Strategerie for activism takes creativity.
I was inspired,yes inspired by a news article aboutvoters in Pennsylvania using the new touchscreen features to write in dirty curse words.
First this made me laugh, some of the words were so nasty, and then it gave me an idea -
"Why not use the write in feature to "vote" for paper ballots?"
Clearly voters needed a way to go on record about this, since the media and public officials seemed to ignore them. So - here is what we can do...
Background - some folks in Pennsylvania had chosen to abuse the "write in" feature on their fancy new paperless Touchscreen/DRE voting machines:
The Pennsylvania Times-Leader
A new meaning to dirty politics Some people casting write-in votes chose profane language instead of candidates.
The nifty write-in feature on the new electronic voting machines attracted something different in Tuesday's election: profanity.
"I'm disturbed by some of the swear words," said Luzerne County Election Bureau Director Leonard Piazza...
Voters watching too much MTV, apparently: Instead of the usual write in votes for "Mickey Mouse", or "Cinderella", today's voter is instead leveraging the technology of the new voting machines to write in highly embarrassing and downright shocking profanity.
Election officials are not happy with what they are seeing:
"That's disgusting. If that's the kind of word you're going to type into these machines, then you ought not to be bothering to vote because that's an insult to the voting process," Piazza said.,
This is all quite funny unless you are an election official.
"What's unfortunate is we still have to report those words as write-in votes," Piazza said of the profanity.
Wait a minute! They have to report what is written in on the computers???!!
Well, then, let's not waste this opportunity on juvenile behavior and offensive language. Put the "write in" feature to good use.
Recommendation -
use the write in feature in uncontested races.
coordinate with local groups to unify your "strategerie"
Why not write in your "vote" for one of these candidates (especially in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Florida or anywhere that the lawmakers and election officials refuse to listen to the voters):
voterverified paperballots, noproof notruth, HR 550, no vaporballots, or even paper ballots.
If enough people write in the same thing, for the same contest, your candidate, "No Vaporballots" might win.
Regardless, your write-in vote will be counted, and then the media can report something that actually IS newsworthy - that the voters do not want paperless voting. Count those write ins if you don't believe us!
If "voterverified paperballots" got 2,000 votes in a small contest, it might win!