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 take action! August 16, 2006 10:12 PM

Are you doing anything to promote electoral reform in your area? Are you aware of any current campaigns? Please let us know here.  [ send green star]
 
 August 16, 2006 10:14 PM

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Consider Becoming a Unity08 Delegate February 07, 2007 9:11 PM

Hi there,

If you're a US citizen and ready to take back your government, I urge you to go to www.unity08.com today and reserve your seat to be a Founding Delegate at the national presidential primary that Unity08 will host over the Internet in the summer of 2008.

I've signed up to be a Founding Delegate, and I encourage you to
do the same. I'm impressed by Unity08's vision to reclaim our
government from pointless partisan bickering and the paralysis
it causes.

Unity08 presents an opportunity for everyday Americans to once
again have more say than rich lobbyists, the media, and a
handful of voters in early primary states in who shows up on the
ballot in November 2008. The bipartisan Unity Ticket will
represent us -- the vast majority of Americans who are in the
political middle and who've had enough with inferior choices
among candidates whose first priority is fundraising and
advancing their own careers.

So go to http://www.unity08.com and sign up to be a Founding
Delegate today.

Thanks!

Pamela Lyn
http://ga6.org/campaign/delegate?rk=77Nwa3M1iQTRW

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 February 08, 2007 4:49 PM

I took a brief look at the Unity08 website.  It asks for an email address and zip code before you can see anything substantial about Unity08.  The red "Skip to the Unity08 website" button at the bottom right leaves one stranded at the uninformative home page.  But the good news is you can look at some of their information by just clicking on the submit button without entering an email or zip code.

I'd be much more impressed with Unity08 if part of their core beliefs included upgrading election methods.  Our current election methods (plurality winner and non-proportional representation) are among the fundamental causes for the polarized, two-party duopoly political problems Unity08 is trying to solve.  Certainly a Unity08 convention could be a show case for better election methods.

But if Unity08 wants to convince me they can conduct an online election, it should start with a better, competent web site.   I'd also be more convinced about their claims for transparency if  their website was already publishing their list of donors, including sources for their seed money.

The real question is whether this is a serious effort to provide an alternative form of participation in US Presidential politics, or just a disguised way for a collection of political consultants to build a mailing list.
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