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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> Public documents of the House Committee on Administration reproduced here were originally published at http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2345&Itemid=1223 prior to general public release via US government websites. During March, 2007, the Elections Subcommittee of the Committee on House Administration held three public hearings on election reform. Members of the Elections Subcommittee are: Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Chair; Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Ranking Member; Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA); Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-CA); Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA); and Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-MI). The submitted written testimony can be downloaded by clicking on the hyperlinked names of each of the witnesses who testified.

Thursday, March 15, 2007, 2:00 p.m. "Machines and Software"

Opening Statement of Subcommittee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) Panel One: Accessibility and Machines Kelly Pearce, Disability Access Voter, Working Group Cook County Illinois Ted Selker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Eric Clark, Secretary of State, Mississippi Diane Golden, Consortium of Citizens with Disabilities Panel Two: Software Disclosure Matt Zimmerman, Electronic Frontier Foundation Brit Williams, Kennesaw State University David Wagner, UC Berkeley, ACCURATE Hugh Gallagher, Election Systems Acquisition and Management Services Bruce Behrendorf, Collab.net, Apache Software Foundation

Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 2:00 p.m. "Election Audits"

Panel One Matt Damschroder, Director Franklin County, Ohio Board of Elections Ion Sancho, Supervisor of Elections , Leon County, Florida Panel Two Candice Hoke, Center for Election Integrity, Cleveland State University R. Doug Lewis, Executive Director, The Election Center Lawrence Norden, Brennan Center, New York University Tammy Patrick, Federal Compliance Officer, Maricopa County Arizona Elections Department Pamela Smith, President, Verified Voting

Friday March 23 at 9:30 a.m. HR 811 The Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007

Panel One Hon. Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida Panel Two Hon. Rush Holt (D-NJ) Hon. Tom Petri (R-WI) Panel Three Hon. Debra Bowen, Secretary of State, California Hon. Chris Nelson, Secretary of State, South Dakota Panel Four Tanya Clay House, Director of Public Policy, People for the American Way Foundation George Gilbert, Director of Elections, Guilford County, North Carolina Edward Felten, Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University Don Norris, Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland - Baltimore Panel Five Noel Runyan, Personal Data Systems Harold Snider, Access for the Handicapped Warren Stewart, Policy Director, VoteTrustUSA Gail Mahoney, Jackson County MI, Chair National Association of Counties

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