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50th Anniversary Reunion « SWGA Project
Young and old will gather from all parts of the country and beyond June 2-4, 2011, to celebrate and commemorate the struggles and successes of the Southwest Georgia Civil Rights Movement, to address the persistence of racism and poverty, and to formulate plans for future action.  We expect Civil Rights Activists, Community Leaders, Educators, Youth, Professionals, and Community people to join us in Albany for three days of thoughtful talks, informative workshops and proactive planning to pass on the legacy of the Movement.
sncc  crm  albany  georgia  swga  anniversary  albanystateuniversity 
june 2011 by minorjive
Reviving Jim Crow?
Any day now the Justice Department will render judgment on one of the single most discriminatory pieces of voting legislation of recent years: a Georgia state law requiring voters to present one of only six forms of photo identification before they can ex
doj  VotingRights  CivilRights  Republicanism  DavidJBecker  georgia 
december 2005 by minorjive
Whistle Ass / George Bush 2004: Touch Screen/E-Voting (be very afraid)
Cox says that she chose touch-screen systems because, among other attributes, they had the best chance of reducing the undervote. She was right: In the 2002 election, using the new machines, the undervote rate in Georgia was less than 1 percent.
election  VotingRights  ElectronicVoting  diebold  georgia  blogs 
april 2005 by minorjive
Scoop: Inside A U.S. Election Vote Counting Program
According to election industry officials, electronic voting systems are absolutely secure, because they are protected by passwords and tamperproof audit logs. But the passwords can easily be bypassed, and in fact the audit logs can be altered. Worse, the
ElectronicVoting  VotingRights  georgia 
november 2004 by minorjive

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