"Who Got Glitched: An Election Reform Teach-In" Santa Monica, CA 2/27

[emlev]

"Who Got Glitched: An Election Reform Teach-In"
Sunday, Feb 27th, 2:00 - 5:00 pm
The Church at Ocean Park
(2nd and Hill, Santa Monica)

Presenting:
Bev Harris, Black Box Voting, Investigator
Bob Fitrakis, Columbus Free Press,
(Attorney, Moss vs. Bush/Cheney/Blackwell)
The Jonas/Quinn/ Ritt legal team for Ohio
Blair Bobier, Green Party, ‘The Ohio Recount’
Great Film Clips &
‘Building a Civil Rights /Voter Rights Coaliton’
Moderated by Ian Masters, KPFK
with Butch Wing, Rainbow Push
Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange & Codepink
Brad Freidman, Velvet Revolution
Kevin Spidel, Progressive Democrats
Blair Bobier, Green party
Susan Clark, Pro-Democracy Advocate
Mandeep Gill, Citizen Lobbyist ..and YOU!

Tickets $10 - No one turned away for lack of funds
Ticket orders & info: [e-mail]
Seating limited. Reservations recommended.

http://www.citizensact.org/pages/2/index.htm

edit: subject changed to add date

[Helga Scow Stern]

1. Great. I was thinking I'd have to go to Oakland, but this is much closer.

I hope they will also have someone speak about the SoS coup there.

[emlev]

3. I'd recommend emailing them to ask about this

Talk about how important it is. The email contact info is on the website.

[Helga Scow Stern]

5. Will do. n/t

[tommcintyre]

2. Very nice weekend in Ca.

I hope someone records it and/or webcasts it.

[emlev]

4. ditto my post above--email and suggest it

A few people are doing a lot to organize it. They may not think of everything.

[tommcintyre]

20. Email sent.. offered our help if necessary... waiting for reply

Subject: Any chance of webcasting or recording it?

There are many of us who would like the info presented here; but will be
unable to attend (I live in Hawaii). Please let me know. If you need help
doing this, I can try to find the right resources in LA area to do this.

Tom McIntyre

[Peace Patriot]

6. Great news! Sounds like a Road Show! I'll get back here late tonight,

tomorrow during morning hours, and on Sunday, to do what I can to promote these Teach In's. I'll stay on DU, kicking; and will get a LETTER OF THE WEEK (or several, for several purposes) up here by late Sunday night. And somebody needs to hit AAR with info about these Teach In's (Randi Rhodes, Mike Malloy, others).

Boy, LA'ers sure need to find out about their elections head, Connie McCormack!

[Helga Scow Stern]

7. I just emailed them, and asked about Shelley, but forgot to mention

McCormack!

I'll write again....

[bailey77]

24. Los Angeles needs this badly

Conny MacCormick is the elections head there, and she is not a fan of transparency in elections.

[Helga Scow Stern]

44. That's right! I hope you can come. n/t

[KingoftheJungle]

8. rock the fuck on, dis is MAH hood!

[Peace Patriot]

9. KICK! n/t

[Peace Patriot]

10. Kick again! n/t

[Peace Patriot]

11. emlev: Please combine the two Teach In threads. Keep them kicked!

See ya later tonight. Good work!

[emlev]

12. How do I combine threads?

There are two threads about the Oakland teach-in and one about the LA event. I think it's better to keep the two events in separate threads so people don't get confused. Do you agree?

[Peace Patriot]

16. I meant do a new post combining them. n/t

[Wilms]

13. kick n/t

[emlev]

14. kick

[sacxtra]

15. I WONT MAKE IT, HERE'S WHY. . .

I have simplified it.

REMOVE (rm -rf)

electricity
electronics
digitized data
and insecure networks.

FROM
United States Of America's elections.

ELSE

Anarchy Rules.

Feel me?

See me yet?

If you see me now then you need to file an election/fraud complaint stating that the exact nano-second that your analog (written) ballot was converted to digitized data (electronic) it disappeared, and you HAVE BEEN DENIED THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

EAT THAT BAY-BEE!! (You know WhoTF you are)

[emlev]

17. kicking for the weekend DUers

[Peace Patriot]

18. Oakland, CA, TEACH IN the day before, 2/26. Here's emlev's post...

"Election Rigging 101" Teach-In, Oakland CA on 2/26"
Posted by emlev

ELECTION RIGGING 101
A National Teach-In
On the 2004 election and what we must do to restore democracy

With Bob Fitrakis
Ohio Attorney, Editor, Columbus Free Press
(one of the four attorneys fighting sanctions in Ohio for Moss v. Bush)

Saturday, Feb. 26th
10am - 4pm
1st Congregational Church
2501 Harrison St. Oakland, CA

$10 suggested donation
please bring lunch
more information to be posted soon at: www.democraticrenewal.com

How to Rig It:
-11 hour lines for democrats only
-"kerry" votes defaulting to "bush"
- registered voters purged
- exit polls ignored
- recounts that weren’t
and much more.

How to stop it:
- stunning documentary footage
- speakers
- action

Butch Wing, Rainbow Push
Larry Bensky, KPFA
Walter Riley, East Bay Votes
Speakers from Blackboxvoting.org
VotersUnite.org
Open Voting Consortium
the MMOB
and more

www.democratic renewal.com

[Peace Patriot]

38. IMPORTANT NOTICE! OAKLAND TEACH-IN details; posted web site is wrong.

The correct web site for the OAKLAND TEACH-IN is:

http://www.democraticrenewal.us/

Please RSVP Contact Don Goldmacher: [e-mail]

Directions:

1st Congregational Church, 2501 Harrison St. Oakland (Harrison & 27th - BART 19th & Broadway - shortcut make a right on 24th and Broadway three or four blocks to Harrison).

[Helga Scow Stern]

19. They answered back that they will have someone

covering McCormack and the SoS coup.

[emlev]

21. Maxine Waters to give keynote address at teach-in!

Hot off the press. Wish I could be there!

[Peace Patriot]

22. Kick through this week! n/t

[Peace Patriot]

23. Kick through Feb. 27! n/t

[JunkYardDogg]

25. JYD goin' be in da House

Sunday,
Sunday
Ballot chew'n Machines
Democracy decimating Electronics
Constitution eatin' software
Freedom Smokin' Ideals
Be there

[Peace Patriot]

26. KICK! n/t

[Helga Scow Stern]

27. Kick!

[Peace Patriot]

28. It's important that people in the L.A. area or anyone traveling there...

...next weekend get this message. Our democracy is at great risk! Only a strong local citizens' movement to restore our right to vote will save it. Start NOW!

[Peace Patriot]

29. Kick up a storm! n/t

[rumpel]

30. Shall we ask for permission to videotape, so we can post it for DU'ers

who can not attend?
I can tape it, but I would not be able to put it on the web. Any ideas?

[darthdemocrat]

35. depending on what kind of tape

I could probably help edit and format for web.

[KingoftheJungle]

31. Someone should contact some local news sources about it

LA times, plus broadcast media centers are abound in Los Angeles. Someone might actually come out and cover the event, you never know.

[Peace Patriot]

32. rumpel, there's got to be someone here who can do that. Maybe do a...

...separate post appealing for video tech?

[Peace Patriot]

33. Baby kicking in the womb! Democracy geing reborn! n/t

[emlev]

34. kick

[Peace Patriot]

36. Kick! n/t

[BlueTarheel]

37. LA Weekly/ LA Times

I've emailed and left messages with the LA Weekly and the LA Times and will continue to do so the rest of the week. I've listed a few emails addresses below if you guys want to write to them, too. Most of the emails addresses below are for writers that have previously written articles for the LA Weekly about the election, Kerry and *.

I'll research for more and post them later.


LA Times: 213-237-7001
They told me to write to the metro desk: [e-mail].


LA Weekly

[e-mail] (Political editor at large)

[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]

[Helga Scow Stern]

39. Thanks. I will write too.

I'll also write to Kim Zetter of Wired News.

[Helga Scow Stern]

41. KTLA TV news

http://ktla.trb.com/news/ktla-amnews-email.htmlstory

Webform for story ideas.

[BlueTarheel]

42. Just sent them an email n/t

[Helga Scow Stern]

40. Films the night before!

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then
they fight you, then YOU win." Gandhi

_________________________
Friends,
The most serious work of our lives begins NOW... to
educate, agitate and activate ALL Americans to DEMAND
that our horrendously broken election system. We
cannot survive another stolen election. It has to STOP
- but only the PEOPLE can stop it.

AND WE WILL. People are flying and driving in from ALL
over the country to attend or present at our Teach-In
on 2/26 & 2/27.

There's a mirror Teach-In in SF on 2/25 & 26. Two
weeks ago, there was a Teach-In/Film night on Election
Fraud in Santa Cruz. The the Civil Rights/Voting
Rights/Pro-Democracy
movement is gaining ground and momentum HERE in
California!!!
(After all, we are the land of Boxer and Waters...)

NOW is the time to inspire all your friends, all the
Americans who had their hearts broken on 11/02/04 to
demand Election Reform. If they
don't understand exactly how the Votes were stolen
last election, this Teach-In will show them.

We MUST become a mass movement immediately. Every
single Social Justice, Civil Justice, Environmental
Justice, Spiritual and Religious group should get on
board, NOW. Get
together and get it done by 2006.

"Determine that the thing shall be done, and then you
will find the way." Abraham Lincoln

Join us. Let's be brave together. Let's stand up to
these Neo-Confederate Corporatist bullies and take
back our Vote. THANK-YOU!
___________________________________________________

*Sat. 2/26, 7-10 pm "Film as Evidence"
A NIGHT OF SCREENINGS
W/ ELECTION FRAUD DOCUMENTARIANS
Venice United Methodist Church - Sanctuary 1020
Victoria Ave. 90291

"Votergate" and other breaking evidence:
Robert Cohen & Russell Michaels show their upcoming
feature.

"Standing out in the Rain with Jim Crow" - The
Election Day Voter Suppression footage that is entered
in the Conyers report. Linda Byrket, director, also
shows her short of the
"Columbus - DC Freedom Winter Bus Ride."

"Electile Dysfunction" a darkly comic and disturbing
overview of the Election screened by director Penny
Little.

THERE WILL BE TIME FOR Q & A with these film makers.
Donations: $10 -- reservations STRONGLY encouraged!
[e-mail]
*******************

*Sunday 2/27 "Who Got Glitched?" Teach-In 2:00 - 5:30
Teach-In and Symposium on Election Reform The Church
at Ocean Park, 2nd & Hill,
Santa Monica

Keynote Speaker: Rep. Maxine Waters

Program Moderator: Ian Masters -KPFK, The
Neo-Confederates: Voter Suppression in the US.

Part One: "Who Got Glitched" THE EVIDENCE Bob
Fitrakis, Attorney, Publisher of Columbus Free Press:
"What REALLY happened in Ohio."
Blair Bobier, Joan Quinn: The Ohio Recount Fraud Bev
Harris - Crimes of Diebold

Part Two "How do we Fix it?" A SYMPOSIUM

Short Presentations:
Brad Friedman: Divestiture for Democracy; taking the
software companies down; Blogging; Be the Media

Mandeep Gill: An Overview of Election Reform
legislation, grassroots actions and the organizations
directly supporting those efforts.

Medea Benjamin, Kevin Spidel, Building the Progressive
Coalition

Susan Clark & Sheri Myers: Creating Citizen Lobbyists

Greg Akili for PUSH: A Rainbow Coalition for Rep.
Jackson Jr's constitutional amendment guaranteeing the
federally-protected right to vote.

(and ONE more guest... TBA)

5:00 - 5:30
Q & A & STRATEGIZING w/ the PANEL

Res. $1O, $5 STUDENTS -- Reservations STRONGLY
encouraged!
[e-mail]

[Peace Patriot]

48. Details of the Oakland and Santa Monica TEACH-IN'S

OAKLAND, today, Sat. Feb. 26, 10 am-4 pm, 1st Congregational Church
2501 Harrison St., Oakland, CA

Web site: http://www.democraticrenewal.us /

DU details and discussion:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=327393&mesg_id=327393

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SANTA MONICA, tomorrow, Sun. Feb. 27, 2-5 pm, The Church at Ocean Park
(2nd and Hill, Santa Monica)

VENICE, film presentation, tonight, Sat. Feb. 26, 7-10 pm, Venice United Methodist Church- (Sanctuary), 1020 Victoria Ave. Venice 90291 (1 blk n. of Venice Blvd.)

Web site: http://www.citizensact.org/pages/2/index.htm

DU details and discussion:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=329512&mesg_id=329512

[Peace Patriot]

43. Kick! n/t

[Peace Patriot]

45. Kick up your heels! n/t

[Peace Patriot]

46. KICK through Sat. Feb. 26! n/t

[Peace Patriot]

47. Kick again! Ouch! n/t

[JunkYardDogg]

49. See ya'all there

N/T

[msongs]

50. Pls read our proposal to reform CA voting>>paper ballot......

was gonna go to this event sunday but now cannot. so will not be able to pass out copies of our proposal to make a paper ballot the official ballot of record, hand counted in public at the precinct level.

so you can read the proposal here, and copy it if you like, take it to the event for me if you like.

will be going to see bev harris monday night in murrietta tho.

www.msongs.com/vvpb.htm

Msongs
www.msongs.com/political-shirts.htm

[BlueTarheel]

51. meet up after?

I'm definitely going to be there on Sunday. Do y'all want to try to find each other or meet up afterwards?

[JunkYardDogg]

54. We'll all find Each Other

N/t

[rumpel]

52. update. organizers tried to do a live stream webcast, but the location has

no internet access. BUT they will post it afterwards. So stay tuned.
MSM was contacted en masse, we'll see if they show up.

See you there

[Peace Patriot]

53. Kick through this morning! Santa Monica Teach-In starts at 2 pm. n/t

[Peace Patriot]

55. Panting for reports on the Santa Monica Teach-In!!!

For reports on the Oakland Teach-In, go to

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x335376

For reports on the the KPFA Sunday Salon hour on election fraud/reform (follow up to the Oakland Teach-In) this morning, go to

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x334658

For reports on the film presentations in Venice, CA, last night, preliminary to the Santa Monica Teach-In today, go to

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x335431

[berniew1]

56. They don't seem to have anyone who knows about problems in Florida ??

and there are indications in another thread that they got the Florida problems all wrong.
The other thread said they thought the Florida problems were in optical scan counties, but there is no evidence supporting that that I'm aware of. I've seen no evidence of that at all, and my study and the EIRS hotline reports don't support it except in a few of the larger optical scan counties.

The problems in Florida as documented by Hout's study( U. of Calif.-Berkeley) and my study earlier (http://www.flcv.com/fla04EAS.html)
were mostly in the big touchscreen counties. Florida had more cases of fraud and irregularities reported to the Election Protection election day hotline than any other state and they virtually all were related to touchscreen vote machine fraud and dirty tricks/suppression to reduce minority votes in the big touchscreen counties.
http://www.flcv.com/fraudpat.html

Hout's study is referenced on this web page.

I assumed Hout would be at the center of the Calif. teach-in since his is the biggest and best known study I'm aware of from Calif. researchers.

[Peace Patriot]

57. I didn't see Haut's name listed for either Teach-In, nor Steven...

...Freeman, nor Ron Baiman, nor any of the Ph.D.'s, although I thought Kathy Dopp was going to speak at one of them (UScountvotes.org--publisher of the 9 Ph.D. report)--can't remember which one--and Jonathan Simon spoke in Oakland.

I didn't know that FLA had the most reported irregularities of any state. Thanks for the info--and for all your work!

FLA should have been challenged on Jan. 6. Do you have any idea why it wasn't? What's happening with the election reform movement there? I'm not up on it. (One of the problems with this movement--big, messy, all over the map, grass roots struggle. Glorious, but difficult. Hard to keep up with everything.)

[Wilms]

58. Today at the event, the Florida complaint I thought was featured

was K/E "telling everyone to go home. This is a legal case."

Bev gave a thumbs up for the election official in the ?county? that Talahassee is in.

[tommcintyre]

59. kick