International Broadcasting Corporation: IBC Radio Network Announces a Special Edition of The BRAD SHOW!
SPOKANE, Wash., Sep 29, 2005 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- IBC Radio Network, a division of International Broadcasting Corporation (OTCBB:IBCS), announced today that a SPECIAL EDITION of THE BRAD SHOW, hosted by Investigative Blogger, Brad Friedman, will broadcast LIVE on-location from Portland, Oregon at the National Summit to Save Our Elections this Saturday, October 1, 2005 from 7p to 11p ET on the IBC Radio Network. (The show will repeat Sunday at 12noon to 4pm ET)
This weekend's special live broadcast is to be titled "Democracy at Stake," to reflect the growing body of disturbing information being uncovered by Friedman in regard to the validity, transparency and security of electronic elections in America, as reported in great detail on Friedman's website, The BRAD BLOG (http://www.BradBlog.com)
Brad Friedman and his indefatigable field crew will once again work miracles on the road to bring the nation 4 hours of LIVE election reform coverage with notable national guests such as Congressman Earl Blumenhauer (D-OR), 2004 Green Party Presidential Candidate David Cobb, Air America Radio's Thom Hartmann, Votersunite.org's Ellen Thiessen, Washington attorney Paul Lehto, Vote-Rigging Software Whistleblower Clint Curtis, Tribune Media Services' Robert Koehler, and many more. This weekend's event has gained national media attention in light of the recently released Carter-Baker Election Reform Committee Report that contained controversial recommendations such as requirements for national voter identification. For more information on the conference, please visit http://www.summit.OregonVRC.org
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Before the Ohio Election Fraud, this blog was entitled "Fairness". Since November 2, 2004, a day that will live in infamy, this blog has been devoted exclusively to fighting the crimes committed against the citizens of Ohio, and against our American way of life, in the 2004 "election".
September 30, 2005
September 23, 2005
Diebold Software Had Back Door
Brad Blog reports that Diebold software used in electronic voting machines in 2004 had an undocumented "back door" which could enable hacking into the machines and changing the votes:
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001838.htm
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001842.htm
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001852.htm
Election Assessment Hearing Preliminary Report Released
Thursday, September 22 marks the release of a Preliminary Report
of Findings by the Election Assessment project. The 54-page
report documents the wide-ranging concerns expressed by voters in
testimony and submissions received at the public Election
Assessment Hearing convened on June 29, 2005 in Houston, Texas.
Testimony and analysis presented at the Houston hearing
represented voters of at least five major and minor political
parties, and described numerous problems and irregularities in
the conduct of the American electoral processes.
The Election Assessment project seeks to foster the use of
established professional methods for the effective improvement of
election processes by administrators, policymakers, standards
bodies, advisors and other voting stewards and participants.
Ongoing goals of the project include capture of the voice of the
customers of the electoral process (the voters) and addressing
the measurement of the process, the analysis of root causes for
defects, and the controlled implementation of improvements.
The Election Assessment Hearing Preliminary Report is available
online at
http://www.electionassessment.org/downloads/EAH_Customer_Voice_9-22-05.pdf
Contact: Seth Johnson
Phone: 212-543-4266
E-mail: seth@electionassessment.org
of Findings by the Election Assessment project. The 54-page
report documents the wide-ranging concerns expressed by voters in
testimony and submissions received at the public Election
Assessment Hearing convened on June 29, 2005 in Houston, Texas.
Testimony and analysis presented at the Houston hearing
represented voters of at least five major and minor political
parties, and described numerous problems and irregularities in
the conduct of the American electoral processes.
The Election Assessment project seeks to foster the use of
established professional methods for the effective improvement of
election processes by administrators, policymakers, standards
bodies, advisors and other voting stewards and participants.
Ongoing goals of the project include capture of the voice of the
customers of the electoral process (the voters) and addressing
the measurement of the process, the analysis of root causes for
defects, and the controlled implementation of improvements.
The Election Assessment Hearing Preliminary Report is available
online at
http://www.electionassessment.org/downloads/EAH_Customer_Voice_9-22-05.pdf
Contact: Seth Johnson
Phone: 212-543-4266
E-mail: seth@electionassessment.org
National Summit to Save Our Elections -- Portland, Oregon -- September 30th - October 2nd
SEPT. 30 TO OCT. 2 National Summit to Save Our Elections
A Call to Rescue Our Democracy
Portland, Oregon
Friday, September 30 - Sunday, October 2, 2005
Come and learn how corporate influence and profiteering have compromised American elections, and what We the People can do to reclaim what is rightfully ours.
This three day conference will feature some of the nation's leading election reform advocates and renowned independent media personalities. Here are just a few of the election reform movers and shakers confirmed to date:
*Honorable Jesse Jackson Jr., U.S. House of Representatives
*David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential Candidate
*Thom Hartmann, Radio talk show host and author
*Bob Koehler, nationally syndicated columnist, Tribune Media Services
*Ronnie Dugger, Alliance for Democracy
*Cliff Arnebeck, Ohio Honest Elections Campaign
*Ellen Theisen, VotersUnite
*Brad Friedman, Writer & Producer of Brad Blog
*Paul Lehto, Attorney, plaintiff in lawsuit against Sequoia Voting Systems and Snohomish County, WA
The conference will be held in downtown Portland at the
First Unitarian Church
1011 SW 12th
and Portland State University
724 SW Harrison
For more information and updates on the conference visit
http://www.summit.oregonvrc.org/
Sign up to receive future conference announcements: info@oregonvrc.org
Oregon VRC contact information:
503-499-9000 or info@oregonvrc.org
Sponsored by:
Oregon Voter Rights Coalition &
Alliance for Democracy - Portland
Hosted by:
First Unitarian Church
PSU Campus Pacific Greens<
PSU Democracy Matters
Agenda & Speakers
National Summit to Save Our Elections: A Call to Rescue Our Democracy
Portland, Oregon
* September 30 – October 2, 2005
DRAFT AGENDA:
Friday, September 30, 2005
Location
First Unitarian Church
1011 SW 12th Ave
Portland, OR 97205
Noon – 7:00 PM Registration Opens
Oregon Election System Poster Session: Learn how Oregon’s Vote-by-Mail system works through poster presentations and videos and have your questions answered by Oregon election officials and citizen experts.
1:00 – 5:00 PM Concurrent Workshops and Panel Presentations
1A. Engage, Educate, Elect
Jefferson Smith, Chair of The Bus Project
1B. Making Electronic Elections Transparent and Accurate
(i) Open Voting Consortium, Open Source Software
(ii) Oregon Voter Rights Coalition, Election Audits
2A. Working with the Media
Blair Bobier, Media Director, Green Party 2004 Presidential Campaign
Penny Little, People to People TV, Producer of “Electile Dysfunction”
Lara Shaffer, Development Director, Open Voting Consortium
2B. Democracy is Not a Spectator Sport
(i) Rady Ananda, J30 Coalition, “Democracy is Something You Do”
(ii) Alliance for Democracy – Portland, “Using Ballot Initiatives to achieve Campaign Finance Reform Initiative”
3A. How Can I Make A Difference?
Kat L’Estrange, We Do Not Concede and Producer of the Brad Show
Warren Linney, Co-Author of “The Patriot Test”
3B. What is IRV, PR or a CVR Database?
(i) Steve Chessin, President, Californians for Electoral Reform, “Electoral Systems 101: What is Instant Runoff Voting and Proportional Representation?”
(ii) Matthew Pascarella, investigative researcher for journalist Greg Palast, “Centralized Voter Registration Databases and the Threat to Our Democracy”
5:00 – 7:00 PM Dinner on your own
7:00 – 9:00 PM Opening Plenary Session
* Welcome Remarks
Native American Cultural Performance
Panel Discussion: What’s Wrong with Electronic Elections?
Brad Friedman, moderator
* Ellen Theisen, Voters Unite
* Clint Curtis, software programmer and whistleblower
* Matthew Pascarella, investigative researcher for journalist Greg Palast
Feature Presentation: Brad Friedman, Cliff Arnebeck and Bob Koehler Discuss Election Fraud, Legal Strategies for Election Reform and the Media’s Role
Bob Koehler, nationally syndicated journalist, Tribune Media Services
* Cliff Arnebeck, Ohio Honest Election Campaign and National Co-Chair, Alliance for Democracy
* Brad Friedman, host of The Brad Show and BradBlog.com
9:00 PM Adjourn
Saturday, October 1, 2005
First Unitarian Church
1011 SW 12th Ave
Portland, OR 97205
7:30 AM – 5:00 PM Registration Open
Oregon Election System Poster Session: Learn how Oregon’s Vote-by-Mail system works through poster presentations and videos and have your questions answered by Oregon election officials and citizen experts.
8:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Corporate Ownership of Our Elections: The Threat to Democracy
Thom Hartmann, radio talk show host and author
Panel Discussion: Corporate Ownership of Our Elections – Current Developments
Thom Hartmann, moderator
John Gideon, Voters Unite
Nancy Price, National Co-Chair, Alliance for Democracy
Paul Lehto, Attorney and Plaintiff in lawsuit against Sequoia Voting Systems
Concurrent Workshops and Presentations:
1A. Digital for Dummies: The Perils of Electronic Elections
Kip Humphrey, Systems Integration Consultant
Clint Curtis, software programmer and whistleblower
1B. From Good Intentions to Powerful Action: How to Make a Difference. Emily Levy, United for Secure Elections, http://www.juiceforjustice.com/
12:15 – 1:30 PM Lunch on your own (box lunch may be ordered at registration)
1:30 – 5:30 PM Plenary Sessions
Keynote Speaker:
The Honorable Jesse Jackson Jr.,
U.S. Representative, D-IL
Featured Speakers:
Oregon Secretary of State (Invited)
David Cobb, 2004 Green Party Presidential Candidate
Ronnie Dugger, Founder of Alliance for Democracy and author of “How They Could Steal the Election This Time.”
JoAnne Bowman, Former Oregon House Representative
Panel Discussion: Verifying Election Results
Election Audits, Oregon Voter Rights Coalition
Parallel Elections, Judy Alter, UCLA retired Emeritus professor
Exit Polls, TBD
5:30 – 7:30 PM Dinner on your own
7:30 – 8:30 PM Democracy Revival
Paul Lehto and Thom Hartmann
OR
Election Reform Film Festival
Sunday, October 2, 2005
Portland State University
724 SW Harrison
Portland, OR
7:30 AM Registration Open
Oregon Election System Poster Session: Learn how Oregon’s Vote-by-Mail system works through poster presentations and videos and have your questions answered by Oregon election officials and citizen experts.
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM Dealing with Diebold in Georgia
Brad Friedman interview with Representative Cynthia McKinney (invited)
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Concurrent Workshops and Presentations
1A. Local Strategies for Election Reform
David Berman, Co-Founder, Voter Confidence Committee of Humboldt County, CA
1B. Citizen Audit Parallel Election Project
Judy Alter, retired Emeritus professor from UCLA
2A. Thinking Patriotically, Acting Locally (and NOW)
Bernie Ellis Jr., MA, MPH, Organizer, Gathering To Save Our Democracy (Tennessee)
2B. Protecting Our Elections
(i) John Washburn, Certified Software Quality Engineer, “How to Test Voting Machinery Software”
(ii) Mary Beth Kuznik, VotePA, “THE POLLWORKER – Eyes on the Poll”
11:00 – 12:30 Closing Panel: Where do we go from here?
Paul Lehto, moderator
Rady Ananda
Brad Friedman
Ellen Theisen
12:30 Adjourn
Subject: SAVE THE DATE! National Election Reform Conference, Portland, OR, 9/30 - 10/2/2005
PLEASE CIRCULATE TO YOUR ELECTION REFORM NETWORKS!
http://www.oregonvrc.org/node/635
For more information and updates on the conference visit: http://www.summit.oregonvrc.org/
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Oregon VRC contact information:
503-499-9000 or info@oregonvrc.org
Sponsored by:
Oregon Voter Rights Coalition &
Alliance for Democracy - Portland
Hosted by:
First Unitarian Church
PSU Campus Pacific Greens
PSU Democracy Matters
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"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
Brennan Center for Justice Criticizes Baker-Carter Commission Whitewash
The Brennan Center for Justice has issued a response to the Baker-Carter Commission Report:
http://www.carterbakerdissent.com/final_white_paper.pdf
September 21, 2005
Blackwell's Motion to Dismiss or Change Venue in League of Women Voters Case
Ohio's Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell and Governor Bob Taft have moved to dismiss or change venue in League of Women Voters, et al, v. Blackwell, et al
The motion papers are posted at http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/electionlaw/docs/ohio/lwv-dismiss.pdf
The plaintiffs' opposition papers are posted at http://ohioelection2004.com/PDFHost/LWVdismoppos.pdf
Conyers To Convene Braintrust to Address Election Reform and the State of Voting Rights 40 Years After the Voting Rights Act
Rep. John Conyers, Jr.
Invites You to Join Him at the 35th
Annual CBC Legislative Conference for a
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Election Reform & the State of Voting Rights,
40 Years After the Voting Rights Act
*Friday, September 23RD, 2005*
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
The New Washington Convention Center
801 Mount Vernon Place, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Room 147-B
FEATURING
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Founder & President, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition
Donna Brazile, Brazile & Associates
Hon. Peter Harvey, New Jersey Attorney General
Hilary Shelton, Director, NAACP Washington Bureau
Ralph Neas, President, People For the American Way
Barbara Arnwine, Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
John Bonifaz, Founder, National Voting Rights Institute
Mark Crispin Miller, Esteemed Author, Election Reform Advocate
Gregory Moore, Executive Director, NAACP Voter Fund
National Election Data Archive Critiques Baker-Carter Commission Whitewash
Carter-Baker Exit Poll Recommendation Would Hide Evidence of Vote Miscounts
http://uscountvotes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=111&Itemid=41
The National Election Data Archive (NEDA) is a nonprofit organization of
statisticians and mathematicians devoted to the accuracy of U.S. vote
counts.
We commend the Carter-Baker commission for recommending that Congress
require a voter verifiable audit trail. Routine independent random
audits would go a long way toward ensuring the accuracy of U.S. election
results.
We believe, however, that the Carter-Baker commission report
(http://www.american.edu/Carter-Baker/) erred in recommending that news
organizations “delay the release of any exit poll data until the
election has been decided”. This recommendation is ill-advised because
of the following facts:
• In the 2004 presidential race, the election pollsters, Edison/Mitofsky
(E/M), altered their data to match the reported vote tallies after the
official 2004 results were in. (See E/M report
http://www.exit-poll.net/election-night/EvaluationJan192005.pdf pgs 5
and 20.) Viewed in the context of this questionable practice of
altering exit poll results to match election results, this Carter-Baker
recommendation would deprive the public of knowing the true unaltered
exit poll results and eliminate a measuring stick against which to gauge
the validity of vote counts that could possibly lead candidates to
request recounts.
• Exit polls have historically been accurate, in both the USA and
abroad. Wherever paper ballots are hand counted, they are typically
within 1% of the exit polls, and this was the case in the USA in 2004.
When monitoring foreign elections, American officials rely on exit
polls to determine whether the elections were fair or not.
• In the USA, with the increased use of electronic vote counting, driven
by software which is confidential and known only to a handful of
individuals who are primarily of one party, and the lack of independent
audits to check accuracy, U.S. presidential vote counts have ceased
showing strong correlation to exit polls in recent years.
• Virtually all of the thousands of “glitches” reported by voters using
electronic voting machines favored the same party’s candidate. This is
statistically improbable, has nothing to do with exit polls, and
suggests that the counting software may have been inaccurate.
• Scientific analysis by the National Election Data Archive of the exit
poll data suggests high probability that there were errors in vote
counts in the 2004 presidential election. (See
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/Exit_Polls_2004_Edison-Mitofsky.pdf
and http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/exit-polls/USCV_exit_poll_analysis.pdf)
If we told our votes to a man behind a screen who recorded our votes and
cast our ballots for us, and then put two individuals with party ties in
a room to count our votes and tell the rest of us who won, few among us
would trust the results. Yet this, in essence, is what we have done
with our electoral process when we cast votes electronically and allow a
handful of programmers to count them.
For these reasons, NEDA disagrees with the Carter/Baker Commission exit
poll recommendation and urges instead, in the strongest possible way,
increasing access to exit polling data and methodology to better monitor
the accuracy of our elections. NEDA recommends public release of all
detailed election data at the precinct level so that unusual patterns or
discrepancies that would be produced by vote count errors may be
detected and American democracy protected.
For further information Contact: Kathy Dopp kathy@uscountvotes.org 435-658-4657
Kathy Dopp
National Election Data Archive (NEDA)
http://electionarchive.org
September 20, 2005
Conyers Demands that DOJ Enforce Section 7 of the NVRA
Conyers Demands that DOJ Enforce Section 7 of the NVRA
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, with twenty-nine other Members of Congress, sent the following letter today to Attorney General Gonzalez asking that the Department of Justice investigate and enforce state compliance with Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act:
September 20, 2005
The Honorable Alberto R. Gonzales
Attorney General of the United States
U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
Dear Attorney General Gonzales,
We write to request that the Department of Justice take immediate and aggressive action to investigate states' compliance with Section 7 of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Section 7 requires all public assistance agencies, such as welfare, Medicaid, and Food Stamps offices, to promote voter registration among all applicants. A recent, comprehensive study produced by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), Dçmos, and Project Vote shows virtually every state has experienced steep declines in registration from Section 7 agencies, while overall NVRA registration has increased. The nationwide drop in Section 7 registration, a good indication of states' failure to properly comply with the law, warrants a national response.
All too often, the voices of low-income, minority citizens go unheard in our democratic process. In 1993, Congress passed the NVRA with a provision intended to increase voter registration in low-income communities. The goal of the NVRA, best known for its "Motor Voter" provision, was to increase overall voter registration in the United States. Congress also included Section 7 in order to increase voter registration among low-income citizens.
On the ten-year anniversary of NVRA implementation, the new ACORN, Dçmos, and Project Vote study shows that nearly every state in the country is registering fewer voters through public assistance agencies than they did when the Act was first implemented, failing low-income communities and our democracy.
Lack of Section 7 implementation is reflected in the NVRA registration data reported to Congress by the Federal Election Commission and the Election Assistance Commission:
The number of registration applications from public assistance agencies is declining. Since 1995, 36 of 41 states reporting show a decline in registration applications from public assistance agencies.
Public assistance registrations are declining, while those from other sources are increasing. Since 1995, registration applications from public assistance agencies nationwide fell by 59.6%, while applications from all other sources rose 22%.
A chart with registration data for each state is included in the enclosed report.
The specific NVRA violations causing the decline of Section 7 registrations vary by state:
Some states fail to offer any voter registration services in public assistance offices. In some instances, the failure is limited to specific offices or programs within an agency and in other instances, entire agencies have no registration services.
Some offices do offer voter registration, and do so year round, but fail to offer voter registration services during all required points of contact with clients, most notably during change of address procedures. Offices also fail to offer voter registration when clients receive service via phone, mail, or internet.
Many jurisdictions have neglected to use the exact language required by the NVRA, which intentionally captures those who have recently changed address.
Staff often receive little or no training about voter registration or NVRA requirements.
We call on the Department of Justice to take immediate action to enforce Section 7 of the NVRA. We are deeply troubled that despite well-documented, flagrant violations of the law, the current Department has taken little action against states to ensure compliance. The Department has yet to act on several reports provided by ACORN, Dçmos, and Project Vote between August 2004 and February 2005 that include specific state violations of Section 7 of the NVRA.
The Department of Justice must rigorously enforce the requirements imposed by the National Voter Registration Act. We look forward to your detailed response as to how the Department will fulfill that obligation in regards to Section 7 of the NVRA. Please respond to the Judiciary Committee Minority Office, 2142 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515, telephone number, 202-225-6504, fax number, 202-225-4423.
Sincerely,
John Conyers, Jr. Major R. Owens
John Lewis Gene Green
Albert R. Wynn Barbara Lee
Jan Schakowsky David Scott
Alcee L. Hastings Elijah E. Cummings
Sanford Bishop, Jr. Eddie Bernice Johnson
Jim McDermott Dennis J. Kucinich
Joe Baca Donald M. Payne
James P. Moran Stephanie Herseth
Al Green Robert Menendez
Raul M. Grijalva Bernie Sanders
Emmanuel Cleaver William Lacy Clay
Betty McCollum Melvin L. Watt
Rush Holt Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Lloyd Doggett Maxine Waters
"Cannonfire" Critiques Baker-Carter Commission Whitewash
This from the excellent "Cannonfire" blog:
"The Baker/Carter election reform report
"The report is a sham, of course. The right pressed for its agenda, which became the primary action item -- and the only recommendation likely to be implemented: Photo ID cards for voters. This idea was wafted aloft by a series of GOP canards and pushed by such front groups as the notorious ACVR.
"Congressmen John Conyers and John Lewis are mounting an aggressive campaign against this measure, which will right no wrongs but which will discriminate against minorities and the poor.
"The nationwide voter ID requirement endorsed by the Carter/Baker Commission would inevitably disenfranchise minority voters and the most vulnerable among us -- those who live in poverty and the elderly. As a whole, the national ID requirement would place steep new hurdles in place for more than ten percent of voters, who currently do not have a photo identification card but are otherwise eligible to vote.
"Millions of people simply have no need of a driver's license. Many of the impoverished are afraid to request one -- for one thing, they're afraid of making personal information available to creditors and the law.
"If you're among those who snarl "Yeah? So what?", I would remind you that at one time, right-wingers -- to their credit -- decried the very concept of a national ID card. (Any such proposal used to cause the rightists to mutter dark warnings about "the mark of the Beast." I kind of miss those days.) In every recent election, GOP activists have sent out deceptive flyers which attempt to convince the poor and the black that they cannot vote if they have any unpaid rent or traffic tickets. The current scheme is simply an extension of that vile tactic.
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