Diebold whistleblower Stephen Heller needs our help

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You might notice in the upper left a new cause du jour around here, Stephen Heller, courtesy an email alert from an old friend who knows him. Short version:

Temp worker, regular guy with a wife and a dog and a mortgage and all, stumbles across legal documents indicating that Diebold looks way fishy re California elections. Like their-own-attorneys-thought-it-was-criminal fishy. (Incidentally, since Democrats simply cannot be elected nationally without California, this is a national issue. Big time.)

So guy blows the whistle, sends the papers to the California secretary of state, calls the newspapers, tries to protect the most fundamental aspect of our democracy. Like that.

Our friend seems to have pissed off the big boys royally. Now he's facing three felony charges.

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You can help by sending a few bucks to the Stephen Heller Legal Defense Fund website, which is also posting updates about the case. You can also bug the media -- wherever you are, remember; this has national implications, especially given what we've learned about Ohio and Florida -- to spend a few minutes on this, a story about trying to protect the most fundamental aspect of our democracy in a time of genuine danger, instead of just showing video of the latest grease fire at Hooters or whatever.

http://www.bobharris.com/content/view/870/1/

Link to Heller Legal Defense Fund: http://www.hellerlegaldefensefund.com

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1. K & R

Stephen Heller will likely go to prison for exposing a crime. Why? Stephen is broke and Diebold has a lot of dough--the long and short of it.

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2. donated, nom and

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3. Donate

http://www.hellerlegaldefensefund.com/


Done

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4. Donated and nominated. n/t

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5. Donated n/t

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6. Kick for Stephen Heller

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7. One more kick...

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8. k&r

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9. K&R - Thanks