 Sheehan
Brings Activism to Bucks (Bucks County Courier
Tmies)
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 -- The anti-war crusader said she'll continue
to speak against U.S. policies despite the new administration. Cindy
Sheehan's methods have evolved since she first took her anti-war
message to the streets. The California-based activist said this
week she doesn't put much stock in peace marches and petitions anymore.
She encourages people instead to shift the country's balance of
power by supporting independent media sources, growing food at home
and discouraging people from enlisting in the military. That was
some of the advice she gave a crowd gathered Monday at the BuxMont
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Warrington, Sheehan's latest
stop to promote her new electronic book, "Myth America."
... [more]
Activist:
Peace Effort Losing Steam (Times of Trenton)
Monday, June 22, 2009 -- The woman best known for holding a vigil
in front of George W. Bush's Texas ranch to protest the war in Iraq
encouraged area activists yesterday to continue their efforts in
the struggle to promote peace. Gold Star mother Cindy Shee han addressed
about 50 people at the Unitarian Universalist Congre gation of Princeton
yesterday as part of a weekend of talks organized by the Delaware
Valley Veterans for America and sponsored by the Coalition for Peace
Action and the Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War."
. . . [more]
 Forward
March: Three Faiths Walk in Pursuit of Peace (New
Jersey Jewish News)
Monday,
June 8, 2009 -- "Carrying a banner decorated with stars of
David, crosses, and crescents, nearly 100 Jews, Christians, and
Muslims marched together in Trenton during the Tri-Faith Walk on
Sunday, May 31. Cosponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action and
Fellowship in Prayer, the 3.7-mile walk was the second of three
events inspired by Rep. Rush Holt’s (D-Dist.12) statewide
initiative to promote religious understanding and appreciation of
diversity." . . . [more]
 Shortchanging
Voters (The New York Times, Editorial)
Saturday, January 5, 2009 -- More than three years have gone by
since the New Jersey Legislature required the state to install modern
voting machines that provide printouts of each vote -- the paper
trail that experts regard as essential to far and accurate elections.
The machines are still nowhere in sight.
Deadlines have been imposed and proved meaningless. The latest dealine
was New Year's Day, which of course has passed. Technically, the
state is in violation of its own law, but nobody seems to care.
Gov. Jon Corzine has said he will do something . . . (Read
the rest.)
Votes
that count (Trenton Times, Editorial)
Tuesday, December 23 -- The New Jersey Senate did the state's voters
a big favor last week when 21 of them voted against a pilot project
to equip some voting machines with printers. But wait. Isn't the
proverbial paper trail exactly what voting- reform advocates have
been after since the Florida 2000 hanging chad debacle? A verifi
able receipt system is, in fact, what reformers have pushed for,
but the pilot project proposal in the Senate last week was a clunker
from the start.. . . (Read
the rest.)
Looking
at new and expensive ways to fix NJ's voting system
(Gannet News Service -- Asbury Park Press,
Bergen Record, Star Ledger)
Sunday, December 21, 2008-- Now certain to miss a year-end deadline
to have voting machines that produce a paper trail, state officials
are mapping out alternate ways to fix New Jersey's voting system
that could include replacing touch-screen machines with optical
scanners. . . . (Read
the rest.)
A vote for optical scan (Trenton
Times, Editorial)
Monday, December 15, 2008 -- Today, the state
Legislature is expected to consider a bill to remove the requirement
that voting machines produce voter-verified paper records by Jan.
1, 2009, and to replace that re quirement with a pilot program for
adding printers to a few of New Jersey's voting machines.If the
results of that pilot program prove acceptable, the rest of the
state's electronic voting machines will be retrofitted, . . . (Read
the rest.)
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