Tributes to John Gideon, electronic voting foe and hero for democracy

At this link you will find dozens of tributes to John Gideon, one of the foremost activists fighting the fight against electronic voting machines and secret vote counting. John passed away last month from menangitis.

http://ncvoters.blogspot.com/2009/04/tributes-to-john-gideon-rip-national.html

Excerpt from CA SoS Debra Bowen's Remarks:

John Gideon was a tireless advocate who contributed greatly to the election integrity movement. President John Kennedy noted that "true democracy... will not condemn those whose devotion to principle leads them to unpopular courses, but will reward courage, respect honor, and ultimately recognize right." John Gideon was courageously devoted to his democracy, and his strong voice will be echoed in the continued work of thousands of others. My deepest condolences go out to John's family and his entire circle of friends.

Much more at:
http://ncvoters.blogspot.com/2009/04/tributes-to-john-gideon-rip-national.html

RIP John. We will continue the fight for transparent elections, but your expertise and persistence will be sorely missed.

I didn't even know he was ill. He helped get the word out that volunteers were needed in L.A. for a recount and never said a word about himself. :(

And thank you Gary Beck, for continuing on the fight. It is the best tribute of all
towards John's legacy

From time to time I keep thinking about calling John up with a question or sending him
an email. We updated this blog with yet another tribute today. Below is what we have so far:

these people, advocates or groups have tributes to John Gideon posted at the blog

Click on names for full tributes : Ellen Theisen at Voters Unite, Brad Friedman of Brad Blog, Kim Alexander of CalVoter.org, information scientist Joseph Lorenzo Hall, Congressman Rush Holt, Warren Stewart of Verified Voting.org, Bob Fertik at Democrats.com, "Armed Liberal", Mark Crispin Miller, and Howard Stanislevic of the E-Voter Education Project, and Luther Weeks of CTVotersCount.org , Bo Lipari of NYVV, John Washburn, Rick Hasen of ElectionLawBlog, BlackboxVoting.org, Pokey Anderson - no link posted in full here, Rosemary Rodriguez EAC Chair - no link posted in full here, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen., Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen's "Green News Report" (audio) tribute to John Gideon, Velvet Revolution, Joan Brunwasser of OpEdNews,Susan Pynchon of Florida Fair Elections Coalition - no link posted in full here, Lani Massey Brown from Ballots of Straw.com, Jerry Adams Oregon Voter Rights Coalition , Kathy Jackson of Voting Matters Blog , Lowell Finley Deputy SoS of California - no link posted in full here, The Verified Voting Foundation, Voter Action.org, Electionline.org - no link posted in full here, Epluribus Media , Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, Mark Halvorson Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota - no link posted in full here, Adele Eisner of Citizen's overseeing Cuyahoga's Board of Elections - no link posted in full here, Jacob Soboroff at Why Tuesday , Voice of the Voters - no link posted in full here, Center for Election Excellence, Candice Hoke Cleveland, Heleni Thayre Citizens for Election Integrity, MA - no link, posted in full, Jody Holder - no link, posted in full,
Ellen Theisen and Brad Friedman on John Gideon’s Passing at Talk Nation Radio , a tribute by John's son, Rick Gideon at Remembering John Gideon, Kindra Muntz of Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections (SAFE) & Co-Founder, Florida Voters Coalition -no link posted in full here ....

http://ncvoters.blogspot.com/2009/04/tributes-to-john-gideon-rip-national.html

You are missed but held in our hearts! :patriot:
In Honor of John :toast: