Election reform presentation in Crossville, Thursday, 10/13, 4:15-6:00 pm

[Fly by night]

This coming Thursday, Democracy for Cumberland County is sponsoring my presentation on election reform in Tennessee. I will draw on my recent presentation at the National Summit to Save Our Elections in Portland, Oregon. Like that presentation, I will speak for about 45 minutes and then leave the remaining time for questions and discussion.

My audience will be both public officials (including county election commissioners) and members of the general public in Cumberland County (Crossville, TN). We expect between 30-60 people to be there. If there are any Orange State DUers in the Crossville area who might want to attend my presentation, it is scheduled for 4:15-6:00 pm, Thursday, October 13, at the Art Circle Library Annex in Crossville. That building is on First Street, not far from the county courthouse, and is part of the library complex.

I will draw heavily on the recent close (and unrecountable) special elections in Memphis and will review a lawsuit there that argues that paperless electronic voting is unconstitutional in Tennessee. If there are issues that you want me to cover, please post them here or PM me. I look forward to meeting other Orange State DUers there.

[guruoo]

1. Are you aware of HR 3910?

From: guruoo2 <guruoo2@........>
Date: Sat Oct 8, 2005 12:03 am
Subject: ActionAlert: HR 3910 would make paper trail vote meaningless
> It's about the Feeney bill and it's urgent. This bill is as dangerous as the Patriot Act and they're trying to silp it through unnoticed.Everybody in the 200$ ER&D forum, please go here right away and comment, click and NOMINATE! http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4999575 And keep going back to kick it and add comments. Comments are essential to keep new people reading the thread and nominating it.
>
> Then send the letter below (in your own words or not) to everybody you know. This could just make the difference to keep the Feeney voter disenfranchisement (but give 'em neutered VVPBs) bill sailing through Congress unnoticed. If you haven't already signed the VoteTrust petition, the link is there.
>
> THIS IS ALL OF OUR ISSUE. PLEASE WORK ON THE THREAD AND GET IT TO THE HOME PAGE.
>
> Send this to your entire email list!
>
> PLEASE COMBAT A NEW AND URGENT THREAT TO THE INTEGRITY OF AMERICA'S
> ELECTIONS!
>
> A few days ago, VoteTrustUSA ( http://votetrustusa.org ) issued an
> action alert in support of Rep. Rush Holt's Voter Confidence and
> Increased Accessibility Act (HR 550) as written. Now we have learned
> that a new bill, HR 3910, introduced by Rep. Tom Feeney of Florida,
> would render voter verified paper records (VVPR) effectively
> meaningless, while jeopardizing the ability of millions of Americans
> to exercise their right to vote at all. Its paper record requirement
> lets the States decide whether the VVPR is used as anything more than
> an expensive and meaningless placebo, while its Voter ID section
> requires a government-issued photo ID to vote in person, or a copy of
> it to vote by mail, per Homeland Security guidelines. We are issuing
> this new action alert so quickly because this new threat is so
> immediate that it is essential for concerned citizens to act now to
> protect our right to vote and ensure that our votes are counted
> accurately and transparently. Please respond to this urgent Action
> Alert today. Democracy demands no less!
>
> HR 3910 could disenfranchise millions of elderly, poor, minority and
> disabled voters, who lack the time, means, or physical ability to make
> the long trek to wait in long lines to obtain the only acceptable type
> of voter ID. At the same time, by combining the questions of Voter ID
> and VVPRs, it would stifle the debate about the need for verification
> of the vote totals from electronic voting systems This is
> unacceptable. Every voter must be able to cast his or her vote
> without the undue burden of obtaining a government-issued photo ID
> and every vote must be recorded and counted accurately and
> transparently. Democracy demands no less.
>
> PLEASE CLICK HERE TO HELP DEFEAT HR 3910 IN ITS ENTIRETY. (
> http://www.congressweb.com/cweb4/index.cfm?orgcode=VTUS... )
>
> In response to this new development, we have adopted a two-pronged
> strategy that goes on the offense against HR 3910 while, at the same
> time, urging Congress to immediately pass Rep. Rush Holt's Voter
> Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2005 (HR 550) as
> written. HR 550 will ensure that the voter verified paper ballot is
> legally considered the official record in the event of a recount,
> challenge, or discrepancy, and that independent audits of the voter
> verified paper ballots are performed to check the accuracy of the
> vote count. HR 550 already has the bipartisan sponsorship of 157
> Members of the House of Representatives.
>
> There is nothing more important for any of us to do today than to
> write your Representative demanding that the Holt (HR 550)bill be
> immediately passed as written, and that the Feeney Bill (HR 3910) be
> stopped in its tracks.
>
> Click to send this new email to your Representative, even if
> have already written about HR 550! (
> http://www.congressweb.com/cweb4/index.cfm?orgcode=VTUS... )
>
> Please go to
> http://www.congressweb.com/cweb4/index.cfm?orgcode=VTUS...
> NOW to send an email to make sure your voice is heard. At the same
> time, your name will be added to a petition, urging the passage of HR
> 550 as written. The petition will be delivered to the members of the
> House Administration Committee, who are responsible for both of these
> bills. Tthe Committee traditionally operates with little, if any,
> citizen input -- not even providing a way an email to the Committee
> office,. It's time to put a stop to that! (If your name is already
> on this petition, only the email to your Representative will be
> sent.)
>
> It's up to us to make our voices heard! Please sign the
> Congressional E-Mail/ and petition (
> http://www.congressweb.com/cweb4/index.cfm?orgcode=VTUS...
> ), call your Representative and the Members of the House
> Administration Committee, and ask everyone you know to do the same.
> Democracy demands it of us. We can do no less.
>
> Thank you for your support!
> Joan Krawitz
> Executive Director
> VoteTrustUSA.org ( http://votetrustusa.org )

[Fly by night]

2. yes, I am. I'm also aware that Tom Feeney (that crooked weeney) ...

... is the biggest vote-stealer in Congress. I'm fortunate to know Clint Curtis personally so I am very aware of Feeney and his lack of any moral fiber whatsoever.

If you're near Crossville, please join me for my presentation on Thursday.

[guruoo]

3. I won't be able to make it ...

myself, but I've forwarded the info to
knoxdems list, and to everyone on my mailing list that
live within the vicinity.
I'm also going to see if I can get this posted as an announcement
on the DFT website as well.