Solartopia Green Power Hour - 7-16-26

This was the 273rd meeting of the Green Grassroots Emergency Election Coalition Zoom call, hosted by Harvey Wasserman and featuring discussions on election protection and global citizenship. The meeting opened with Arthur Kanegis presenting his documentary film "The World Is My Country" about Gary Davis, a former Broadway actor who became the first official world citizen and advocated for global governance through the United Nations. The film highlighted how Davis's actions helped lead to the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. The discussion then transitioned to election protection issues in Arizona, where John Brakey and Ken Bennett explained their concerns about the state's hand-count audit system, particularly how pre-selecting batches of ballots for verification could potentially compromise election security. They detailed how 80% of Arizona ballots are cast by mail, with Maricopa County (containing 2.9 million registered voters) being particularly significant for state elections. The conversation covered various aspects of voting infrastructure, including the use of paper ballots versus ballot marking devices, and the challenges in maintaining election security across different states with varying systems and regulations.