{"id":1289,"date":"2008-11-25T20:26:49","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T20:26:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-04-05T01:53:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T01:53:40","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.evanravitz.com\/vote\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">NonNEWS!<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>8\/4\/10<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2010globalforum.com\/modules\/blog\/view\/entry.php?pi=yrkkzcdmm652yy&amp;id=z1dk3jl3ms1vih&amp;done=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.2010globalforum.com%2Fmodules%2Fblog%2Fview%2Fsummary.php%3Fpi%3Dyrkkzcdmm652yy%26chunkSize%3D3%26cat%3D%26search%3D%26chunkNum%3D0%23z1dk3jl3ms1vih\">San Francisco Declaration on Direct Democracy<\/a> issued. It&#8217;s GREAT!<\/li>\n<li><b>7\/31\/10-8\/4\/10<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2010globalforum.com\/\">3rd Annual International Conference on Direct Democracy <\/a>in San Francisco<\/li>\n<li><b>7\/30\/10<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/wiki\/index.php\/2010_ballot_measures\"> 2010 Ballot Measures<\/a> status update<\/li>\n<li><b>11\/11\/09<\/b> Fundraising to make <a href=\"http:\/\/film.ni4d.us\/\">a feature-length film<\/a> about National Initiative for Democracy begins.<\/li>\n<li><b>6\/26\/09<\/b> Oregon governor signs <a href=\"http:\/\/healthydemocracyoregon.org\/node\/125\" target=\"_blank\">Citizen Initiative Review bill<\/a>. This is the first real improvement to the initiative process in any state in U.S. history, similar to our project&#8217;s &#8220;Deliberative Committees&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><b>4\/17\/09<\/b> Ralph Nader <a href=\"http:\/\/spryeye.blogspot.com\/2009\/04\/ralph-nader-endorses-my-voteorg-project.html\" target=\"_blank\">endorses<\/a> our project!<\/li>\n<li><b>4\/13\/09<\/b> Vote.org founder Evan Ravitz interviewed on Denver\/Boulder KGNU. <a href=\"http:\/\/kgnu.org\/cgi-bin\/play.m3u?show=MorningMagazine&amp;date=2009-04-13\">Listen.<\/a> (Starts 37 min. in, after Jim Hightower)<\/li>\n<li><b>12\/8\/08<\/b> My new Congressman <a href=\"http:\/\/spryeye.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/my-congressman-jared-polis-on-record.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jared Polis says<\/a> he&#8217;ll introduce a bill for NATIONAL ballot initiatives!<\/li>\n<li><b>12\/3\/08<\/b> Vote.org founder Evan Ravitz interviewed on N.M. TV&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themorningshowlive.com\/The_Morning_Show_081203_Wheaton_Smith_Ravitz_2.wmv\">The Morning Show Live<\/a> (starts 12 min. into the show, after the City Councilman)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spryeye.blogspot.com\/2008\/11\/study-web-20-no-substitute-for-direct.html\" target=\"_blank\">Study:<\/a> Web 2.0 social networking no substitute for &#8220;direct&#8221; democracy<\/li>\n<li><b>11\/22\/08<\/b> Swiss <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swissinfo.ch\/eng\/front\/Swiss_to_vote_on_executive_salaries.html?siteSect=105&amp;sid=8782915&amp;cKey=1204310796000&amp;ty=st\" target=\"_blank\">file ballot initiative<\/a> to curb executive pay and increase shareholder power.<\/li>\n<li><b>2008 Ballot Issues<a href=\"http:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Live_2008_election_coverage\" target=\"_blank\"> Results<\/a> *Ballot Measures <a title=\"From the National Conference of State Legislatures\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/programs\/legismgt\/elect\/dbintro.htm\" target=\"_blank\">database<\/a> 1902-2008!<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>5\/31\/08<\/b> Vote.org founder Evan Ravitz interviewed by Kevin Barrett on Republic Broadcasting Network. <a href=\"http:\/\/216.240.133.177\/archives32\/Barrett\/2008\/05\/Barrett_053108_190000.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Listen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>1\/25\/08<\/b>National Initiatives rated #1 in democracy ideas within 24 hours at On Day One, a project of the Better World Fund! Please rate, comment or Digg us <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ondayone.org\/node\/246\"> here<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>11\/28\/07<\/b> Vote.org&#8217;s Evan Ravitz interviewed by Judah Freed on KGNU <a href=\"http:\/\/kgnu.net\/audio\/Metro_2007-11-28.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Listen <\/a>(starts 7:30 in, past music and news)<\/li>\n<li><b>11\/26\/07<\/b> Evan interviewed by Carol Brouillet on We the People Radio<a href=\"http:\/\/mp3.wtprn.com\/Brouillet\/0711\/20071126_Mon_Brouillet.m3u\" target=\"_blank\"> Listen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><b>1\/26\/07<\/b> The University of Colorado Law School&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/law\/centers\/byronwhite\/pastconfs\/2007.html\" target=\"_blank\"> conference<\/a> &#8220;The Voice of the Crowd: Colorado&#8217;s Initiative&#8221; was held at the Capitol in Denver with speakers including Ben Barber, author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2F0520242335%3Fie%3DUTF8%26n%3D283155&amp;tag=takthemocouto-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\" target=\"_blank\">Strong Democracy. <\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=takthemocouto-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>Co-sponsored by <a href=\"http:\/\/jaredpolis.com\" target=\"_blank\">Jared Polis<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><b>11\/21\/06<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com\/2006\/11\/ballot-measure-wrap-up.html\" target=\"_blank\"> 2006 Ballot initiative wrap up<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Contact Vote.org founder <a href=\"http:\/\/EvanRavitz.com\">Evan Ravitz<\/a>:<\/b>\u00a0eravitz (at)gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>Bookmark at: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/post?url=http:\/\/vote.org&amp;title=Vote to ratify Sen. Gravel's National Initiative for Democracy&amp;notes=Presidential candidate and famed former Senator Mike Gravel has found a way that voters can empower themselves to share lawmaking power at all levels of government WITHOUT begging Congress! Now you can vote to ratify the National Initiative for Democracy, just as citizens -NOT legislators- ratified the Constitution!\"> del.icio.us<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digg.com\/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http:\/\/Vote.org&amp;topic=2008_us_elections&amp;bodytext=Presidential candidate and famed former Senator Mike Gravel has found a way that voters can empower themselves to share lawmaking power at all levels of government WITHOUT begging Congress! Now you can vote to ratify the National Initiative for Democracy, just as citizens -NOT legislators- ratified the Constitution!&amp;title=Vote to ratify Sen. Gravel's National Initiative for Democracy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/img\/badges\/16x16-digg-thumb.gif\" alt=\"Digg!\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" align=\"top\" \/> Digg<\/a> to spread the word!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><H3>NEWS!<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>8\/4\/10<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2010globalforum.com\/modules\/blog\/view\/entry.php?pi=yrkkzcdmm652yy&#038;id=z1dk3jl3ms1vih&#038;done=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.2010globalforum.com%2Fmodules%2Fblog%2Fview%2Fsummary.php%3Fpi%3Dyrkkzcdmm652yy%26chunkSize%3D3%26cat%3D%26search%3D%26chunkNum%3D0%23z1dk3jl3ms1vih\">San Francisco Declaration on Direct Democracy<\/a> issued. It&#8217;s GREAT!\n<li><b>7\/31\/10-8\/4\/10<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2010globalforum.com\/\">3rd Annual International Conference on Direct Democracy <\/a>in San Francisco<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.evanravitz.com\/vote\/news\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1289","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evanravitz.com\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evanravitz.com\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evanravitz.com\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evanravitz.com\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evanravitz.com\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1289"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.evanravitz.com\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1496,"href":"https:\/\/www.evanravitz.com\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1289\/revisions\/1496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evanravitz.com\/vote\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}