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David Bedell for Registrar of Voters, Stamford 2008
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Contact David at: dbedell@greens.org
Film screening (click image for details):
April 11-13
Trumbull Marquis
100 Quarry Road, Trumbull, CT
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EXPERIENCE
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Registering voters since 1986 (Project VOTE, Chester,
Penna.)
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Taught citizenship classes to aspiring U.S. citizens in
Bridgeport and New Haven
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Member of CT Green Party since 1996, Secretary of
Fairfield County chapter since 2002
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Experience with member databases and web design
DEDICATION TO DEMOCRACY
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Make sure that every Stamford citizen is allowed to
vote—no mysterious cleaning of the voter lists as in Florida in 2000 or Ohio in 2004
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Make voter registration and change-of-address forms
available in all town offices, libraries, etc. Organize
voter registration drives in the community.
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Encourage resident immigrants to apply for
U.S. citizenship and take part in the democratic
process.
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Fully implement the
Voting Rights Restoration Act of 2001. Convicted
felons who have served their time should be reintegrated
into society, including the body politic.
ADVOCACY FOR REFORM
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Reliable manual audits of the new electronic voting machines.
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Public financing of municipal elections, like New Haven's pilot Democracy
Fund—government should not be up for sale to the biggest spender.
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Instant Runoff Voting (IRV)—no candidate should be
elected without 50% of the vote. We need more people to
run for office, without fear of “spoiling” another
candidate.
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Voter registration forms at all U.S. Post Offices.
Why does Uncle Sam provide forms for income tax and
draft registration, but not voter registration?
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Election Day Registration for last-minute voters who
recently moved or were mistakenly dropped from the
lists. The Legislature has already passed this bill (with
strict ID requirements to safeguard against fraud), but it was either vetoed or
tabled. Now it's time to get this done.
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