Are at the plaza in front of city hall as the civic center and right now there are 2,000 protesters out here, earlier they were blocking off streets and they were on Market Street between 10th and van ness around the office for the local branch of the United States army corps of engineers and was blocking off workplaces lie uber located in the same building. The protesters minutes ago manned down the street and we are in front of city hall. Some protesters were linking arms this morning. It has been peace will. Police made no arrests. These people are against the 3. 7 million dakota pipeline project approved in the summer running through five states including the dakotas. It is hardful they say to the government and standing in solidarity with the people of the sioux reservation in north dakota. Im from north dakota and it is really affecting me to see my relatives suffer and have to fight and put their bodies on the line. I will do this in my city in the bay area and let them know i c
Complete report. And macys Ceo Terry Lundgren will join us at 7 00. And jerry storch will also join us live. Stocksindicating opening higher. Ri the dow would open higher by 52, the nasdaq, 3 1 2, and the s p 1 1. 63. In asia, hang seng, higher bay half percent. European equities have been relatively flat. Right now all are lower. The italian market, theres a big referendum being held on sunday, november 4 t december 4. The economist endorsed a no vote to telling italians when they go to the polls to vote no. The underlying issue is this doesnt speak to the core issues that the italian people face. If they vote no, what happens here . How does this spin out . Everybody thinks its gloom and doom. I dont think people believe that anymore in the wake of brachial plexus and the election. So you tell me what youre thinking, ill think the opposite. The elite think it will be horrific, the polls say no. Which makes me think yes. Thats way too confusing. If they vote no, there will be a genera
Before i begin, let me just say i have great interest in increasing Voter Participation in our democracy and i always look for innovative ways to do that. I have a long history of being involved with the electoral process with the legislature. I served for three terms and have a great interest in election reform in making voting easier. Number of Horror Stories in rhode island where we had people waiting in line for , and and hours to vote sometimes we actually had the oldest Voting Machines in the country. Sometimes we had to get on our hands and needs cantonese to read the bottom of the ballots. Not to mention the fact that , i wasisabled myself never really able to vote on my own independently going into the machine. I had to have someone with me and assist me. It wasnt until i became secretary of state and i actually overhauled the states there wastem that accessible voting for people with the build bit with disabilities. I actually chaired the special legislative commission lookin
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Clear that online voting and evoting could become a larger part of the political process in the United States and in other participatory democracies if the security is in place, and i think that is the key element of a. We believe this is a nonpartisan issue and endeavor, so our focus today is to highlight the new era in Digital Democracy is possible if we can get the security questions right and create trustworthy platforms. Online voting is among those transformative technologies like the smart grid and for whats we must get security right to fully a markets potential. We are delighted that during the course of our program we will use technology to welcome the discussion representative jim langevin, a Ranking Member of the House Armed Services subcommittee on intelligence and emerging threats and capabilities, has become a National Leader on the issue of securing our nations infrastructure in Cyber Threats and cofounded the congressional Cyber Security caucus. One of his Staff Member