Ohio Election Fraud (Formerly "Fairness")

Ohio Election Justice Campaign asks for Ohio Inspector General's powers to be expanded from investigating Attorney General, and look at the Auditor of State also.

By Paddy Shaffer
Director, The Ohio Election Justice Campaign

May 19, 2008

A beautiful spring morning in Ohio was the backdrop for an OEJC press conference. Much of our topic revolves around the 2004 election theft in Ohio, which happened on a cold rainy day. Spring brings new hope, and that is what we have, new hope that the election fraud will finally be addressed.

The press conference centered around two letters that we delivered today. The first was provided to reporters and went to the statehouse. It is addressed to the Ohio General Assembly, and asks these members to broaden the powers of the Ohio Inspector General, Thomas P. Charles to follow the election fraud issues, in particular the destruction of election records issue to the office of the Auditor of State. Our Ohio Attorney General just resigned, while threatened with impeachment and an ongoing investigation into the problems in his office. The below letter was delivered to all 99 Representatives of the Ohio House, and to all 32 Ohio Senators today. It was taken to their offices and was to be put in their mailboxes. It was put in the mailboxes of all the Statehouse Correspondents, which are the media.

A second letter was delivered to the office of the Ohio Inspector General. His ability to look into the Attorney General is not normally allowed by Ohio Law. The legislature made and exception for this scandal. We are asking that he look into the election fraud issue at the Attorney General's office also, the involvement of past and current employees of that office, and the obvious cover up we have found. This appears at both the Attorney General's office, and at the Bureau of Criminal Investigation which is under the AG office. We want this looked at, while he is looking at the sex scandal, and multiple mismanagement issues. This actually is rather important in the scope of things. We were told it typically takes 2 to 3 weeks for a response.

Thanks to Progress Ohio for hosting our press conference.

Thanks to Peace General Bruce for his video, editing, and posting work. Thanks to those who assisted you to get this done.

Video of the Press Conference is available in 9 minute segments at:

OEJC Mark Dan resignation press conference 5/19/08 part 1

OEJC Mark Dan resignation press conference 5/19/08 part 2

OEJC Mark Dan resignation press conference 5/19/08 part 3

It is in three segments. Please share them. The titles may be changing to better reflect the subject. If this changes the link, I'll resend them.

The first article we have found on this is available at this link and has a place to comment under it. Please for those of you who can, do comment. As Tuesday is likely to be the day we will get a variety of coverage, I'll send out the links to the articles we find. Hopefully many reporters spent this beautiful spring day writing about the beautiful changes that could happen in Ohio if we could get this cold ugly election theft issue resolved.

This is the letter to the Ohio General Assembly.

___________________________________________________________

The Ohio Election Justice Campaign

The Ohio General Assembly
Jon Husted
Ohio State Representative District 37, House Speaker
Ray Miller
Ohio State Senator District 15, Minority Leader

May 19, 2008

Dear Members of the 2007-2008 Ohio General Assembly:

The Ohio Election Justice Campaign asks that you expand the investigative powers of Ohio Inspector General Thomas P. Charles to extend beyond the office of the Ohio Attorney General. In our efforts to resolve the needed investigation and prosecution of Ohio election fraud issues that have effected both Ohio and this nation, we have found that the office of the Ohio Attorney General and its Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification appear to be involved in a cover-up.

We further ask that Ohio Inspector General Thomas P. Charles be given the power to extend his investigation into the office of the Ohio Auditor of State (AOS). We ask that you allow the Inspector General to look at the links that run from the office of the Ohio Attorney General into the AOS and SOS in connection with the investigation and prosecution of Ohio election fraud issues.

As the Ohio General Assembly has self-righteously and boldly led the effort to take a critical look at former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann, the scandals and cover-ups in his office by himself and other of his employees, we ask that you really look at it all. Open the can of worms. See what is in it. Allow and encourage the Inspector General to investigate all those who promoted, enabled, or ignored and therefore allowed election fraud to happen in Ohio. This had the potential to be the most important investigation Marc Dann could have done, with the biggest impact. He neglected that duty. Why? Who was involved?

Why does the current Ohio Auditor of State Mary Taylor allow the destruction of state and federal records? What part did former Auditor of State Betty Montgomery play during the destruction of millions of ballots that were under litigation hold, that were protected by federal court order, and that had been represented by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office under Mr. Petro as safe to two separate federal court judges?

Forty-six counties destroyed their unvoted ballots. Some did this before the Presidential election was even certified on January 6, 2005. Of great concern is the destruction of all or part of the 2004 election record by 56 of the 88 Ohio counties. Yet Clermont County was still destroying additional protected records and as recently as July 2007. Board of Elections Director Mike Keeley signed that he destroyed protected poll books and tally sheets for the 2004 election. These have a six-year record retention schedule.

The destruction of these records violates numerous federal and state laws. The Ohio AOS is responsible for the maintenance of these records and oversees their retention and destruction. Yet nothing has been done to either preserve them or halt the continuing destruction. Why? These records belong to the people of Ohio. Who will enforce our laws? The Auditor of State’s office has been notified. I was told by the Auditor of State’s office that the laws are “self-enforcing.”

At this time you have given Inspector General Thomas P. Charles the authority to look at the Attorney General’s office. We ask that in the badly managed issue of the AG office in the case of the 2004 election fraud, you enlarge the Inspector General’s powers to follow the trails to another state agency. Let him look at the current office holders, and the last office holders also. Look at the obvious cover-up by current staff, the destruction of public records, the alleged election law violators still running our Ohio elections.

Thank you for your consideration of this important issue. If we need to submit a more formal request to enlarge the authority of the Inspector General, kindly advise us on the proper procedure. We would also welcome the opportunity to present our evidence in more detail to the Oho General Assembly, and we respectfully request a written response to this request.

Sincerely,

The Ohio Election Justice Campaign

Paddy Shaffer
Director, The Ohio Election Justice Campaign
(614) 266-5283
paddy@columbus.rr.com

Victoria Parks, OEJC
Mark Brown, Congressional Policy Forum, OEJC
Dan Stanton, OEJC

J. Kenneth Blackwell has been subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee, reports OMB Watch:

Congressional Hearings Examine Election Issues

The House Judiciary Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Subcommittee passed a resolution, with a 6-4 vote, authorizing a subpoena to former Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell for testimony about the 2004 election. On January 29, Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) and Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) wrote a letter to Blackwell to "explore the state of voting rights and the allocation of resources to end voter suppression and voter fraud," but he has refused to appear voluntarily. The Associated Press quoted Conyers; "Mr. Ken Blackwell, wherever you are in North America today, please know that we are not sending the gendarme for you this moment," said Conyers. "I do not like to issue subpoenas. ... The only problem is we can never reach him."

Complete article

Announcement by Richard Hayes Phillips:


The finished manuscript of my long-awaited book --
Witness to a Crime: A Citizens’ Audit of an American
Election -- has gone to the printer. The book will be
hardcover, with a dust jacket. The manuscript is 448
pages, 6” x 9”, including Table of Contents, Glossary
and Index.
In addition there will be eight color plates with
two photographs each, and a CD with 1200 digital
images of actual ballots, poll books, voter signature
books, and other forensic evidence from the 2004
presidential election in Ohio.
The retail cost to the purchaser, including
packaging and postage, will be between $25 and $30,
depending upon the final cost to me. Once the product
is received, and the retail price is known, I will be
accepting credit card payments. During the month of
February only, I will accept personal checks, as they
will have time to clear before the book is actually
available.
Anyone interested in making advance orders for the
book should send $30 per copy, via personal check,
bank check, or money order, to the address below. The
final cost is expected to be less than $30, and I will
be happy to refund the difference. If you wish to
consider the difference to be a donation to the cause,
feel free to say so. Please make all checks payable
to Fisher Street Ventures.
The advantage to you is that advance orders will be
filled before the book is formally announced on the
worldwide web. Please allow 7 to 10 days for
delivery.
Attached is the text of the dust jacket flaps for
the book, being the most concise description of its
contents.

Richard Hayes Phillips
4 Fisher Street
Canton, NY 13617
(315) 379-0820
richardhayesphillips@yahoo.com

ENDORSEMENTS:

Richard Hayes Phillips worked day and night for three
years compiling irrefutable evidence of how the
Republicans stole the 2004 presidential race in Ohio.
This landmark investigation is a testament to what
private citizens can accomplish when government
officials fail to protect our right to vote and to
count those votes as cast. Every American –
Republican and Democrat – should read this book, and
join the fight for democracy’s most fundamental right.

-- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

The experience of the investigators in Ohio shows all
of us how to figure out if, and how, and where ballot
tampering and ballot substitution can take place –
whether at the polls, or during transportation of the
ballots, or after their arrival at a central location.

-- Bev Harris, Founder, Black Box Voting

Recommended reading, BuzzFlash interview with David Earnhardt, director of new film "Uncounted":

A BUZZFLASH INTERVIEW

For me, it's quite simple. I was appalled at what I'd seen in the 2004 election ...

-- David Earnhardt, Director of Uncounted

* * *

First of all, BuzzFlash wants to commend all those Americans who are working to ensure that every citizen can vote -- and that every vote is properly counted.

Since the debacle of the Florida vote in 2000, there has been a growing movement to ensure voting rights. It involves the unacceptable role of proprietary electronic voting machines (owned in large part by Republican affiliated corporations); the suppression of voting rights (think "Jim Crow" voter "identification cards"); and equal access to voting precincts, among other issues.

It's a complicated and long-term challenge to ensure that the legal right of "one person/one vote" is enforced -- and that a vote count accurately reflects the votes cast. Given the large number of issues involved, the voter advocacy community has, at times, disagreed about some of the potential solutions, particularly when it comes to electronic voting machines.

As for BuzzFlash, we believe that if there is not a count of paper ballots to audit any electronic total, then there is no possibility of ensuring an accurate vote count. We also believe that no private corporations should own any proprietary software that is not completely transparent. Unless one can count paper ballot "trails" (which can be thought of as "receipts,") there is always room for monkey business. (In fact, having publicly owned electronic voting machines that produce printed ballots that can be reviewed and checked for accuracy by the voter allows for cross-matching totals to ensure a correct count. Remember that paper ballots alone can also be abused. That's how the term "stuffing the ballot box" came into being.)

All of this leads us into recommending Uncounted, an excellent, informative documentary about the broad range of election integrity issues that confront us as a nation. Uncounted distills the most important problems confronting advocates for allowing every eligible voter to cast a ballot -- and then making sure that the ballots are accurately counted.

We were delighted to interview David Earnhardt, who produced, directed and wrote Uncounted.
* * *


BuzzFlash: We've seen your film, Uncounted, The New Math of American Elections. Your film is exceptional in how it presents a narrative about what is really quite a complex issue to follow. What motivated you to undertake a film like this on the voting issue, let alone distribute it on your own, show it around the country on your own?

David Earnhardt: For me, it's quite simple. I was appalled at what I'd seen in the 2004 election, and then, coupled that with, after the election was over and after Kerry conceded, watching the media just go away. From a mainstream media standpoint, there was no looking into many of the problems that had been observed on Election Day.

There was lots of great work going on on the Internet. There was great investigating going on in Ohio and New Mexico, from the legal standpoint, from the alternative journalistic standpoint. But in terms of the mainstream media, it did not exist. I was just naïve enough to be shocked. I just could not believe it. I thought we'd sort of fallen into a parallel universe.

And for me, like a lot of people, the 2004 election felt like a very important election. It felt like the stakes were very high. We closed down our office that day. Many of us wanted to go out and get involved, door to door, to encourage people to vote. My wife and I did that kind of thing for the first time. And I was struck by several interactions I had in a neighborhood that we were in.

It was a fairly low economic neighborhood. When I knocked on the door -- and this happened on three or four different occasions -- I would encourage people to get out and vote. The sentiment was something to the effect -- different forms of this - look, I'm not going to vote. This is not for me. This is not anything that has to do with me. They've already decided who's going to win. It's that kind of language. I'm saying, no, no, no, that's what they want you to do -- not go out and vote. You've got to get out there. You've got to. It was that kind of interaction.

I realized later that I was the naïve one. There was a certain truth in there that I was missing, and it upset me. I thought: my gosh, we really don't take this right very seriously. So I went to work. I went to work immediately and started studying everything I could. I decided, I'm going to find everything I can, and at least consider doing a documentary. Eventually I had enough material to where we could pull the trigger and say let's keep going. Let's do something on this. Let's try to get this issue out there.

Complete interview

The House Judiciary Committee has extended an invitation to J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio's former Secretary of State, and the chief architect of voter suppression and disenfranchisement in the Ohio 2004 election, to testify at a hearing in Washington on February 8, 2008, on the 2004 election.

The national tour of the film "Uncounted" starts in Sacramento and Oakland, California, January 15th and 17th. Details here.

I was working as a MoveOn coordinator for the Shaker Heights polling center at Woodbury Elementry School in the 2004 election. I was 14 at the time and was barred from the polls, and as a MoveOn member, I wasn't allowed within 100 feet of the entrance, thus the only evidence I have is from other people.

Early in the morning, a large line formed outside the polling place- about a 3 hour wait to vote.

The problem supposedly lay in a zoning regulation.

The way the Shaker Heights School District is set up, students are admitted from areas of Cleveland bordering Shaker Heights. Apparently this caused a problem with voting on taxes- the poll workers would not elaborate on this for me, and the voters who were turned away were unsure as well.

The big problem, however, is that the poll workers *refused* to give out provisional ballots for those whose voting elegibility was in question, and instead, turned them away after a lengthy wait.

Most of those turned away tried to vote at another polling place, only to be told to return to Shaker, where they were again denied the ability to vote.

It should be noted that Shaker Heights - indeed, the Greater Cleveland area - is one of the most strongly Democratic areas in Ohio.

~Cyrus O. Taylor

The link to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections web page which contained information about the election results in Cuyahoga County for the period 2000-2005 is no longer operating.

Here is the link:

http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/BOE/results/history.htm

It had been posted here.

We hope that Ohio activists will be in touch with the Cuyahoga board of elections to find out where this information can be located online.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports, based upon an in-depth interview of Ohio's Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, by Brad Friedman in Brad Blog, that Ms. Brunner will be "look[ing] into the situation".

We received this release from "Uncounted". Please pass it along to election reform activists:

Planning Nationwide Tour in Partnership with Local Election Integrity Groups

CONTACT: Glenna Johnson, Glenna@ep-video.com

NASHVILLE, TN (November 12, 2007) – UNCOUNTED: The New Math of American Elections premiered last night to a sellout crowd of nearly 400 at the historic Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee. The film’s producers are making immediate plans to book a return engagement at the Belcourt and are planning similar events across the country.

UNCOUNTED documents in startling and factual ways how the illegal and unethical tactics used to steal elections in recent years threaten the rights of voters in the upcoming 2008 presidential election.

The event was sponsored by Common Cause of Tennessee and Gathering To Save Our Democracy – two local groups lobbying the state of Tennessee to get rid of paperless electronic voting machines in the state. Both groups were ecstatic about the response to the UNCOUNTED premiere.

"We were delighted we attracted this many people to our event on a Monday night," said Gathering to Save Our Democracy spokesperson, Thelma Kidd. "Now, more people than ever know about the work we are doing – and why paperless electronic voting machines are a problem for our state."

The film had a follow-up panel discussion that featured members from Gathering to Save Our Democracy.

"Most of the audience stayed for the panel discussion that followed the film – and it was a lively and informative discussion," said Kidd. "I think UNCOUNTED explains the issue in a way that helps people understand why protecting our vote is so critical. By the end of the night, people were coming up to me asking, "What can I do to help?’ "
UNCOUNTED producer/director, David Earnhardt, is forming partnerships with election integrity groups across the country, inviting them to sponsor screenings with follow-up panel discussions in their cities as a way to bring focus and attract new people to the issues they are fighting for.

"There are hundreds of election integrity groups, most of them formed since the 2004 election, doing amazing work fighting for fair elections," said Earnhardt. "But it is so difficult for most of them to attract large numbers of people to their cause. It’s not an easy issue to explain. Our film offers a way for grassroots groups to reach new people in their communities."

Earnhardt said he is encouraging local election integrity groups to sponsor screenings when interest in elections is high – during the upcoming state presidential primaries, most of which will be held in January and February 2008. On February 5 alone, 24 states are having their presidential primaries– the most ever on a single day.

"We hope to go to all 50 states with our film during the next twelve months," said Earnhardt. "The stakes have never been higher for us to repair our election system as quickly as possible before the 2008 Election."

To contact the filmmakers about having a screening in your city: http://www.uncountedthemovie.com/screenings.html
For more information about Gathering to Save Our Democracy, go to www.VoteSafeTN.org.
PURCHASE DVD: www.UncountedTheMovie.com/order-the-dvd.html
PROMOTIONAL TRAILER: http://UncountedTheMovie.com/trailer.html
WEBSITE: www.UncountedTheMovie.com
PRESS KIT: http://UncountedTheMovie.com/press.html
CONTACT FILMMAKER: David@ep-video.com

Community Leader's Forum

Topic: Remembering November 2, 2004: Election Justice Issues in Ohio

Date: Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Time: 12:45 p.m.

Place: First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Road,
Columbus, Ohio

Contact: Earl Wurdlow, earlword@yahoo.com, 614-296-6304

The November 2, 2004 election in Ohio had profound results on our globe, our
nation, our state, and our community here in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is
now nearly synonymous with election issues. Despite the passage of time,
many election issues from 2004 remain unresolved, while new ones have
surfaced from the 2006 election. On the third anniversary of the election
that changed the nation, come hear from people who are seeking election
justice before and in preparation for the next election.

Preplanned fake Warren County Board of Elections Lockdown in Ohio, November 2, 2004, during the tabulation of the ballots.

Please put the below article by Erica Solvig of the Cincinnati Enquirer in your Warren County files (assuming you are now going to have one). Study, print it off and share it generously with many, write about it, investigate further, and put it in your list of things you can talk about.
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/11/05/loc_warrenvote05.html


This is part of The Ohio Election Justice Campaign's work to educate the state, the nation, and the world on what happened in Ohio's elections.

This is the link to Warren County's Emergency Services Director Frank Young, mentioned in the article: http://www.co.warren.oh.us/emergencyservices/

There is an Election Educational Program event at the First Unitarian Universalists Church at 93 W. Weisheimer Road this Sunday, 11-11-2007. There will be ongoing training of many people, media, politicians, and law enforcement on many different election stories, and providing these people with the accompanying documents to support the citizens investigation to date. The goal is to have an actual legal investigation and some prosecution of violations of Ohio election laws. Many story tellers will be needed to accomplish educating many people on the real history of Ohio. Please attend.

If you are someone interested in becoming a speaker or writer for The Ohio Election Justice Campaign, please contact us and let us know. Many will be needed. Donations to fund our work are needed also. Information and tax deductible contributions can be made at: http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/OEJC and for further information go to http://www.wakeupandsaveyourcountry.com/oejc.html

Sunday at 12:45 p.m. on November 11, 2007 at the First Unitarian Universalists Church, in Worthington, Ohio, we begin our Election Education Program. We start teaching the story tellers, and others interested in knowing Ohio's recent history. We will be providing the documentation of the citizen investigated election crimes, that many will have it. All are welcome to join us! Please RSVP at the below email for Paddy if you can come, or to join our effort.
For information and to donate to help us: http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/OEJC
and for more information: http://www.wakeupandsaveyourcountry.com/oejc.html

Know that some of the people that destroyed the now missing 2004 ballots, are some of the same people now involved in the taxpayer funded 1.8 million dollar testing of Ohio's voting machines now ongoing by the Ohio Secretary of State. We will discuss this, and more on Sunday.

Make it a Powerful Day,

Paddy Shaffer
Director, The Ohio Election Justice Campaign
paddy@columbus.rr.com
(614) 761-0621

This is very powerful video from the November 2, 2007 Three Year Memorial Anniversary of the Theft of the 2004 Presidential election. The Ohio Election Justice Campaign hosted this mournful event.

The Eulogy and the Funeral Procession to the Franklin County Board of Elections, the Ohio Secretary of State, and the Ohio Attorney General's office buildings are contained within. Here is the link: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5764871517737283753&hl=en

Over 350,000 Ohioans did not get to vote in 2004.

Many thanks to Peace General Bruce Duncanson for his documentary photography for this coverage. Thanks and God Bless these patriotic activists, my friends, these members of The Ohio Election Justice Campaign and of the public that joined us November day.

Please share this with others that are interested in restoring the rule of law, and honest elections to the United States, especially the state of Ohio. This is a sad but important part of American history.

"Quarantine that Machine" announced for the first time, a plan to empower the voters of this nation to have any machine that appears to be behaving in a criminal manner during an election (example vote hopping), to be pulled from the election, not chanced or tampered with by poll workers, treated as a piece of a criminal investigation, picked up by law enforcement, not returned to the local county election officials until an investigation of said machine has been done by certified investigators. The voter would be encouraged to file a police report, and to follow up with election integrity groups and report the incident, and get them a copy of the police report. The Ohio Election Justice Campaign is interested in collecting these reports, and would appreciate any group that is given such a report to also submit a report to us.

For more information, and to donate to The Ohio Election Justice Campaign go to:
http://www.electiondefensealliance.org/OEJC

and further information is available at:

http://www.wakeupandsaveyourcountry.com/oejc.html

Sincerely Concerned,

Paddy Shaffer
Director, The Ohio Election Justice Campaign
paddy@columbus.rr.com
(614) 761-0621

General Bruce here: To log in these news story videos...


O.E.J.C."Ohio Election Justice Campaign" at Ohio State House for Funeral over HONEST ELECTIONS and on to Franklin County BOE then to Ohio Secretary of States office with a final stop at the Ohio Attorney Generals door. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5764871517737283753&hl=en



Members and friends of the O.E.J.C. "Ohio Election Justice Campaign" gathered for a wake over the loss of HONEST ELECTIONS at Victorians Midnight Cafe in Columbus, Ohio, USA.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-736920594271384767&hl=en

Victoria (Victrola) Parks Sang "This is my Democracy" at the wake for HONEST ELECTIONS held at Victorians Midnight Cafe in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2257722270541165551&hl=en


Ohio Voting Rights Day>Panel discussion
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2578837481414455716&hl=en

Ohio Voting Rights Day >Jeniffer Brunner's talk
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1185923019322179186&hl=en

Ohio's S.O.S. J. Brunner>on H.C.P.B.s

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5761939639193314211&hl=en

NEW FILM REVEALS HOW ELECTIONS ARE STOLEN:
"UNCOUNTED" RELEASED NOVEMBER 6 ON DVD


PROMOTIONAL TRAILER: http://UncountedTheMovie.com/trailer.html
PURCHASE DVD: www.UncountedTheMovie.com/order-the-dvd.html
TO HOST A SCREENING: http://www.uncountedthemovie.com/screenings.html

NASHVILLE, TN (November 6, 2007) -- UNCOUNTED: The New Math of American Elections exposes a threat to the core of our democracy - our right to vote. This feature-length documentary tells about what Americans are doing and can do to make certain every vote counts.

UNCOUNTED is now available on DVD. The film's theatrical premiere will take place November 12 at the historic Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, Tennessee.

Theatrical screenings of UNCOUNTED are being scheduled throughout the country through Brave New Theatres. If you are interested in hosting a screening, you can get more information at http://www.uncountedthemovie.com/screenings.html .

"UNCOUNTED tells the shocking yet true story of how votes are stolen in America," said producer/director David Earnhardt. This bold new film, by Emmy award-winning Earnhardt, exposes how voters were cheated during the 2004 and 2006 elections - and why it is likely to happen again in 2008. In factual and logical ways, a variety of computer, statistical, and election experts show how the unethical and illegal manipulation of the vote can change the outcome of every election - whether on a local, state, or national level.

"Very powerful. Clear and succinct. This film is urgent viewing for those who care about democracy and the integrity of the electoral process."
Robert Koehler, Syndicated Columnist, Tribune Media Services

UNCOUNTED reveals stories that didn't make the headlines, stories that will leave viewers outraged by the ways the American election system is manipulated:
• Clint Curtis, a Florida computer programmer, was directed by his employer to create software for voting machines that would "flip" votes.
• In Emery County, Utah, Bruce Funk, the elected County Clerk was unceremoniously locked out of his office by the county commission after he complained of security flaws in the Diebold manufactured voting machines the county uses.
• Diebold is also at the center of Californian Steve Heller's tale of election malfeasance. While working as a temp at a law office, Heller found out Diebold was using illegal uncertified software in their voting machines.
UNCOUNTED also tells the story of Athan Gibbs, an accountant by training, who wanted passionately for votes to be counted in a verifiable way. Gibbs found a cost-effective way to do so. He and the vote counting software he created were gaining a following among Members of Congress before his unexpected death in 2004.

"Uncounted explores the disquiet many American voters feel about the health of their electoral system and explains why they are absolutely right to feel unnerved."
Andrew Gumbel, Author & Journalist, "Steal This Vote"

"The release of UNCOUNTED is timely," said Earnhardt. "Congress is right now considering legislation that would help safeguard the integrity of the vote," he added. "I hope UNCOUNTED will cause Americans to question whether their vote really counts, and then inspire them to make certain their vote does count."

Earnhardt is a producer/director of 30 years and a former broadcast executive. He is a winner of both Emmy and Iris awards. A national documentary on children's rights, a biographical documentary about jazz legend Helen Humes, and a comedy special featuring an up-and-coming Jay Leno are among Earnhardt's many credits.

"Election manipulation rarely even makes a top ten issues list," said Earnhardt. "But think about it, if your vote doesn't count, then nothing else really matters."

"A vital and important work ... Uplifting, encouraging, optimistic..."
Brad Friedman, Investigative Journalist, BradBlog.com

PROMOTIONAL TRAILER: http://UncountedTheMovie.com/trailer.html
PURCHASE DVD: www.UncountedTheMovie.com/order-the-dvd.html
TO HOST A SCREENING: http://www.uncountedthemovie.com/screenings.html
WEBSITE: www.UncountedTheMovie.com
CONTACT FILMMAKER: David@ep-video.com
PRESS KIT: http://www.UncountedTheMovie.com/press.html

Here is the latest about what's going on with our documentary, UNCOUNTED: The New Math of American Elections (www.UncountedTheMovie.com). Please share this information with any people or groups you know that will have an interest.

First, our DVD RELEASE DATE is Tuesday, November 6 - one year before the 2008 presidential election. In addition to the film, the DVD has more than one hour of bonus footage, including extended interviews and scenes. We will send you a more formal announcement about our DVD release on November 6. For now, people can PRE-ORDER THE DVD AT: http://uncountedthemovie.com/order-the-dvd.html

Second, our THEATRICAL PREMIERE is Monday, November 12, at the historic Belcourt Theatre in Nashville. We are expecting a sellout crowd of nearly 400 people. The event is sponsored by Common Cause and Gathering to Save Our Democracy (the group Bernie Ellis founded). Here is a link to information about that event: http://www.belcourt.org/events?categories=Event&id=52372

Third, our film will be available for SCREENINGS nationwide beginning November 13. Many groups are already talking to us about featuring our film as the centerpiece for events to stir up interest in election integrity issues. I plan to make myself available as often as possible for followup Q&A sessions at these screenings. Please encourage interested people and groups you know to contact us to do a screening of UNCOUNTED in their community: http://uncountedthemovie.com/screenings.html - or they can just contact me directly at David@UncountedTheMovie.com.

Looking ahead, we are also in the initial stages of putting together a national screening tour during January & February - coinciding with the presidential primary elections in most of the 50 states. More about that later, as plans develop.

Finally, our TRAILER on YouTube has gotten plenty of attention - already more than 4,000 viewings in just a few weeks. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nJz09T0HME.

It is all very exciting to launch our film almost one year to the day before what might be our most important presidential election ever. We hope our film can help bring a new integrity to our election process - and, most importantly, to the 2008 presidential election. For more information about our film, people can visit our recently completed website at www.UncountedTheMovie.com.

Please forward this email to your lists and to anyone you think will have an interest in our film. Consider also posting our infomation on your website or with any discussion groups or blogs in which you participate.

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Columbus Ohio, November 2, 2007

The Citizen's action group, Ohio Election Justice Campaign, announces three events for general public participation for Friday, November 2nd. In recognition of the third anniversary of the defrauding of the 2004 general election in Ohio, representing the defeat of democratic elections in the state, the OEJC restores public attention to the continuing plight of election problems, even under the Democratic administration. Given the facts - that two members of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections (Maiden and Dreamer) were convicted for rigging the 2004 recount, and as yet have not been imprisoned for offenses. There is evidence that the same behavior was perpetrated in 2004 on a statewide and systematic basis in many Ohio counties, and many of those same counties destroyed their 2004 federally protected election records. In Ohio, 56 of the 88 counties turned over partial or no ballots to the Secretary of State when ordered to do so by a US District Court Judge under the threat of a fourth degree felony and contempt of court charges. These are the people's records, and there are now over 1.5 million 2004 ballots forever gone. The Ohio Secretary of State, Jennifer Brunner, now has in her possession the remaining evidence of the largest crime in world history (look at the effect worldwide of this non president)... the theft of the US Presidential Election. There are over 2,200 boxes of election records in her possession. Also in these records is the evidence that the Ohio Supreme Court races in 2004 were rigged in Delaware County. Those record exist in full. The stickered ballots where votes were stickered over and changed in Clermont County are in the custody of the SOS. Why will the Secretary of State not inventory or collect the signature books and poll books that still exist? Brunner was informed that Clermont County destroyed the signature and poll books in July 2007, yet nothing was done. Why will they not investigate those records... Members of the OEJC have let both the Ohio Secretary of State, and Ohio Attorney General know of many of the crimes for which those records are the physical evidence. Yet nothing is being done. Why? The only response we get is that they must get ready for 2008.

The OEJC draws public attention to the lack of political courage to prosecute the crimes of massive, organized election fraud against the people's will in Ohio. These crimes extend out to harm the entire nation, and the world. We ask for the return of the rule of law. Democracy died in Ohio on November 2, 2004. Can we resurrect it?

The following events are scheduled to take place in Columbus, Ohio on November 2nd, 2007:

November 2nd, Friday at 11:30 a.m. will begin with a Eulogy and New Orleans-style funeral procession for the ‘Death of Democracy” starting at the Ohio Statehouse. The funeral procession will start at the McKinley statue on High Street at noon, and will proceed to the Franklin County Board of Elections, the Ohio Secretary of State, and the Ohio Attorney General. Jazz band players will lead the parade, and the public is welcome to join peacefully in the procession.


From 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 Weisheimer Rd., Clintonville, please attend the Memorial Service for Democracy. Come share your feelings and stories of disenfranchisement during and after the events of 11/2 2004, the date of the Ohio general election sanctioned by the Bush-Cheney campaign re-election chairman, Secretary of State Blackwell.

From 7:00 p.m. till midnight at the Victorian's Midnight Cafe on Fifth and Neil, (go North on High, west on Fifth), citizens are invited to participate in dialogue to identify and frame the most significant issues for action for 2008. Music and speakers are promised for the event.


Contact Information:

Ohio Election Justice Campaign
Paddy Shaffer (614) 761-0621 paddy@columbus.rr.com
Marj Creech (740) 739-1390 risenregan@earthlink.net

“How Fair and Open are Elections in the US?”
October 24th, 7:00 p.m. in Law Room 175.
We will open with a reception in the law school commons at 6:30 p.m.
Please join us and distribute widely.

David Cobb, an attorney who was the Green Party's candidate in the 2004 presidential election, will speak at the University of Oregon School of Law on Wednesday evening, October 24, at 7:00 p.m. in room 175. This event is open to the general public free of charge.

Cobb will discuss systemic problems in the electoral process. He will address a provocative topic: "How Fair and Open Are Elections in the United States?" Cobb will discuss the role that attorneys and other citizens can play in ensuring fairness and encouraging widespread participation in elections.

Cobb was prominent in advocating for a recount of Ohio's ballots in the 2004 presidential election. He continues his work for election reform as a fellow with the Liberty Tree Foundation for the Democratic Revolution.

This event is sponsored by the Public Interest/Public Service program at the University of Oregon School of Law, along with the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics.

For further information, contact Kevin Parks at kparks@uoregon.edu.

The Law School Commons referred to below is the "Knight Law Center" of the University of Oregon at 1515 Agate Street. Room 175 is also called the "commons" or the "auditorium room". Parking can be tricky, but usually available in the
neighborhoods to the south and east of the University. Best to ride bicycles or come early to allow time to walk the last few blocks from your car to the center.

The Third Anniversary of the 2004 election fiasco in Ohio, where we will talk about what problems we had in 04 and how many still need to be fixed for 08.

Nov. 2, Friday

11:30 am-1 pm, will begin with a rally and funeral service for Democracy starting at the State House, McKinley statue and winding around election officials' offices. Jazz band players and lots of drama and excitment.

If you are not the rallying type, please join us for the next event:

5:30 pm -7:00 pm at First UU Church on 93 Weisheimer Rd--that's in Clintonville, west off High St. Memorial Service for Democracy. Come share your feelings and stories of disenfranchisement during and after the 04 "election."

7:00 pm till midnight (or so) Victorian's Midnight Cafe on Fifth and Neil, (go North on High, west on Fifth), we will continue the discussion of what we still need to do to get ready for 08. Music and some good speakers. Some stories you may not have heard!

CONTACTS: Marj Creech, risenregan@earthlink, or honestelectionscow@gmail.com, 740-739-1390 , Paddy Shaffer, paddy@columbus.rr.com, 614-761-0621. Ohio Election Justice Campaign

PLEASE PASS THIS NOTICE (the last part of our Nov.2 events) to all your friends and lists--we have so little time to make a real difference before the next fiasco.

This post is intended as a resource for those doing factual research on the Ohio election 2004, specifically relating to issues of (a) fraud, (b) disenfranchisment, (c) voter suppression,
(d) recount obstruction, and (e) vote machine tampering. It makes no pretense at comprehensiveness, but is merely an attempt to compile links which have been posted on this site which either (1) are themselves primary sources of evidence, or (2) summarize, analyze, or point to, such sources.

The links are listed in reverse chronological order of posting.

They are numbered in reverse numerical order; the first 2 digits of each link refer to the year of posting. (I.e. “0410" is the 10th post in 2004).

A link to this post is at the bottom and can be ascertained by right-clicking the phrase "Permanent Link to this Post". (But please note that it is not "permanent": each time the post is updated in a new month, the 2-digit number for the month changes, and when it is updated in a new year, the 4-digit number for the year changes as well). For a permanent link that will not change each month, use http://ohioelection2004.com/evidence.htm, which is the identical compilation posted on my web site http://ohioelection2004.com


0604-Sepember 1, 2006, Declaration of Richard Hayes Phillips
0603-Jonathan Simon's Report of Exit Poll "Shifts" (Thanks to Steve Freeman & Joel Bleifuss for pointing this out in their book, "Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?", at p. 215, fn. 5.)
0602-Greene County 2004 Recount Irregularities Detailed Under Oath by Recount Worker
0601-Study Concludes 6% of precinct results "impossible", 40% "improbable", patterns consistent with vote-altering miscounts

0548-Diebold Software Had Back Door
0547-Cuyahoga County Election Results 2000-2005
0546-Reports by Greene County Recount Volunteers Show Unlawful Conduct by Board of Elections officials
0545-Report: Lucas County B.O.E. Violated Law, Manipulated Recount,
Destroyed Ability to Reconcile Ballots, Accepted Improper Absentee Ballots, and committed other malfeasance
0544-Collection of Illegal Voter Suppression Flyers from 2004 Election
0543-Warren County 2004 Recount Obstruction Detailed by Recount Volunteers
0542-Clermont County 2004 Recount Obstruction Detailed by Recount Volunteers
0541-Lake County "advisory" advising newly registered voters they were "illegally" registered and couldn't vote
0540-Hocking County Official Shredded up to 10,000 Voter Registration Documents, According to Complaint
0539-Investigation of $10,000 offered to Franklin County election official by Diebold consultant
0538-Licking County Irregularities Described in Paul Harmon Brief to Ohio Supreme Court
0537-Common Cause issues 2-minute film on 2004 election
0536-Study of Overvotes and Undervotes in 4 precincts of Montgomery County by Ellis Jacobs
0535-1597 Franklin County Ohio voters whose provisional ballots were categorized Code 200 - Not Registered (No Vote) in the 2004 General Election, yet who are listed in the BOE registration database
0534-Database of Columbus Ohio Voter Protection Hotline November 2nd Complaints
0533-Outline of Incidents of Vote Suppression, Vote Machine Fraud, Dirty Tricks in 22 states, prepared by Florida League of Conservation Voters
0532-Summary and List of Richard Hayes Phillips Reports
0531-Report by "Georgia Citizens for Paper Ballots"
0530-Analysis of Ohio Vote Fraud by Prof. Keefer
0529-Clermont County Affidavits Show that White Oval Stickers Were Affixed to Ballots Covering Kerry/Edwards Spaces, Plus Other "Irregularities"
0528-"Voting Problems & Uncounted Votes in Lucas County" by Justine Smith
0527-Triad Technician Who "Fixed" Hocking County Machines Was Also Present at Guernsey County Recount
0526-Analysis of 2004 Electronic Voting Problems by VotersUnite

0525-Clermont County Board of Elections Refused to Answer Recount Questions About Irregularities
0524-Complaint & Affidavits from Knox & Franklin County Voters about Long Lines & Voters Leaving
0523-Exit Poll Numbers Fudged : Analysis by Nashua Advocate
0522-41% of Provisional Ballots Axed in Lucas County
0521-Political Contributions in Youngstown
0520-Study of Statistical Anomalies in Ohio by Tim Lohrentz
0519-Beachwood, Ohio, Anomalies
0518-"Exit Poll Data Does Not Match Pre-Election Polls" : Analysis by Tim Lohrentz
0517-Study of Cuyahoga County Irregularities
0516-Study of Franklin County Voting Machine Allocation by Tim Lohrentz
0515-Pacifica Radio Audiotape of January 6th Hearings in Congress
0514-Analysis, Summary, Charts, and Spreadsheets of 2004 Ohio election Prepared by James Jacobs
0513-House Committee Appendices: Eyewitness Accounts, Linda Byrket Documentary, and Blackwell letter
0512-Transcript of November 20, 2004, hearing, Cleveland, Ohio, Windemere United Methodist Church
0511-House Judiciary Democrats Report Dated January 5, 2005
0510-Raw Exit Poll Data on Internet
0509-"Examination of Comparative Validity of Exit Poll & Vote Count Data"-Dr. Jonathan D. Simon & Dr. Ron P. Baiman
0508-Study of Exit Poll Data
0507-Columbus Free Press Analysis of Evidence : 10 Preliminary Reasons Why Congress Must Investigate Rather Than Certify
0506-Secretary of State List of Distribution of Voting Machines in Ohio (generated by Secretary of State on December 30, 2004).
0505-Expert Witness Testimony (Drs. Baiman, Lange, and Phillips) Submitted by Petitioners in Election Contest Litigation (Moss v. Bush).
0504-Transcript of Testimony from December 13th Congressional Hearing in Columbus (Forum on Ohio Election Irregularities), Including Clinton Curtis Sworn Testimony.
0503-Official Documents from December 8th Congressional Hearing
0502-Transcript of Testimony from November 13th Hearing at New Faith Baptist Church
0501-Text of Justice Moyers Order Denying Motion for Recusal


0489-Collected readings on vote machine fraud
0488-Judge Moyer Rules that Evidence Can be Destroyed
0487-Moritz College of Law posts website devoted to Ohio 2004 election litigation documents.
0486-More Irregularities Uncovered by Recount in Fairfield, Champaign, Van Wert, and Ashland Counties! Triad accessed computer remotely prior to recount!
0485-More evidence of Ohio election fraud unearthed in Trumbull, Franklin, Madison, and Miami counties. Blackwell refuses to testify.
0484-Exit poll data suppressed by media
0483-Uncounted Summit County Votes
0482-Uncounted Hamilton County votes
0481-Refusal to count provisional ballots in Cuyahoga
0480-Uncounted Cuyahoga County votes analyzed
0479-Cuyahoga County uncounted votes analyzed
0478-Summary of specific allegations in election contest
0477-Miami County results fraudulent says Phillips
0476-Lucas County irregularities tied to burglary

0475-Mahoning County "Irregularities" Detailed at Hearing
0474-Testimony from December 13th Columbus Hearing
0473-Transcript of November 15th Hearing at Franklin County Courthouse
0472-Videotaped interview of Triad technician tampering with machines in 6 counties
0471-Videotape of Suppression of Voters in African-American communities
0470-Lucas County Recount Report
0469-Triad permitted to reprogam computers by remote dial-up
0468-Report by Recount Observer on various irregularities
0467-Green Party summary of select voting and recount problems
0466-Fairfield County officials impede recount
0465-Licking County officials refuse to let observers view voting machines
0464-President of Triad permitted to participate in Montgomery County recount
0463-Witnesses relate details of Blackwell-ordered Greene County lockout
0462-Medina County recount irregularities
0461-Cuyahoga County recount irregularities
0460-Expert analysis of electronic computer fraud in Mahoning County
0459-Triad technician permitted to disassemble machine morning of recount
0458-Green Party report of obstruction by election officials
0457-Green Party report of obstruction by Blackwell
0456-Cuyahoga County recount obstructed by officials
0455-Collection of incriminating facts about 2004 election, some relating to Ohio
0454-Cuyahoga officials refuse recount permission to audit rejected provisional ballots
0453-Lucas County Democratic Party Offices Burglarized, Computers Stolen
0452-Audio of December 13th Columbus hearing
0451-Ohio activist run off the road

0450-Counties refuse to comply with Kerry requests
0449-Blackwell refuses to cooperate with House Judiciary Democrats investigation
0448-Recap of testimony from December 13th Columbus hearing
0447-Cobb reports Triad technician tampered with machine
0446-Computer programmer Curtis testifies Republicans hired him
to create vote rigging software
0445-Transcript of December 8th hearing
0444-More absentee votes than absentee voters in Trumbull County
0443-Expert witness opinion affidavit of Richard Hayes Phillips
0442-Breach of security with Greene County voting records
0441-Idle voting machines not used in inner city precincts
0440-Cleveland votes thrown out because voters followed instructions
0439-Record of December 8th Washington, DC, hearing
0438-Blackwell locks out recount observers
0437-Detailed report on Cuyahoga County election irregularities"
0436-Radio interview with Computer programmer Clinton Curtis
0435-C Span Video of December 8th hearing
0434-Article summarizing some evidence of fraud
0433-PFAW Report on 2004 Election
0432-Affidavit of Clinton Curtis
0431-Video and audio tapes of November 13th
and 15th Columbus hearings.
0430-Blackwell delays certification by 5 days
0429-Evidence of fraud in Cuyahoga County
0428-Cuyahoga seeks to discard provisional ballots
0427-Blackwell delays counting of provisional ballots
0426-Analysis by Alan Waldman

0425-November 25th summary of fraud evidence
0424-Transcripts of voter testimony, and analysis
0423-Systematic withholding of voting machines
in predominantly Democratic precincts in Cleveland and Columbus
0422-Court permits further delay of recount
0421-Voting machines withheld in Franklin County
0420-Baltimore Chronicle article on exit poll discrepancies
0419-Warren County lockdown premeditated
0418-Free Press Article: How Election Rigged
0417-Audio and video tape of hearings
0416-Chart of Ohio election fraud
0415-Evidence of fraud listed by Rockwell
0414-Article summarizing testimony
0413-First hand reports by election protection volunteers
0412-Pacifica tape of November 13th hearing
0411-MSNBC: Ohio has paper trail
0410-Deliberate imbalance in voting machines
0409-List of irregularities compiled by Columbus group
0408-Articles about exit poll discrepancies
0407-Blackwell refuses to count provisional ballots
0406-My "basic report from Columbus"
0405-Pacifica audio of December 13th hearing
0404-Election Day 2004 videotapes
0403-Neighborhood Network audio and video tapes
0402-PFAW 866-OURVOTE Ohio incident reports
0401-Video tapes of November 13th & 15th hearings

Numerous other web sites and blogs provide additional valuable primary sources. Many are listed in the left hand column under "Important Links". Two which I have found especially helpful are
Election 2004 (http://shadowbox.i8.com/stolen.htm) and

MiaMedia Votergate Resource Center (http://miamedia.com/votergate)

If you have evidentiary material which you would like to share with this blog, please send to ohioelectionfraud@mindspring.com with "oef" as the subject.

Ohio Election Justice Campaign


2004 Election Fraud Issues
Guest List of Speakers, Special Guests, and Supporters for Meeting with
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner
and Ohio Attorney General Mark Dann


October 14, 2007
The Very Serious Reason for the Requested Meeting, and our updated guest list…

The Ohio Election Justice Campaign has requested a meeting with Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, and Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann.

We have requested a three hour meeting, for which we plan to bring a group of speakers to each speak briefly on a topic, and then to discuss with Secretary Brunner and Attorney General Dann, what is going to get done to investigate and prosecute those involved in the massive amount of documented election fraud in Ohio with an focus on 2004 and subsequent election law violations. We ask for a way for the public to follow the progress, and have dialog about this.

We are waiting for confirmation for a date. It has now been 68 days since the request for a meeting was first made on August 8, 2007.

FUNERAL FOR 2004 - WE REMEMBER... the long lines in the rain, the misallocation of voting machines, the blocking of the recount, and then the rigged recounts,
We will be stopping by both the office of The Ohio Secretary of State and The Ohio Attorney General, as well as The Franklin County Board of Elections on November 2, 2007, as we mourn the Death of Democracy, the anniversary of the November 2, 2004 election. This will be between 12:00 and 1:30 p.m. as our funeral procession moves down Broad Street in downtown Columbus. We ask that Secretary Jennifer Brunner, Attorney General Marc Dann, and Franklin County Board of Elections Director Matt Damschroder be prepared to speak with us briefly as we come a calling to your offices. If you are not available, please have staff available, and let us know in advance who that staff member will be.

We cannot go into a third potential stolen Presidential Election with no accountability on what has happened. We have massive amounts of documentation in Ohio, thanks to the many citizen investigators, of which several of us in The Ohio Election Justice Campaign did the actual investigation. We want justice for Ohio and the nation. We want to meet and get the needed legal work started to resolve this. We want free and fair elections.

The enclosed growing list is the updated guest list, including their bios, and the topics for which our speakers plan to speak on. Please reply to us all, that we shall know that both the Ohio Secretary of State, and the Ohio Attorney General have received this letter. What can we start with, to work on these issues with both your offices? Can we now meet as requested above, or can we at least now meet with staff? Lets start something. Progress is progress.

Sincerely,

The Ohio Election Justice Campaign

Contact Person:
By Paddy Shaffer
Founder, The Ohio Election Justice Campaign
paddy@columbus.rr.com
(614) 761-0621



Guest List to Date

Speakers
Paddy Shaffer, Bev Harris, Gary Flowers, Victoria Parks, Blair Bobier Esq., Patricia Axelrod, Sheri Myers, Tim Kettler, Brad Friedman, Tim Carpenter, Richard Hayes Phillips PhD., Ken Karan Esq., Adele Eisner, Paul Harmon Esq., Paul Lehto Esq., Dr. Peter Jones, Karla Van Bibbler, Clint Curtis, Pate Hutson

Journalists
Lynn Landes – Landes Report www.landesreport.com
Jon Craig - Cincinnati Enquirer
Evan Davis – Pacifica Radio and co-producer of Pacifica's 2006
10-part series on elections, "Informed Dissent".
Michael Collins – Scoop Independent News, "Scoop" , EFN , www.electionfraudnews.com/ ,
www.scoop.co.nz/features/usacoup.html
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/author/michael_collins
Justin Jeffre – Publisher and Writer Cincinnati Beacon

Documentary Film Crews and Photographers
1. Richard Ray Perez – Producer – “Why Ohio Counts”
2. Mary Beth Brangan and Jim Heddle - Producers, "Help America Vote on Paper",
"Got Democracy", "A Little Light'll Do Ya, Defending Democracy in America",
"Vote Rigging 101",
3. Matt Krous – Producer “How Ohio Pulled It Off
4. Jeff Kirkby – Voices of Cleveland and Beyond Video Productions LLC

Bloggers
Michael Collins – Scoop Independent News, "Scoop" , EFN , www.electionfraudnews.com/ , www.scoop.co.nz/features/usacoup.html , http://www.smirkingchimp.com/author/michael_collins
Brad Friedman – www.bradblog.com
Mark Crispin Miller http://www.markcrispinmiller.blogspot.com/

Invited, monitoring issue, but not confirmed
Ian Urbana – New York Times

Guests to View Meeting
Marj Creech, Mark Brown, Sherole Eaton, Stephen Caruso, Nudge Squidfish, Bill Buckel, Dan Stanton, Anita Rios, Jennifer E. Alexander, John Gideon, Connie Harris, Peace General Bruce Duncanson, Rady Ananda, Teresa Dawson, Leatrice Tolls, Jo Anne Karesek, Jane Schiff, Jason Parry, Ellen H. Brodsky, Jamia Shepherd, Marian Lupo J.D., Ph.D., Lorraine E. Bieber, Andrew Miller, Vicki Lovegren, Gloria Kilgore, Holly Church Wendell, Mary Ann Gould, Christa Hupp, Johannah Hupp-Clark, Phil Fry

National Election Integrity Groups and Other Groups
Gathered in Support of The Ohio Election Justice Campaign
Black Leadership Forum
Election Defense Alliance
Green Party of Ohio
Progressive Democrats of America, PDA

Individuals Supporting The Ohio Election Justice Campaign
Ray Beckerman
David Earnhardt
James Fetzer
Mimi Kennedy
Andi Novick
Penny Little

_______________________________________________________________________
Below are the bios and the topics for speakers that have currently been received for The Ohio Election Campaign meeting, for which a date and time has not yet been scheduled.

Guest Bios


Speaker:
Patricia Axelrod is an Nevadan election activist and the Director of the Desert Storm Think Tank and Veterans' Advocate. A weapons system analyst and military scientist for peace - she is the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research and Writing Award as well as a Project Censored Award for her analysis of the modern electronic battlefield and the performance of 'high tech' weaponry.

Axelrod's work has assisted investigations undertaken by the U.S. Congress and the General Accounting Office (GAO) as well as by the German and United Kingdom
Parliaments. She began investigating Nevada's election and voter registration systems the day following the 2004 elections and she now acts as a pro se plaintiff in a lawsuit that she is litigating against Sequoia Voting Systems, Diebold Elections Systems, Sequoia's parent companies Smartmatic and Da La Rue Holdings, The State of Nevada et al, and Washoe County, Nv.

Axelrod will discuss her Sequoia and Diebold findings with an emphasis on the Diebold Electronic Voter Registration System called DIMS. (Diebold DIMS - commonly sold with Diebold GEMS - is in use in Washoe County NV wherein she resides and votes on a Sequoia AVC Edge with Verivote Printer voting machine.)

Speaker:
Blair Bobier served as the Media Director for the Green Party's 2004 presidential campaign. A pioneer in the Green Party movement, Bobier is a founder of the Pacific Green Party of Oregon and was the party's gubernatorial nominee in 1998. Bobier is a member of the Federal and State bars of Oregon and teaches as an adjunct at Western Oregon University. He is a contributing author of the book Counting Votes: Lessons from the 2000 Presidential Election in Florida and has been published on op-ed pages in major newspapers from coast to coast. Bobier has made appearances on television, cable, radio, satellite and internet broadcasts, and has been a featured guest on two
NPR programs. Bobier is an award-winning environmental activist and is well known for
his work on electoral reform. Bobier successfully lobbied the Oregon legislature in 1993 to ease Oregon's restrictive ballot access laws and played a major role in initiating the statewide recount of presidential votes in Ohio, the first such recount in the history of the country. He has lectured at Willamette University, Oregon State University, the
University of Oregon Law School, Southern Oregon University, Bowdoin College in Maine, and at major election reform conferences in California and Oregon.

Speaker:
Tim Carpenter, Founder and National Director of Progressive Democrats of America is a social and political activist who, for more than 30 years, has worked for causes such as nuclear disarmament, death penalty abolition, defending the homeless, and campaign finance reform. Tim established Housing Now! and Democrats for Peace Conversion (DPC), co-founded the Orange County chapter of the Alliance for Survival (AFS), and helped organize the Orange County chapter of Families Against Three Strikes (FACTS). He was a national delegate and served in key positions in the presidential campaigns of Jesse Jackson (1988), Jerry Brown (1992), and Bill Clinton (1996), and spoke from the podium at the 1992 Democratic National Convention in New York. Tim was director of the Western Massachusetts Clean Elections movement for public funding of political campaigns, and served as field organizer for Clean Elections' Massachusetts’s gubernatorial candidate Warren Tolman. He also served as Deputy National Campaign Manager for Kucinich for President, was the campaign's state co-coordinator in Massachusetts, and the campaign's Convention Coordinator in Boston. He co-founded AfterDowningStreet.org. In 2006, he was elected as a Massachusetts Democratic Party delegate committed to Deval Patrick. Tim has taught U.S. history and government at the high school and community college levels. He is a product of the California State College system, where he graduated from Cal State University Fullerton with Bachelors Degrees in History and Political Science, as well as a Masters in History. Tim lives in Western Massachusetts with his wife Barbara Considine and their daughters, Sheila and Julia.

Speaker:
Adele Eisner, Adele Eisner is a Wellness Practioner (Massage and CranialSacral) and 20+ year activist and facilitator/instructor on issues driven by universal spiritual ideals of democracy and need for social justice - honoring and evoking fullest possibilities for each and all and creating interdependent teaching/learning communities. She has successfully taught children labeled “learning disabled” in elementary and high school settings, has taught graphic design at college level, and adults in both skill-based marketing and in leadership trainings nationwide. She has been a part-time journalist, founder of a marketing firm for small businesses and a ten-year, nationally award-winning fine artist. In the early 90’s, after serving as a Plain Dealer metro correspondent and often being the only non-staff member at non-publicized University Heights, OH City Council meetings, Eisner broke the 25+ year self-perpetuating incumbency cycle, by being elected to a 4-year seat on that Council without incumbent pre-selection. She won the highest vote plurality based on providing public information, standing for open meetings and records, encouraging and listening to citizen input, and on equal recognition of the city’s diverse population. She has participated on many boards ranging from those of public television stations, to arts organizations, to interfaith and inter-suburban councils. She has been a strong advocate for election reform since the 2004 election, has actively and consistently volunteered in monitoring and attempting to help improve Cuyahoga County’s election board, and has been an active member Ohio and national election reform organizations since that time.

My subject "Transparency"
I quote Andi Novick, Esq. in his recent memo case to the New York state re: their upcoming decision about "HAVA compliance." Though this refers to New York, it certainly holds true, in principle, for all other states, including Ohio. "New York State Owes a Duty to its Citizens to Safeguard Our Constitutionally Protected Franchise. The State holds the ultimate responsibility for protecting our constitutional right to vote and to have our vote counted as cast. The Court of Appeals has held: The right of an elector to vote is conferred by the Constitution.........[the elector] is entitled to see that his vote has been given full force and effect. ....any method of holding an election which would deprive the electors..... of the right of casting their ballots and having effect given to the votes so cast would plainly be unconstitutional. (emphasis supplied) Deister v Wintermute, 194 NY 99, 108
And I paraphrase, the State must be able to exercise full control over the electoral process which the public must be able to observe and scrutinize in order to hold its government accountable. (emphasis mine.)


Speaker:
Brad Friedman is an Investigative Blogger/Journalist and founder of the popular progressive website The BRAD BLOG (www.BradBlog.com) where he has broken innumerable explosive stories since 2004 on everything from the disastrous Election Irregularities of 2004/2006 and the current E-Voting Meltdown, to the alarming string of ongoing corruption of the Bush Administration and their cronies in Congress and the Corporate Mainstream Media. He has appeared to discuss his reporting on ABC News, CNN, CourtTV and others. He's a contributor at Huffington Post, and has written for Harvard's Neiman Foundation of Journalism, Mother Jones, Editor & Publisher, Salon.com, ComputerWorld, Columbus FreePress, Hustler TruthOut.org, and whoever else will have him. He's frequent and popular guest presence on radio programs left right and middle and a frequent Guest Hosted for Peter B. Collins, Mike Malloy, The Young Turks and others. As well, he frequently speaks live at events around the country. He is co-founder of VelvetRevolution.us, an umbrella organization on everything from Election and Media Reform to the War in Iraq.

Topic: The dangers of electronic voting and the importance of a paper ballot -- one that is tabulated publicly -- for every vote cast in Ohio.

Speaker:
Paul Harmon, 54, has been an attorney for 28 years. He began as an assistant county prosecuting attorney in the Licking County where after three years he became the first assistant in the felony division, trying the most serious of crimes ranging from murder and rape to theft. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from Ohio State University and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Dayton. For the past 24 years, Mr. Harmon has been a successful private practitioner where he specializes in family law.

Topic:
In November 2004, Paul Harmon ran for Licking County Domestic Relations Court Judge. He lost by less than 200 votes. Although a recount is mandatory in such close elections, he was denied a recount. The local board of elections excluded the media and voted unanimously to deny access to elections records. While legal proceedings were pending to contest the election