Video the Vote went to Jackson County, WV, in response to numerous reports of machine vote flipping. To see the entire interview, go here http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=sc9Gd5g3D FY
Virginia Methaney was one of the first to experience machine vote flipping in Jackson County, West Virginia. She speaks for a growing number of voters when she says: "I do not trust these touch machines."
At the opening of the polls at the Artserve library in Fort Lauderdale, FL, the voter registration database computer went down. It caused a delay in the voting process and by some accounts, caused a dozen people to be discouraged from voting and leaving the poll.
More testimonials about the 5 hour plus lines in Velda City, a township located in St. Louis County Missouri. Please see other Velda City video as well.
Students and residents waited for 6 to 8 hours in the rain in order to vote. While most of the PA polling locations closed at 8:00PM the students and residents at Lincoln University were still in line in the rain with a 2 hour wait still ahead of them when we left at 9:30PM. We were assured that everyone in line would have the opportunity to vote.
Full Film on DVD AmericanBlackout.org -- the award winning film from Guerrilla News Network's Ian Inaba: an expose on voter suppression and disenfranchisement in 2000 and 2004.
Calvin Thomas, a resident of Jackson County West Virginia, describes the problems he encountered while trying to cast his vote on a touch screen machine.
My voter registration was ultimately denied because I did not have my dorm name listed. Although I had the address of the school and my P.O. Box, I did not list my dorm name and was therefore denied.
I Filed a petition in court and was denied again by the judge for the same reason. The judge said "You cannot live in a P.O. Box"
September 2008 - The story of Phil Lindsay who tried to legally vote in August, and was not allowed to vote has become a captivating short film. Please send this link to everyone who may be able to help get this story out there. Read the full account at:
www.ShowMeTheVote .org