DU Action Request from VotersUnite.Org

[helderheid]

Two important action items need your attention.

1) RIGHT NOW. Email C-SPAN at [e-mail] and request that they cover the Senate Rules and Administration Committee Hearing on Voter Verification in the Federal Elections Process. http://rules.senate.gov/hearings/2005/062105_hearing.htm
Tuesday, June 21, 2004
10:00 a.m. (ET)
SR-301, Russell Senate Office Building

This is the first time the topic of vvpat has had a formal hearing in Congress!!
Scheduled witnesses include David Dill, Jim Dickson, Ted Selker, and Connie McCormack.

2) THIS WEEK. Ask your county election director a question.
This summer county, state, and national elections officials will be heading to Hollywood and Beverly Hills to enjoy four days of fun and sun sponsored, in part, by their friends at Diebold, Sequoia and ES&S. Yes, that's right. Diebold is co-sponsoring the "Welcome Reception"; ES&S is co-sponsoring the "Graduation Luncheon and Awards Ceremony" and Sequoia is co-sponsoring a Thursday evening dinner and dance.

This gathering is NOT a weekend or even a long weekend. This gathering is done during the work week while those officials are being paid by their counties or states, that is, the tax payer. So while they are on the clock, being paid by us, they will be enjoying the hospitality of the voting machine vendors who will be plying them with misinformation and free meals, snacks, and drink.

The list of speakers at this event is stunning in its absurdity. There is no one to speak the truth about voter verified paper ballots. Instead our elections officials who attend will get to hear from ousted Palm Beach Director of Elections Theresa LePore. Attendees will get to hear about "Challenged Elections and Recounts" from the King County, Washington Auditor whose county's elections were woefully mismanaged in November.

Many states have made it illegal for any elected official or employee to receive ANY gifts from vendors. Are any employees of your county elections office, or your county elections director, going to attend this corporate sponsored gathering? Send them an email asking. Let them know you think it's a conflict of interest. Include their bosses, county commissioners, and/or state elections directors, in the email so everyone knows what will be going on. Let the media know that this event is a potential ethics problem.

The schedule of events is below.

Thanks,
~ The VotersUnite.Org team
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***Tentative SCHEDULE OF EVENTS***

Tuesday, August 9, 2005

8:00-9:00 Class Registration--(Separate Registration For Classes Required)

9:00-4:30 Class #11— History I Instructor: Steve Brown, Ph.D.
Class #12—History II Instructor: Robert Montjoy, Ph.D.
Class #14—Crisis Management in Voter Registration and Elections
Instructor: Keenan Grenell, Ph.D.
Class #18—Conflict Management in Voter Registration and Elections
Instructor: Christa Slaton, Ph.D.

12:00-1:30—Lunch (Students only)

Wednesday, August 10, 2005
8:00- 11:00— Courses #11, #12, #14 and #18 Continued
1:00-5:00 Committee Meetings Others TBA
1:00-5:00 Educational Exhibit Area Open
3:00-4:00 Elections Legislative Committee
4:00-8:00 Registration Desk Open
6:00-7:30 Welcome Reception
Co-Sponsored by: Diebold Election Systems

Thursday, August 11, 2005
8:00-5:00 Registration Desk Open
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast
8:00-5:00 Educational Exhibit Area Open

9:00-9:30 Welcome/Announcements
*Conny McCormack,
Los Angeles County Registrar-Clerk-Recorder
*Doug Lewis, CERA,
Executive Director, The Election Center
*Ernest Hawkins,
CERA, Program Chair, The Election Center

9:30-10:30— Help America Vote Act
Guidelines for Voting System Standards
*Commissioner Ray Martinez,
Election Assistance Commission (invited)
*Someone from NIST (TBA)

10:30-11:00— Educational Exhibits/Break

11:00-12:00— Election Assistance Commission
Discussion of Projects and Activities
*Commissioner Ray Martinez,
Election Assistance Commission (invited)

12:00-12:30—National Voter Registration and Elections News
*Dick Smolka, Publisher, Election Administration Reports

12:30-2:00— No-host lunch

2:00-2:05 Ethical Dilemma Presentation
*Debra Blanton, CERA,
Chair Standards and Ethics, The Election Center

2:05-3:30 Professional Practices Presentations “and the winner is…”
*Janis Womack, CERA,
Best Practices Chair, The Election Center

3:30-4:00 Educational Exhibits/Break

4:00-4:30 Voter Registration and Elections Legislation
*Beverly Kaufman, CERA
*Ron Chaney
Co Chairs, The Election Center’s Legislative Committee

4:30-5:30 Educational Exhibits

7:00-10:00— Dinner/dance
Co-Sponsored by: Sequoia Voting Systems

Friday, August 12, 2005
8:00-3:00 Registration Desk Open
8:00-12:00—Educational Exhibit Area Open
8:30-9:00 —Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:15—Concurrent Discussion Groups
Breakout #1—Ethical Dilemma Discussion
*Debra Blanton, CERA, Chair Standards and Ethics,
The Election Center
Breakout #2—Election Reform Task Report
*Kevin Kennedy, CERA, Executive Director,
Wisconsin Board of Elections
Breakout #3—Vote Centers
*Scott Doyle, Larimer County Clerk and Recorder
Breakout #4—Challenged Elections and Recounts
*Dean Logan, CERA, King County Elections Director

10:15-10:45—Educational Exhibits/Break
10:45-12:30—Concurrent Discussion Groups
Breakout #1—State Certification Programs
*Tom Wilkey, Former Executive Director, New York State
Board of Elections
Breakout #2— Provisional Ballots
*Keith Cunningham, Allen County Director of Elections
Breakout #3—Early (Advance) Voting
*Kathy Rogers, CERA, Georgia Director of Elections
Breakout #4— Outreach
*Theresa LePore, Former Palm Beach Supervisor of Elections

12:30-2:30 — Graduation Luncheon and Awards Ceremony
Sponsored by: ES &S

2:30-4:45 Concurrent Discussion Groups
Breakout #1— Using Statewide Voter Data Bases
*Brian Mouty, Colorado HAVA Project Manager
Breakout #2— How to Become a Certified Elections
Registration Administrator (CERA)
*TBA
Breakout #3—Voter Registration “Bounty Hunters”
*Patricia Hollarn,
CERA, Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections
Breakout #4— Providing for Independent Voting for Blind Voters
and those with Disabilities
*Jill Lavine, CERA, Sacramento County Registrar of Voters

[helderheid]

1. I find the 2nd part of this alert most

disturbing. I hate Diebold.

[Peace Patriot]

2. Ye gods, Connie McCormack is a scheduled witness! See item #1 above.

This woman is singularly responsible for OUR LOSS OF OUR RIGHT TO VOTE IN ALL FUTURE ELECTIONS. Democrat. Head of Los Angeles elections. Led the attack on former Dem Sec of State Kevin Shelley that drove him from office. Shelley had sued Diebold and decertified their machines prior to 11/2/04. That's why they had to get rid of him--in a dirty rotten smear campaign of unproven, bogus charges of corruption that he had NO MONEY to defend himself against. McCormack's best friend, Deborah Siler, is the former chief salesperson for Diebold in California. They dine and vacation together. Siler then went (from Diebold) to work for Solano County registrar of voters! They were instrumental in Shelley's demise.

This scene is SO CORRUPT, it's hard to remain calm.

The Bush Cartel black ops/secret dossier attack on Kevin Shelley sent a message to all public servants in the nation who run elections that NO ONE IS SAFE, that YOU CANNOT FIGHT THE CARTEL ON ELECTRONIC VOTING, and DON'T YOU DARE STEP ON BUSH DONOR/DIEBOLD TOES.

Connie McCormack IS THE PROBLEM. Corrupt, collusive Democrats.

And the $4+ billions in HAVA money, and this lavish lobbying is HOW THEY ARE DOING IT--entirely corrupting our election system everywhere in the country.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ELECTION ACTIVISTS, you need to PROTEST this "sun and fun" ELECTION CORRUPTION in Hollywood and Beverly Hills in August!

[helderheid]

3. I sent the following to my county clerk (a dem who supported diebold)

Dear Ms. Swensen,

It has come to my attention that there is an “Event” in Beverly Hills and
Hollywood this summer from August 9th through August 12th. This is a Tuesday
through Friday event, hence a workweek and ostensibly during working hours.

This event is being sponsored by Diebold, Sequoia and ES&S, the three
biggest manufacturers of electronic voting machines in the Country,
therefore it is apparently a significant “conflict of interest” for you to
receive any funds, tickets, room & board or any other gifts involved in
attending.

These three companies encourage the use of machines that generate no paper
ballot, no verifiable paper records, and has no means of carrying out an
accurate re-count. Their vote on record is not on paper. Their results are
centrally tabulated and demonstrably “hackable” and the software is
proprietary. The owners of Diebold and ES&S are brothers, and very
politically involved on behalf of a single party.

Residents of this County would be interested to know if you plan on
attending this series of "Seminars”.


Looking forward to your response,

[LightningFlash]

4. I see Conwoman McCormick will testify...

Any other updates on this will it be broadcast over C-SPAN?