Agenda

Introductions

Voter Suppression, Harassment, Intimidation - What Can I DO?

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Other Topics as Time Allows

Agenda:

Introductions

Our Special Guest - David Cobb on his Move To Amend Barnstorming Tour

Other Topics (time permitting):

Voter Roll Scrubbing in Tennessee and other states - Following up on last month's discussion with Bev Harris of Black Box Voting.

9th Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down Arizona's proof of citizenship requirement to register to vote.

06-26-12 Clean Fair Transparent Elections IOT Call with Bev Harris of Black Box Voting. IOT Leader Randall Holmes. Contact us at:

Introductions

ALEC Voter Suppression Campaign Goes Federal

H.R. 5971 introduced by Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL08): To amend HAVA to require each individual who desires to vote in an election for Federal office to provide government-issued photo ID. View here:

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr5971

Election Integrity and Voting Rights State by State

Move To Amend - David Cobb's Barnstorming Tour:

http://movetoamend.org/calendar

MAY 2012 Clean, Fair, Transparent Elections Call

The U.S. election system is in crisis. Big-money interests dominate U.S. politics in ways unknown in other industrialized countries, with social and environmental progress often blocked by officials who cater to big donors to insure re-election funds. Incumbents are unfairly insulated by district gerrymandering and rules, which obstruct independent candidates and parties. In recent years, voters themselves have faced political and even racial obstacles in casting votes and in getting their votes counted.

Andrea Miller and Terrance Dicks on "The Southernization of America: How Right to Work, Personhood and Voter Suppression are the New ALEC Crow"

See: https://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1987/images/The%20Southernization%20of%20America.pdf

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Introductions

Election Fraud in Pima County (greater Tucson) Arizona

Andrea Witte* lays out the evidence

Based on facts known from three lawsuits involving the Pima County Democratic

Party and Pima County, the Libertarian Party alleges that Pima County, through the direction and control of County Administrator Charles Huckelberry, has systematically subverted critical controls required to protect the purity of elections. The elimination of those controls has permitted county management to take advantage of the ability to cheat presented by defects in our computerized election system. As a result, county management fraudulently rigged the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) election on May 16, 2006 and has the ability to manipulate the outcome of any Pima County election, including not only bond elections but the elections of members of the Board of Supervisors themselves.

Q&A with *Andrea Witte, John R. Brakey, investigator, and Bill Risner, attorney

We'll also discuss the GOP/ALEC War on Voters, Campaign Finance Reform, and other topics the team is following.

*Andrea Witte is a Tucson-based marketing professional who donates her messaging talents to progressive activists and organizations to help frame issues so that average citizens can understand them and inoculate themselves against the conventional wisdumb promoted by the right-wing echo chamber and the corporate media. Check out her website for presentations on The Federal Budget, The Congressional Progressive Caucus's "Peoples Budget," and more: http://www.connectthedotsusa.com/

John Brakey is a Tucson-based elections investigator and activist, and a co-founder of http://auditaz.blogspot.com/ and the Election Integrity Committees of the Pima County and Arizona Democratic Party.

Bill Risner is the lead attorney for the plaintiffs attempting to gain access to public records of the Pima County Elections Department.

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Brad Friedman of Brad Blog and Emily Levy of Velvet Revolution reported on the April 5 Wisconsin Supreme Court election and subsequent recount, and Emily asked for volunteers to help in the

effort to challenge the election and the recall.

Brad Friedman:

The recount of the election for Wisconsin Supreme Court seat between

Joanne Kloppenburg and incumbent David Prosser has ended with Prosser

said to be some 7000 votes ahead. Kloppenburg has until Monday, May

30 to challenge recount, and to be successful, would have to show that at least half that number should be removed due to irregularities.

The hard-fought, closely watched election and recount revealed a

fatally flawed election system in Wisconsin, with poor procedures, a

broken chain of custody for ballots, and apparently incompetent

election officials from top to bottom.

It's up to Kloppenburg whether she wants to pursue the challenge, and

Velvet Revolution and others have been trying to convince her to do it - if not for her own election, then to draw attention and energy

towards election reform in Wisconsin. With vital recall elections

coming up for Republican henchman of Scott Walker, it's imperative

that citizens get on the case.

Emily Levy:

Emily is asking for about 30 volunteers to read the official "minutes" of the recount in Wisconsin's 72 counties and record irregularities into an online spreadsheet in order to make the case for the challenge. We'll see what we can do.

We took a quick moment to mention the multi-state Republican voter

suppression campaign of passing bills in state legislatures to require voters to provide photo ID at the polls, etc. - also reported at Brad Blog.

For more info http://www.bradblog.com/?p=8531

Velvet Revolution - temporarily parked at

http://www.protectourelections.org/ while http://velvetrevolution.us/

is being remodeled.