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http://www.clintcurtis.com/ (to donate)

http://www.clint-curtis.blogspot.com/ (story here)

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1. I read his interview with BradBlog. Both are fighting the good fight.

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2. Report from Washington

Update on Washington

In a word - FABULOUS

Clint, Lauren Hallahan and I sent last week in Washington . We set the intention to go with the flow, to have an effective and successful trip, and be open to opportunities that might arise. And so it was!

We had one appointment scheduled on Monday with Hilary Shelton Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau. After listening carefully to the results of our Walking for Democracy and Clint’s recommendations for effective Election Reform, he gave us people to contact that he felt should hear about the work we are doing and Clint’s ideas on reform. He asked Clint to create a “White Paper” on Volusia County describing the ways in which the county made it harder for voter’s to get to the polls. If you have any information on Volusia or any other county, please let me know.

Following that meeting we went to the Hill to see what just might unfold. Often on the Hill, as in life, it takes persistence and being in the right place at the right time to get things to happen. We went to Congressman Kucinich’s office first. Prefect timing -He just happened to pop out of his office at that moment. After introducing us to his legislative assistant in charge of Election Reform, he asked us to walk down the hall with him. He discussed the possibility of having Clint testify at upcoming hearing about how easy it is to manipulate the vote and what is needed for reform.

Next, we followed up on Hilary Shelton’s suggestion to connect with Keenan Keller, Senior Counsel for the Committee on the Judiciary with John Conyers. Perfect timing – He was available. He was very impressed with the hard data we have gathered with Walking for Democracy. He and Clint discussed ways to effect election reform.

After meeting with Maxine Waters, Sheila Jackson Lee and John Conyers staff to schedule future appointments, the day was over on the Hill. The Clint Curtis Wait Loss Program continued with a long walk to the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial and Viet Nam Memorial. We touched base with history and reminders of why we are fighting so hard for the rights of each American.

Tuesday morning we met with Eddie Hailes, senior attorney of the Advancement Project and Jon Greenbaum, Director of Voting Rights Project Lawyers Committee of Civil Rights Under Law. They also were impressed with our data from Walking for Democracy and the dedication of our volunteers. A “White Paper” was requested from them as well so an information on voter intimidation or voting irregularities, absentee ballots not being mailed or being destroyed, please let me know.

Back on the Hill, we met with Ellen McLearn, legislative aid for Robert Wexler. We had a very constructive meeting and each shared suggestions and the frustration of getting the Florida Election Reform initiative through the legislature with the proper amendments. Lastly, we spoke with Michelle Mulder , Counsel for Rush Holt. Over the past two years she has worked very hard to design a bill with the input of Election Reform leaders and activists across the country. Clint discussed all the innuendos in the wording that gives the computer programmer the wiggle room to hijack the election. We met her at various events over the week and are in touch with how the bill is moving along.

Wednesday began with a meeting with Stephanie Tubbs-Jones Chief of Staff, Patrice Willoughby, who took notes on suggestions Clint made on the Holt Bill. The Congresswoman has joined U.S. Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) in a comprehensive voting reform legislation to make sure that every American is able to vote and every vote is counted. Going with the flow, we asked to be allowed to go to the Voting Forum only open to Congress and their staff where venders displayed their newest and greatest Voting Machines. After Ms Willoughby escorted us through the gauntlet of venders, Clint took the opportunity to explain the ways in which each machine could be hacked. Many had “toilet paper rolls” attached directly to the tabulator machine that can be heated up and thus erased, rolled back, blacked out and rewritten, others were connected to the Internet or phone line – always a safe and secure places to transmit information…..

Adam Abrogi, Counsel Committee on Rules and Administration for Diane Feinstein, was very interested in our data and ways in which Clint saw that the bills could actually make it through the Senate.

Later that day we went to a hearing on Election Reform. The panel gave a wide range of perspectives from “all is great don’t touch anything” from the SOE of Georgia ( just ask Max Cleland how he felt about the way the Georgia voting machines tallied in 02…..) to Matt Zimmerman of The Election Frontier Foundation who wants complete transparency of elections. We were glad that we had spoken with many of the Congressional offices that were present at the hearing so that they knew the reality of the hard evidence of Walking for Democracy and Clint’s computer programmer’s perspective of what is needed to protect our vote.

Friday Lauren and I had a great time sitting three rows behind Valarie Plame at the House Committee on Oversite and Government Reform hearing held by Congressman Henry Waxman. He lived up to his reputation as “Bull Dog Waxman”. We had fun at lunch with Wayne Madsen, www.WayneMadsenReport.com , who was instrumental to getting Clint’s story out there and in the BLOGGS. Amazing how Clint has gone from conspiracy theorist to mainstream thanks to everyone’s hard work and dedication from BLOGGING to Walking to contributing.


Clint and I will be returning to Washington for final meetings on the Hill and to go to the PDA Grassroots Leadership Conference this weekend to ready for the launch of Clint Curtis for Congress Campaign 2008 .

ACTION

Contributions to support Walking for Democracy as we are now into the Discovery phase and the trips to Washington at www.clintcurtis.com would be most appreciated. It will cost $2000 per County to do Discovery and we would like to do two Counties.

WALKING FOR DEMOCRACY

Julie will be walking this weekend in Precinct 52 in Seminole.

Contact Julie at jpatchouli {at} bellsouth.net or at home 407-294-3853

We will be walking Precinct 66 the next weekend. We would like to finish up both of these Precincts and then are done!!! Marty {at} go-nci.com 954-732-1112.

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3. Put up a thermometer so we can see how much has been collected.

And how much more is needed.

This effort deserves the full support of everyone here who is actively pursuing election reform. Clint and his team are doing amazing work, on behalf of our sacred right to vote.

Thank you to everyone engaged in this effort with Clint.

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4. Good suggestion--

Please forward to Clint's organizer Marty.

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5. Done. n/t