Wondering44,

Thanks for your support and for sharing your thoughts on this. With regard to a ballot initiative for the banning of pre-employment polygraph screening, this is something that cannot be done at the national level: the U.S. Constitution does not provide for such initiatives, as do some states, like California. At the federal level, the ideal solution would be for Congress to pass, and the president to sign, a Comprehensive Employee Polygraph Protection Act that would ban all employment-related use of "lie detectors."

In addition, the president could end polygraph screening at the federal level by executive order. Toward that end, AntiPolygraph.org is sponsoring an on-line petition to President Bush.

An important part of any strategy for the elimination of polygraph screening is to demythologize the polygraph. The public needs to be informed about polygraphy, and this website was created with that purpose in mind. You might consider helping to publicize the polygraph issue by participating in AntiPolygraph.org's Campus Poster Initiative. Although this initiative was started primarily with college campuses in mind, there are many other venues where such posters might be appropriate. The poster campaign seems to have been having a significant impact, as visits to the site have increased considerably since it began.