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DESCRIPTION:217_PR\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\nOn or After Feb. 14, 2007\n\nContacts: \nDan 
 Ashby    510.233.2144    Dan@electiondefensealliance.org\n\n\nJim 
 Soper       510.258.4857    SomeThoughts@Aol.com\n\n\n\nAre We a 
 Democracy?   Vote Counting in the United States\n\nElection Researchers 
 Make Case for Mass Fraud in Recent U.S. Elections\n\n\n\n\n\n    Five 
 nationally recognized election investigators will present\nevidence of 
 "mass scale election fraud in recent U.S. federal\nelections" at a free 
 public event Saturday \n\nFebruary 17, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the 
 Rockridge Library in Oakland, sponsored by Election Defense Alliance. 
 \n\n    This rare combination of speakers is  possible because four 
 Ph.D\nscientists on the panel are in San Francisco this week presenting 
 their election research papers to the annual meeting of the American 
 Association for the Advancement of Science. Joining them will be election 
 attorney Paul Lehto, a litigator\nin three landmark election contest 
 lawsuits.\n\n    The program lineup includes:\n\n* Dr. Steven Freeman, 
 co-author of "Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?" and co-founder of 
 Election Integrity\n    \n* Dr. David Griscom, co-investigator who 
 uncovered a fraud scheme that falsified optical-scan ballot counts in 
 Arizona, 2004\n\n* Dr. Joshua Mitteldorf, analyst, examines the divergence 
 between 2006 election exit polls and official election returns \n\n* Dr. 
 Stephanie Singer, data consultant, on public access to election data and 
 verification of results\n\n* Election attorney Paul Lehto, speaking on 
 legal and political standards necessary for democracy\n\n\n    In recent 
 years, major changes have occurred in the way U.S. votes are cast and 
 counted. The federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 spurred states and 
 counties into \na $3.8 billion rush to near-universal computerized 
 voting.\n\nWith hundreds of thousands of electronic voting machines running 
 secret software that few understand and none can examine, what confidence 
 can voters have that their votes are recorded and counted honestly -- 
 \nconsidering that it's the control of the U.S. government that's at 
 stake?\n\n    The voters themselves are systematically exluded from 
 direct oversight of the electronic and heavily privatized election systems 
 we now have.\n\nWhat kinds of reforms can citizens realistically expect to 
 achieve,\nagainst the resistance of e-voting vendors, election 
 adminstrators, and the major political parties? \n\nThese and other 
 questions will be addressed in the speaker's\npresentations, and in the 
 audience question and answer period to follow.\n\n    This event is 
 sponsored by Election Defense Alliance, a national coordinating body for 
 electoral integrity groups and individual citizens working at the county, 
 state, and national levels  to establish an electoral system that is fully 
 in the public domain, transparent and secure, subject to manual 
 auditverification, with citizen oversight and participation at every phase 
 of the electoral process.\n\nWHEN: Saturday, February 17,  10:30 a.m. to 
 1:00 p.m. \n\nWHERE:  Rockridge Library, 5366 College Avenue (at Manila) 
 in Oakland, CA 94618   \n           \n             
 http://www.OaklandLibrary.org/Branches/rockridge.htm   \n\nMORE INFO:  
     http://www.ElectionDefenseAlliance.org/Oakland_Symposium\n    
          \n             \n               
 http://www.ElectionIntegrity.org/\n\n\n\n--30--\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/14/18363356.php
SUMMARY:Are We A Democracy? Vote Counting in U.S. Elections
LOCATION:Rockridge Library, 5366 College Avenue (at Manila) in Oakland, CA 94618
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/02/14/18363356.php
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