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The trailer to American Blackout, the award winning film from Guerrilla News Network's Ian Inaba. An expose on voter suppression and disenfranchisement in 2000 and 2004. Get the DVD, attend or host a house party. And take action on Nov.7 as part of the Video the Vote effort.
Rainy night, long lines moved inside James Madison Middle School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. I arrived about 9:15pm was told not to shoot,CNN news also at location. I started shooting at9:29pm 1st interview at9:49p
2nd at9:50,3rd at9:55 4th at 10:15 all voters after voting.
inside line 10:28p voter2 body /voice,
back outside poor light, rain view of school and area.
Molly Brink is interviewed. She describes how a West Hollywood poll inspector told her to leave the polling place because "No War for Me" was written on their t-shirts. Her sister Susan Brink is heard off-camera. Interview by Anthony J Rickert Epstein.
Otis is on spot in the O.C. Cali from early in the day through the night recording massive widespread voting machine failures througout South Orange County.
Video the Vote is a nationwide network of volunteers that monitors voter suppression and election irregularities. This video compiles evidence from 2006 of one of the most disturbing threats to voting rights: deceptive practices aimed at minority voters.
This is the video of a poll worker showing us two machines that have been at his house for 8 days and how they work. He discusses the pros and cons and what we should watch for and the potential security issues.
The Giants' Super Bowl victory had unintended consequences for downtown voters. The million-strong crowd made crossing Broadway, and getting to polling places, nearly impossible throughout the morning.
Submitted by: Anthony Lappe
At the election polling place, a church official dismissed campaign workers from their positions. Some left, but one couple stayed, sure that they were within the law to do so. They were holding signs for their candidates and speaking with voters
Registered voters with valid state ID forced to vote provisionally because address on ID didn't match the address on record. This is an OSU campus district, and many of the voters were students.
This interview was conducted by Karen Dugans and shot by Steve Bognart, both of Yellow Springs, OH. Terrence Brooks is forced to vote provisionally despite having his voter registration and ID and being able to vote under the same address for the past 3 years.
From Super Tuesday, 2/5/08 in Van Nuys, California. Mimi Kennedy, Actor and President of PDA, deals with confusion in California primaries over ballot design and who is allowed to vote as "non partisan," "independent," or other affiliations.