Subject: E-voting vendors schmoozing Conny McCormack in
Aug 9-12
Please note that Conny McCormack, the LA County
Registrar, will be
introducing this event.
Please write your LA County Supervisor – to whom Conny
reports, and
demand an explanation of why she is accepting the largess of the
vendors and not balancing the presentation with voices opposing these
vendors.
Here are the e-mails for the
yours is, you can find out here: http://regrec.co.la.ca.us/district/
Gloria Molina -molina@bos.co.la.ca.us
Zev Yaroslavsky-
zev@lacbos.org
Yvonne Burke -seconddistrict@lacbos.org
Don Knabe-
http://knabe.com/dist_info/supervisor/supervisor_contact.html
Michael Antonovich- http://antonovich.co.la.ca.us/forms/index.html#constituent
LET THE OUTRAGE BEGIN!
This is the PERFECT opportunity to EDUCATE the public and the media...
DIEBOLD and CO. ARE DIRTY... this EVENT is ILLEGAL, that we MUST NOT
ALLOW IT.
READ THIS, SPREAD THE WORD and LET'S ORGANIZE ACTION TO STOP THIS...
CALIFORNIANS MUST TAKE THE LEAD, MOBILIZE A MASSIVE PROTEST in
Hills
BLAST THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY!!! ASK EVERYONE TO CALL OR FAX THEIR
LOCAL
The "ELECTION CRISIS CONFERENCE" IN
BEV HILLS on August 9
SPONSORED BY DIEBOLD, SEQUIOA, ES&S--- the same criminals who COOKED
THE 2004 VOTES IN OHIO, NM, FLORIDA etc...
IT'S SO UNBELIEVABLE, SO OUT OF LINE, SO BAD, SO ILLEGAL....
http://www.votetrustusa.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87&Itemid=27Guess
Who's Going to
By John Gideon, VotersUnite!
and VoteTrustUSA
June 18, 2005
PLEASE send out to your lists and to others. Ask them to call their
counties and warn them that they are being watched.
YOUR CALL may be enough to discourage some from
attending this
function. Am sending Washington Secretary of State and Attorney
General as well as my county auditor.
This summer county, state, and national elections officials will be
heading toHollywoodandBeverly Hills to enjoy four
days of fun and sun
sponsored, in part, by their friends at Diebold, Sequoia and ES&S.
Yes, that's right. Diebold is co-sponsoring the "Welcome Reception";
ES&S is co-sponsoring the "Graduation Luncheon and Awards
Ceremony" and
Sequoia is co-sponsoring a Thursday evening dinner and dance.
This gathering is NOT a weekend or even a long weekend. This gathering
is done during the work week while those officials are being paid by
their counties or states, that is, the tax payer. So while they are on
the clock, being paid by us, they will be enjoying the hospitality of
the voting machine vendors who will be plying them with misinformation
and free meals, snacks, and drink.
The list of speakers at this event is stunning in its absurdity. There
is no one to speak the truth about voter verified paper ballots.
Instead our elections officials who attend will get to hear from ousted
Palm Beach Director of Elections Theresa LePore.
Attendees will get to
hear about "Challenged Elections and Recounts" from the King
County,
Washington Auditor whose county's elections were woefully mismanaged in
November.
Many states have made it illegal for any elected official or employee
to receive ANY gifts from vendors.Are any employees
of your county
elections office, or your county elections director, going to attend
this corporate sponsored gathering? If you think they might, send them
an email asking. Let them know you think it's a conflict of interest.
Include their bosses, county commissioners, and/or state elections
directors, in the email so everyone knows what will be going on. Let
the media know that this event is a potential ethics problem.
***Tentative SCHEDULE OF EVENTS***
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
8:00-9:00Class Registration--(Separate RegistrationForClasses
Required)
9:00-4:30Class #11History I Instructor: Steve Brown, Ph.D.
Class #12History IIInstructor:
Robert Montjoy, Ph.D.
Class #14Crisis Management in Voter Registration and
Elections
Instructor: Keenan Grenell, Ph.D.
Class #18Conflict Management in Voter Registration and
Elections
Instructor: Christa Slaton, Ph.D.
12:00-1:30Lunch (Students only)
Wednesday,August 10, 2005
8:00-11:00Courses #11, #12, #14 and #18 Continued
1:00-5:00Committee Meetings Others TBA
1:00-5:00Educational Exhibit Area Open
3:00-4:00Elections Legislative Committee
4:00-8:00Registration Desk Open
6:00-7:30Welcome Reception
Co-Sponsored
by: Diebold Election Systems
Thursday, August 11, 2005
8:00-5:00Registration Desk Open
8:30-9:00Continental Breakfast
8:00-5:00Educational Exhibit Area Open
9:00-9:30Welcome/Announcements
*Conny McCormack,
Los
AngelesCounty Registrar-Clerk-Recorder
*Doug Lewis,
CERA,
Executive Director, TheElection Center
*Ernest
Hawkins,
CERA, Program Chair, TheElection Center
9:30-10:30HelpAmericaVote Act
Guidelines
for Voting System Standards
*Commissioner Ray Martinez,
Election Assistance Commission (invited)
*Someone
from NIST (TBA)
10:30-11:00Educational Exhibits/Break
11:00-12:00Election Assistance Commission
Discussion
of Projects and Activities
*Commissioner Ray Martinez,
Election Assistance Commission (invited)
12:00-12:30National Voter Registration and Elections News
*Dick Smolka, Publisher, Election Administration Reports
12:30-2:00No-host lunch
2:00-2:05Ethical Dilemma Presentation
*Debra
Blanton, CERA,
Chair
Standards and Ethics, The Election Center
2:05-3:30Professional Practices Presentations ?and the winner is??
*Janis
Womack, CERA,
Best Practices Chair, TheElection Center
3:30-4:00Educational Exhibits/Break
4:00-4:30Voter Registration and Elections Legislation
*Beverly
Kaufman, CERA
*Ron Chaney
Co Chairs, TheElection Center's Legislative Committee
4:30-5:30Educational Exhibits
7:00-10:00Dinner/dance
Co-Sponsored
by: Sequoia Voting Systems
Friday, August 12, 2005
8:00-3:00Registration Desk Open
8:00-12:00Educational Exhibit Area Open
8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00-10:15Concurrent Discussion Groups
Breakout #1Ethical Dilemma Discussion
*Debra
Blanton, CERA, Chair Standards and Ethics,
TheElection Center
Breakout #2Election Reform Task Report
*Kevin
Kennedy, CERA, Executive Director,
WisconsinBoard of Elections
Breakout #3Vote Centers
*Scott
Doyle, LarimerCounty Clerk and Recorder
Breakout #4Challenged Elections and Recounts
*Dean Logan,
CERA, King County Elections Director
10:15-10:45Educational Exhibits/Break
10:45-12:30Concurrent Discussion Groups
Breakout #1State Certification Programs
*Tom Wilkey, Former Executive Director,New
York State
Board of
Elections
Breakout #2Provisional Ballots
*Keith
Cunningham, Allen County Director of Elections
Breakout #3Early (Advance)
Voting
*Kathy
Rogers, CERA, Georgia Director of Elections
Breakout #4Outreach
*Theresa LePore, FormerPalm BeachSupervisor of Elections
12:30-2:30 Graduation Luncheon and Awards Ceremony
Sponsored
by: ES &S
2:30-4:45Concurrent Discussion Groups
Breakout #1Using Statewide Voter Data Bases
*BrianMouty,ColoradoHAVA Project Manager
Breakout #2 How to Become a Certified Elections
Registration
Administrator (CERA)
*TBA
Breakout #3Voter Registration ?Bounty Hunters?
*Patricia Hollarn,
CERA,Okaloosa CountySupervisor
of Elections
Breakout #4Providing for Independent Voting for Blind Voters
and those
with Disabilities
*Jill Lavine, CERA,SacramentoCountyRegistrar
of Voters