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THE CAMPAIGN FOR ELECTION PROTECTION

NOVEMBER 10th, 2007 - The Campaign Kick Off

For Immediate Release

CAMPAIGN FOR ELECTION PROTECTION

LOS ANGELES, CA – With just one year to go before the 2008 Presidential Election, Public Interest Pictures (PIP) announces the launch of THE CAMPAIGN FOR ELECTION PROTECTION, one part of Public Interest Pictures’ ongoing non-partisan mission to create MEDIA TOOLS FOR THE GRASSROOTS. The campaign, headquartered at the newly-launched www.pipdocs.org, aims to provide the following resources to both individual citizens and organized groups concerned with election protection:

* Virtual Town Hall Discussions held on the Second Saturday of each Month featuring dialogues between various leaders of the Election Protection movement;
* Materials for hosting Election Protection House Parties, including the Hacking Democracy DVD from Executive Producer Earl Katz, President of PIP. Schedule a house party any time or tie one in with the Virtual Town Hall Discussions;
* Dissemination of Rapid Response Videos and Viral Reports in conjunction with ElectionVideoNews.com;
* Election Protection Action Items, including links to various grassroots organizations, petitions, fundraising efforts, and live events being held across the country;
* Education Links: Learn more about the election issues and ways to take action by downloading and sharing educational materials;
* And more!

ADD YOUR SUPPORT TO OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM WORKING WITH VOTER ACTION

* SIGN Voter Action’s on-line petition calling on Congress to open a full investigation into the companies behind electronic voting systems.
* VIEW new video evidence revealed in “The Trouble with Touch Screens” by Dan Rather Reports. See clips from this compelling report which questions whether the companies behind US electronic voting systems have engaged in commercial fraud by marketing potentially defective products.
* LISTEN starting on November 14th, to the first of PIP’s upcoming Virtual Town Hall Discussion Series featuring:
John Bonifaz – Legal Director of Voter Action
Ion Sancho – Supervisor of Elections Leon County Florida
Tom Corbet – Executive Director of Save R. Vote – Riverside California
These discussions will be moderated by Robert Carrillo Cohen, producer from Hacking Democracy, the EMMY® Nominated HBO documentary that revealed significant dangers behind electronic voting machines.

TO VIEW or LISTEN visit VOTERACTION.ORG • ELECTIONVIDEONEWS.COM

PUBLIC INTEREST PICTURES’ CAMPAIGN FOR ELECTION PROTECTION is a great way for individuals and organizations to fundraise, network, educate, recruit, and, of course, make a difference—before the 2008 Presidential Election and beyond. Check back often for updates and information on the Campaign and the next Virtual Town Hall Discussion scheduled for December 8, 2007.

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As we all know, democracy requires elections accountable to the citizens. Without this accountability to "we the people" that every vote is counted as cast, democracy suffers.

However, most of America's elections are now being run on computers that count America's votes in secret. These secret vote counts are accountable only to the private businesses that make the computers. No citizen is allowed to look at the software or the count.

Elections are the issue that effects every other issue! We, as Americans, have serious concerns about the environment, the economy, health care, war, and education. But we cannot get change on any of these issues or vote anyone out of office without elections that are accountable to the citizens.

The reasons to participate in the National Day for Election Protection are numerous, but all come back to this: Elections are the lifeblood of democracy--if they are tainted, democracy suffers. Patriotism exists in the defense of principles upon which this nation was founded and none is more sacred than one person, one vote. The increase in voting "irregularities" and rampant disenfranchisement in recent elections is a call to arms.

So get involved. And pledge to be part of the solution.