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1. Name: Thom Hartmann  
2. Title: Author and Radio Show Host

3. Voting Machines
Position:		 Con to the question "Do electronic voting machines improve the voting process?"
4. Reasoning:

"Perhaps it's just a coincidence that the sudden rise of inaccurate exit polls happened around the same time corporate-programmed, computer-controlled, modem-capable voting machines began recording and tabulating ballots. But if any of this is true, there's not much of a paper trail from the voters' hand to prove it... Many citizens believe, however, that turning the programming and maintenance of voting over to private, for-profit corporations, answerable only to their owners, officers, and stockholders, puts democracy itself at peril." ("If You Want To Win An Election, Just Control The Voting Machines," Common Dreams, January 31, 2003)

5. Credibility
Ranking:		  Organization/VIP/Other
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6. Involvement:
  • Author and radio show host focused on culture, communications, and politics
  • Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology, Goddard College
  • Founded 7 corporations over the past 30 years
7. Education:
  • Not listed
8. Relevant Affiliations/Honors:
  • 2004 - "Top Ten New Voices in Talk Radio," Radio Ink
  • Smithsonian Institute selected one of his books to be included in their permanent collection
  • Invited guest of Pope John Paul II (1998) and His Holiness The Dalai Lama (1999)

9. Contact Info:
Phone: (866) 440-8466 Fax: Not listed
E-Mail: thom (at) thomhartmann.com
Web Site: www.thomhartmann.com
10. Other: Select publications include:
  • We The People: A Call To Take Back America, 2004
  • "If You Want To Win An Election, Just Control The Voting Machines," Common Dreams, January 31, 2003
  • Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights, 2002
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