PRESS ADVISORY
Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
Fourteenth District, Michigan
Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary
Dean, Congressional Black Caucus
------------FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
December 3, 2004
CONTACT: Dena Graziano (202) 226-6888
CONYERS AND OTHER CONGRESSMEN TO HOLD FORUM ON VOTING IRREGULARITIES
IN OHIO
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. and other Representatives will be holding the
first congressional forum on election irregularities in Ohio, the
pivotal state in the presidential election. The forum will include
leading advocates, election experts and investigators who have
reviewed the myriad of election day and recount problems in Ohio, as
well as numerous individuals who experienced problems and outright
disenfranchisement on election day. Among other things, the forum,
which is open to the public, will concentrate on many of the issues
raised in letters from Ranking Member Conyers and other Members to
Kenneth Blackwell
(
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/ohblackwellltr12204.pdf).
WHAT:
"Preserving Democracy - What went wrong in Ohio?"
WHEN:
Wednesday, December 8th @ 10:00am
WHERE:
2237 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.
WHO:
Rep. John Conyers, Jr.
Rep. Melvin Watt
Rep. Robert Scott
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Founder Rainbow Push Coalition
Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio Secretary of State (invited)
Ralph Neas, President, People For the American Way
Jon Greenbaum, Director, Voting Rights Project, Lawyers Committee For
Civil Rights Under Law
Ellie Smeal, Executive Director, The Feminist Majority
Warren Mitofsky, Mitofsky International, Coordinator of National Exit
Poll (invited)
Prof. Robert Fitrakis, Editor, The Free Press
Cliff Arnebeck, Arnebeck Associates
John Bonifaz, General Counsel, National Voting Institute
Steve Rosenfeld, Producer, Air America Radio
Shawnta Walcott, Communications Director, Zogby International
##JUD-108-12/3/04##
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/ohvotinghrgadvisory12304.pdf