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07 / 25
Start: 7:00 am
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The Rules Committee of the US Senate will reportedly be conducting a hearing on S.1487 on July 25. Recommended Action: Please contact both US Senators from your state (link provided below), and ask them to read this analysis of S1487, and to work to improve the bill -- or if amendments fail, to withdraw support and vote it down. Senate Contacts: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm Click here for articles analyzing S.1487. There are 25 areas of function, and many of them have severe problems. I hope that all activists can agree that this bill is the wrong way to election reform. I hope we can have a strong showing at the hearing next week, to demand a better bill and to make sure that our Senators understand why each of these flaws is wrong, and how to improve it. --Teresa Hommel | ||
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07 / 27
Start: 9:30 pm
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Airdate: Friday, July 27, 2007 at 8:30 p.m. EDT on PBS. This time on NOW.
NOW investigates a secret Republican plan designed to disqualify voters. Was there a White House plot to illegally suppress votes in 2004? Source: The Advancement Project UNITED STATES STUDENT ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION v. LAND Judge Rules Michigan Voter Purge Program Violates Federal LawOctober 14, 2008 In a major victory for voting rights, a judge yesterday ruled that Michigan's voter removal program violates federal law and ordered the state to stop illegally purging voters from the rolls. The decision comes in a lawsuit filed last month by Advancement Project, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Michigan, and the law firm of Pepper Hamilton LLP. "We are gratified that the judge ordered the state of Michigan to halt its unlawful purge program," said Bradley Heard, senior attorney with Advancement Project. "This decision protects thousands of Michigan residents' voting rights from being infringed upon during this important and historic presidential election, and beyond. It is now up to the state of Michigan to afford these voters the protections that federal law requires." Judge Stephen J. Murphy of the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan ruled that one of Michigan's voter removal programs violates the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA). In question was a Michigan state law requiring local clerks to nullify the registrations of newly-reg | ||
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07 / 30
Start: 3:00 am
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From California Secretary of State website: PUBLIC HEARING LOCATION HEARING DATE AND TIME NOTICE 1. SEQUOIA WinEDS version 3.1.012/Edge/Insight/400-C a. WinEDS, version 3.1.012 2. DIEBOLD GEMS 1.18.24/AccuVote a. GEMS software, version 1.18.24 3. HART INTERCIVIC – System 6.2.1 a. Ballot Now software, version 3.3.11 Notice is further hereby given that the above-referenced public hearing | ||
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08 / 1
Start: 5:00 pm
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Will California Finally Ban Failed DRE Voting Systems? WHAT: Tom Courbat, founder of SAVE R VOTE, on Voice of the Voters WHEN: Wednesday, August 1, 8:00 p.m. Eastern WHERE: Internet radio at http://wnjc.duxpond.com/ Voice of the Voters SPECIAL GUEST: Grassroots Organizer, Tom Courbat, Founder of SAVE R VOTE in Riverside County, CA, and Election Monitoring Coordinator of Election Defense Alliance. Following the stunning failure of California's certified electronic voting machines as a result of the "top to bottom review" ordered by Secretary of State Debra Bowen, will the state move to prohibit the use of DREs (touchscreen/touchbutton, direct recording electronic machines)? What has been the role of California's grassroot voting rights campaigns in arriving at this critical juncture? What does the future hold for these groups in preparation for the 2008 national elections? Tom Courbat, founder of SAVE R VOTE, will join guest host Lori Rosolowsky tonight on Voice of the Voters to discuss these questions. Some other topics to be considered include: What are the "Seven Deadly Sins" in Riverside County? How do local grassroots efforts make a difference on the national level? What would be the benefits and challenges of uniting grassroots groups nationwide and creating a database of electoral integrity information for all to access? What sort of organizing needs to be happening state by state? What new communications strategies are the most promising for this type of organizing? You Tube? Blogging? Internet radio? | ||
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08 / 12
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Diebold optical scanners, the New Hampshire Constitution, and your vote in the Granite State. What's it all add up to? Watch Tobi and Twomey on Political Chowder this Sunday. We'll talk. Tune in Sunday, August 12th, from 11 to Noon EST* on MyTV NOTE: * EDA Calender display is set to Pacific Time, but individual event details present info in local time zone terms. Political Chowder re-airs during the week on 45 public access stations, serving over 90 cities and towns across NH. New Hampshire audience, see live TV broadcast channel listing at: http://www.politicalchowder.com/wheretowatch.html or National audience: Watch the show on web video as soon as it is added to the Video Podcast archive: Website: http://www.politicalchowder.comwww.politicalchowder.com ---------------- Political Chowder with host Arnie Arnesen is New Hampshire 's newest political television show. Between opening presents and family dinners on Christmas Day, will you have to find time to vote? What are the odds that your vote will count? Can NH's Diebold voting machines be trusted? California's Secretary of State decertified their Diebold machines... should we? How do we keep the next attack against America from being nuclear? What you don't know about loose nukes. All this and more, Sunday @ 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Political Chowder | ||
08 / 13
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08 / 14
Start: 1:00 pm
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Dan Rather Reports: "The Trouble with Touch Screens" Airs Tuesday, August 14 at 8:00 p.m. EST and again at 8:00 p.m. PST Repeat broadcasts on Aug. 15, 17, & 23 Rather's investigation reveals: * Sequoia intentionally supplied defective paper ballots to Palm Beach County, FL in the 2000 presidential election, resulting in predictable over-vote ballot spoilage (confetti chads) of thousands of Democratic voters' ballots, altering the outcome of the presidential election. * ES&S knowingly shipping rejected, defective touchscreens to Sarasota Co. Florida -- where 13% of the Congressional votes were lost in the Nov. 2006 midterms, costing the Democratic candidate the election. Where to Watch: List of Local Stations -- http://www.hd.net/watch_at_home.html Complete hour-long video now viewable online at: http://www.hd.net/drr227.html Transcript available at: More About Rather Reports and HDnet: http://www.hd.net/danrather.html# Related report by VotersUnite:" http://www.votersunite.org/info/IrresponsibleVendors.pdf This paper provides fully documented evidence revealing that Diebold Election Systems, Election Systems and Software (ES&S), Sequoia Voting Systems, and Liberty Election Systems fail to meet the criteria for responsible contractors. | ||
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08 / 22
Start: 2:00 pm
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Guests: Tom Courbat, Save R Vote founder Wednesday, August 22, 8 pm EST* (*Note: EDA Calendar runs on PST; individual event details are stated in local event time) 1360 AM and on the Internet at http://wnjc.duxpond.com Three weeks ago, California Secretary of State Debra Bowen banned DRE touchscreen machines in California. What is the fallout? What options does this decision give to election officials in California? To the vendors? To the voters and taxpayers? How are California election officials responding? Are they fighting the decision or complying, and if so, by what means? I. Save R Voter founder Tom Courbat, featured on our August 1 program, will provide an analysis of the impact to date of Bowen's historic decision. He will discuss the various ways several California counties--including LA, the largest county in America, are responding to the ban on DREs and what that means for taxpayers and voters. Mr. Courbat will also explore alternatives his group has presented to Riverside County's election officials. II. Then, how is music propelling the Election Integrity movement? The song "They Lost My Vote" by Ellen Bukstel and Nancy Wuerzburger is regularly heard on Voice of the Voters as well as other programs around the country. It won top honors at the 2007 Wildflower Arts and Music Festival in Texas. Why did it capture the judges' attention and what does that say about the medium and the message? Who else is listening to the song and why? The songwriting team of Ellen Bukstel and Nancy Wuerzburger will discuss how their song has landed them audiences with candidates and key figures in the election integrity movement, including the latest exciting development: an invitation to perform at an upcoming event with Presidential candidate Barack Obama. | ||
08 / 23
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End: 2:00 pm
Dan Rather Reports: "The Trouble with Touch Screens" Airs Tuesday, August 14 at 8:00 p.m. EST and again at 8:00 p.m. PST Repeat broadcasts on Aug. 15, 17, & 23 Rather's investigation reveals: * Sequoia intentionally supplied defective paper ballots to Palm Beach County, FL in the 2000 presidential election, resulting in predictable over-vote ballot spoilage (confetti chads) of thousands of Democratic voters' ballots, altering the outcome of the presidential election. * ES&S knowingly shipping rejected, defective touchscreens to Sarasota Co. Florida -- where 13% of the Congressional votes were lost in the Nov. 2006 midterms, costing the Democratic candidate the election. Where to Watch: List of Local Stations -- http://www.hd.net/watch_at_home.html Complete hour-long video now viewable online at: http://www.hd.net/drr227.html Transcript available at: More About Rather Reports and HDnet: http://www.hd.net/danrather.html# Related report by VotersUnite:" http://www.votersunite.org/info/IrresponsibleVendors.pdf This paper provides fully documented evidence revealing that Diebold Election Systems, Election Systems and Software (ES&S), Sequoia Voting Systems, and Liberty Election Systems fail to meet the criteria for responsible contractors. | ||
08 / 24
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10,000 Election Simulation proves effectiveness of UBS ballot count validation system. 
