What is Votapalooza!?
Votapalooza! was SMART Elections' online livestream fundraising extravaganza to raise funds for our groundbreaking election verification program #CountTheVote.
Votapalooza! was an amazing experience. 6 hours of incredible interviews with election advocates from all over the country & across the political spectrum.
Plus some super-fun celebrity appearances.
You can watch it now on YouTube & Facebook.
More About Votapalooza!
- It’s a 6-hour marathon livestream reading of "Deliver the Vote" - - a brilliant, mesmerizing chronicle of the remarkably creative and astonishingly frequent history of election fraud in U.S. elections.
- “Deliver the Vote” is written by Dr. Tracy Campbell, a Pulitzer-prize nominated author - who will read from his introduction for our event!
Votapalooza was exciting!
- Celebrities, academics, organizational leaders, team members, actors and influencers, and members of the public will read from “Deliver the Vote.”
- There will also be live music, watch parties and pre-party events centered around improving U.S. elections.
Celebs & Notables include:
- Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
- Tony award-winning actor Denis O'Hare
- The Emmy-nominated band Gangstagrass
- Pulitzer-prize winning journalist Spencer Ackerman
- Arizona Former Secretary of State Ken Bennett
- Leon County Florida former Supervisor of Elections Ion Sancho - featured in the film “Hacking Democracy”
- President of the NAACP–Yonkers Branch Kisha Skipper
- Texas Tally Founder Lori Gallagher
- Red Wine & Blue North Carolina Program Director Tonya Martin
What is #CountTheVote?
- A groundbreaking national network of election observers trained to protect & monitor the midterms.
- It is the most comprehensive, nonpartisan, data-based, election verification program in U.S. history. The goal is to give volunteers an opportunity to actively participate in monitoring and protecting their local elections, in order to increase confidence in election results, identify trouble spots and reduce the chance that U.S. elections will be plunged into chaos, or even violence, following an election.
- SMART Elections has been doing #CountTheVote since 2021. We have monitored 8 election cycles in that time (some primaries and some general elections.)
Thanks for all you’re doing!
Lulu Speaks on TEDx Stage About Bipartisan Voting Reform
"We’re doing it wrong. We’ve structured our elections incorrectly — from the beginning — and naturally we’re having some very serious problems.."
stop the expressvote xl
What's Happening with NY Voting?
New York elections are at a dangerous crossroads. New types of voting machines, called “all-in-one” and “universal-use”, are attempting to flood the state. After a four-year battle against it, a new All-in-One voting machine called the ExpressVote XL was approved on 8/2/23 by the NY State Board of Elections.
These systems do not allow you to vote with a pen and paper. They will radically change the way we vote. Experts say they will increase costs, and wait times, especially in communities of color. Experts say: elections conducted on these systems cannot be confirmed by audits
The ExpressVote XL also wraps your vote in a barcode. The barcode is what's counted, not the text you see. There is no way for you to verify who you are voting for. In 2023 in Northampton County, PA the ExpressVote XL printed different candidates on the summary card than the ones that voters selected. But the machine did not count the vote it showed on paper. It scanned a barcode and actually counted the vote for the opposite candidate of what was on the paper.
What does this demonstrate?
- The ExpressVote XL can flip votes.
- The ExpressVote XL can count the vote for a different candidate than what is on the paper summary card.
New Yorkers have been voting with either a pen and paper or a ballot-marking device for over 10 years. That system works. Voters can vote in the way that they prefer.
Yet despite all the warnings about these voting machines Erie, Monroe and Orange Counties are purchasing them. Suffolk County seems to be moving forward with a purchase as well.
Albany Times Union Editorial against ExpressVote XL.
Albany Times Union article explaining the unfortunate spread of the voting machine across the state.
Please make a tax-deductible donation to help fund a lawsuit to stop the ExpressVote XL in any counties that have purchased it.
We are immensely grateful for your support!
Learn More
Visit our partner SMART Legislation's website. They are fighting for legislation to protect the right to mark a ballot by hand.
More info on the ExpressVote XL on our website.
Watch Our Forum on the ExpressVote XL on YouTube.
We give you the full story about this voting machine, the timeline, and what you can do to help stop this trainwreck.
Join us - and get involved. It's urgent and it matters. Remember that New York Congressional elections helped determine the balance of power in the House in 2024.
TO GET INVOLVED:
Join the nonparisan SMART Legislation weekly Friday Action Meetings at 12pm ET most weeks. We work on legislation and lawsuits to protect elections.