Important from Common Cause...Voting in 2004 Election

[WiseFawn]

Common Cause, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and The Century Foundation invite you to bring your questions and concerns regarding the November 2 elections to an event entitled "Voting in 2004: A Report to the Nation on America's Election Process." RSVP for this important event now by clicking on the following link:

www.commoncause.org/RSVPVotingin2004

The event is open to the public, the press, Members of Congress and their staff, and the academic community. Statements will be made by Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Representative Rush Holt (D-NJ) , Representative Steny Hoyer (D-MD), and Representative Bob Ney (R-OH).

We will begin at 8:30 a.m. and continue to 4:30 p.m. in Washington, DC in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G50. We will hear testimony from experts who were on the ground on November 2. Expert panels will explore issues and problems that occurred in the following areas:

Absentee Ballots, Military and Overseas Voting
Provisional Ballots
Polling Place Operations and Poll Workers
Voting Machines
Voter Registration
Voter Suppression and Intimidation
All panels will be followed by question and answer sessions.

Let us know right away if you plan to attend the event by filling out the RSVP form mention above:

www.commoncause.org/RSVPVotingin2004

Invited and participating individuals and organizations include:

The Brennan Center for Justice, Rock the Vote, Demos, the George Washington School of Law, the National Association of Secretaries of State, election officials, Verified Voting, the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Electionline.org, the American Civil Liberties Union, American Families United, The Advancement Project, and experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California, and Johns Hopkins University.

We are doing everything we can to remove doubts about the integrity of our electoral process. This public event is a first of its kind and is a crucial step in our endeavor to seek meaningful reform for our flawed election systems. So, if you can't attend this event but would like to give us your financial support, we would greatly appreciate your support and contributions for our work to protect the integrity of our elections:

www.commoncause.org/supportElectionReform

Thank you again for all you do for Common Cause.

Sincerely,

Chellie Pingree
President & CEO
Common Cause

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

1. Kick! n/t

[jamboi]

2. bump n/t

[Eloriel]

7. Date is Dec. 7

And to put this in perspective relative to the 4 members of Congress who will be there, check this out:

On boat cruise Diebold teaches election officials how to deflect criticism
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x75509
Link: http://www.americanether.net/Boatrides.html
also see: http://www.opednews.com/lang_071304_voting_dinner.htm

Congressman Ney kept legislation to improve HAVA off the floor. Democrat Steny Hoyer -- somebody ought to look at his campaign contributions (including if there are any from ITA - Int'l Technology Assn, very strong and not very ethical lobbying group). Hoyer was responsible for HAVA and has also been obstructionist (IMO) relative to fixing things. And I have no reason to think Dodd is somehow an angel or protector of voting rights either at this point. He did something recently (forget what) that REALLY ticked me off and disappointed me (tho may not have been voting related), and if he's running in this crowd (Ney and Hoyer), then phooey with him -- I don't trust him any more.

[BeFree]

8. Certainly, Eloriel

Your concerns are valid. Who knows, this may just be an effort to whitewash the election. Don't know much about Common Cause, but we do know there is a vast right wing conspiracy to steal our votes.

They will stop at nothing in order to keep the truth hidden, but thanks to folks like you, we still have a chance to get to the bottom of this.

[WiseFawn]

9. Thank you,

I missed this somehow. I was tired when I received this and for some reason, I associated it with Common Dreams, the place I get emails from with the recent articles. I apologize for the mistake. Common Cause, I know nothing about that I can remember. But I'll explore the links you've given, and thank you for them. I certainly do not want to be spreading bad info.

[trudyco]

3. Can you conference in through the web? n/t

[WiseFawn]

5. I don't know, sorry.

Maybe they are saying more on their site. This was an email from them that I get.

[Liberty Belle]

4. kick!

[tommcintyre]

6. kick