I sang this song last night at the Berkeley Fellowship Monthly Open Mic, Ray Korona's Votes on Paper. See lyrics by Ray Korona below. Learn it and sing it to your friends. Votes on Paper is a clever and sensible little song about a bigger problem than the occasional "voter fraud" by a voter. We're talking about "election theft" or "vote theft" also known as "fixing the election" or "flipping the numbers". At the start that's folksinger Nancy Schimmel saying from the audience that she saw a bumper sticker that said "Who did your voting machine vote for?" I mention No Lies Radio and the "False Flag Weekley News Show" (hosted by Kevin Barrett and Tony Hall with 2016 Election Reports by Jim Fetzer) in the set up to the song.  See Bev Harris and BlackBoxVoting dot org for a deeper look into the issue of electronic voting machines without paper verifiability. 

Votes on Paper by Ray Korona

"VOTES ON PAPER" - Ray Korona Band (3:18) at Ray Korona YouTube Channel 5-20-09. Now video #35 in the #TruthTroubadourShowcase at the #TruthTroubadourYouTube Channel by Vic Sadot. Ray note: “Electronic voting machines steal votes and change election results! Here's the story in song.” Performed by Ivice, Gina Tlamsa, Ellen Davidson, Sharon Abreu and Ray Korona. Ray Korona passed 10-16-14 RIP. http://youtu.be/XYB8bpILRT4?list=PLFDD6E9F4AD3F2AE6

                 A                                     D
They said vote in the elections! It’s what good people do
           E                                              A
We’ve got these new machines. It’s amazing but it’s true
        A                                                        D
Just touch the screen a few times. It computes your vote for you
              E                               A
And you don’t even need any paper!
         A                                        D
They said it couldn’t crash. The program couldn’t fail.
               E                               A
So there wasn’t any reason to keep a paper trail
              A                                                   D
Well the counters all went crazy. We were sold a fairy tale
             E                                                         A
Now it’s hopeless ‘cause they left us without paper

Chorus:
              A                                                  D
You can scream, you can plead, you can argue all night
E                                A
They may be wrong; you may be right
          A                            D
Use a voting machine to settle the fight
             E                                          A
Just be sure it records your vote on paper

Our candidate was winning; the polls were very sure
She spoke out for the people; she campaigned against the war
And we knew she really meant what she told us she was for
And they called her the front runner in the paper
The exit polls confirmed it; her lead was growing fast
But the digital read-outs left everyone aghast
Her opponent got more votes than the total that were cast
Bet she would have done much better on paper

Repeat Chorus

If you go shopping at a store when your purchase is complete
You pay for what you bought and they hand you a receipt
It establishes a record that makes it hard to cheat
Since what you paid is written on the paper
If someone selling you his car would ask you to pay cash
On a handshake and his word, would it seem a little rash?
To trust him with your money, well I just got this flash… 
Wouldn’t that be just like voting with no paper?

Repeat Chorus

© 2007 by Ray Korona

Urgent Songs by Ray Korona
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Votes On Paper

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