Steal Back Your Vote
October 27th, 2008 | Published in Events, film
The Fort Greene Film Society; Raw Fusion NYC; Rare Form; KeiStar Productions; Herbert Holler; Wonderwax; Kilo International; Fusicology; Diamond Girl; Liquid Sound Lounge
Would like to invite you to a critical film screening (and afterparty)
An opportunity to learn more about how they are planning to steal the
election (again)!
We’ll be screening 2 documentary films on the topic:
“Steal Back Your Vote”
by Greg Palast (BBC) & Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
http://www.gregpalast.com/sbyv/
and “Uncounted: The New Math of American Elections”
http://www.uncountedthemovie.com/
Followed by a reception/social information session
With the city’s favorite DJs: Spinna, Moni, Herbert Holler, Scribe,
Blu Jemz
and surprise guests!
Get your own copy of the “Steal Back Your Vote” comic book guide for
free!
Doors open at 8:30PM
Screening starts at 9:00PM
Tribeca Grand Screening Room
Reception in the lounge
** This Event Is FREE! **
Did you know…
In the 2004 election:
-Over three million votes cast were not counted at all
-Over half a million absentee ballots were received but not counted
-Black voters absentee ballots were over 3 times more likely to be
rejected than White voters’
-Black voters votes were 9 times more likely not to be counted overall
-Latino voters votes were 5 times more likely not to be counted
Subsequently, using new regulations developed under Bush’s “Help
America Vote Act”:
-California rejected 40% of all new voter registrations in 2006
-The GOP Secretary of State of Florida plans to drop 85,000,
predominantly African-American, voters from the rolls before this
election.
-The former GOP Secretary of State of Colorado dropped almost 20% of
all registered voters from the state’s voter rolls. that’s one out of
every five. Now she’s the Chairman of the US Election Assistance
Commission for the entire country!
What you can do:
-Come to this event, see the screening, tell your friends (especially
press, “celebs” who will lend visibility to the issue, and anyone
with an audience to share the info with)
-Go to http://www.stealbackyourvote.com to find out more