician who has worked for progressive political change in
this country for 30 years; for environmental sustainability, for
reproductive rights, for peace and justice issues and since 2003 for
voting rights and election integrity. She has helped run a couple of
local campaigns for Dennis Kucinich for President and has had her own
progressive radio show, "The American Activist", on KSKQ.org, a
community radio station in Ashland, Oregon.
To quote Dr. Lora, "I know it is ridiculous to use
'Clean Elections' and 'Illinois politics' in the same sentence, but
that is exactly what we at the IL Ballot Integrity Project are trying to change here." We'll hear from her about the IL BIP campaign to get
a three ballot referendum on the ballot in November
that would get paper ballots for everyone in the state; clean elections
or publicly funded campaigns for state wide offices and the state
legislative candidates; and campaign finance reform. Illinois is the
wild west of political campaigns. There are no limits at all on what
you can donate to candidates there and it has led to major corruption
on all levels of government.
During our first hour, we will cover other election
news around the country and may hear from VoteRescuers Laura Killins
and others who are delegates at the Texas Republican Convention in
Houston this week, where a big brawl may be brewing between Ron Paul
supporters and those delegates backing John McCain. Already the Rules
Committee this week has attempted to prohibit any still or videocameras
at the event!
The Texas Legislature's House Committee on
Elections is holding their Interim Hearing on electronic voting on June
25th, and VoteRescue has been invited to bring in speakers--which we
are! We'll cover that too!
VoteRescue Radio can be heard on the radio in the Austin area at 90.1 FM; is streaming live on www.wtprn.com (for "We the People Radio Network"), AND, can be heard OVER THE PHONE at 512/485-9010! All shows are archived at the above web site, usually within a couple of hours after 8pm CDT.
The call-in number for the show is: 512-646-1984.
Hope to "see" and hear you "On the Air" Friday!
WE ARE WINNING--because of citizens like YOU!!
With thanks for your support,
Vickie and Karen
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