UPDATE: Rep. McKinney added as keynote speaker National Election Conf

[tommcintyre]

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(More info here)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x353135

BLAST 391 National Media to Cover the NATIONAL ELECTION REFORM CONFERENCE

http://www.independentmediasource.com/voteintegrity.htm
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Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-Georgia) has been added as the closing keynote speaker for the National Election Reform Conference. She joins a stellar lineup of speakers and discussion group leaders, conference attendees from 26 states and over 60 supporting organizations. The conference will be filmed by six documentarians and will be web-cast (audio) shortly after the conference ends. If we can find someone to do it, we will also run a thread reporting on the conference in real-time on DU.

Y'all come. It's not too late to join us this Friday through Sunday as we work together to take our country back. After all, we are the ones we have been waiting for. For more information, go to:
http://www.freepress.org/conf.php

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NATIONAL ELECTION REFORM CONFERENCE
NASHVILLE, TN APRIL 8-10,2005
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS (in rough order of first appearance)

Bernie Ellis, Tennessee, Gathering To Save Our Democracy (and other members)
Civil rights leaders (Tennessee): Tex Thomas, Sonnye Dixon, Charles Kimbrough
Michael Grant, TN NAACP Statewide coordinator, Voting Rights Act celebrations
Cliff Arnebeck, Ohio, Alliance for Democracy
Bob Fitrakis, Ohio, www.freepress.org
Richard Reinoehl, Ohio, Ohio recount coordinator
R.H. Phillips, Ohio election fraud researcher
Joanne Roush, Wisconsin, Ohio recount volunteer
Bernard Windham, Florida, national election datasets analyst (including EIRS)
Warren Stewart, California, National Ballot Integrity Project
Judith Alter, California, Recount New Mexico
Paul Lehto, Washington state election/fraud attorney
Andrew Silver, North Carolina
David Griscom, Arizona
Roxanne Jekot, Georgia, Voter Choice Coalition
Mary Beth Kuznik, Pennsylvania
Sharona Merel, New Hampshire, National Ballot Integrity Project
Andy Stephenson, Washington, VoteTrust USA
Kathy Dopp, Utah, US Count Votes
Jonathan Simon, Massachusetts, exit poll researcher, We Do Not Concede
Josh Mitteldorf, Pennsylvania, exit poll researcher, US Count Votes
Robert Koehler, Illinois, syndicated columnist, (Chicago) Tribune Media Services
Brad Friedman, California, BradBlog/Velvet Revolution
R. Lee Wrights, North Carolina, Vice-Chair, Libertarian National Committee
David Cobb, California, 2004 Green Party Presidential candidate
Barbara Burt, Maine, Common Cause
Lara Shaffer, California, Open Voting Consortium
Ruth Martin, District of Columbia, People For the American Way Foundation
Phil Fry, Citizens' Alliance for Secure Elections-Ohio
Larry Quick, Illinois, National Ballot Integrity Project
Teresa Hommel, New York, Where's The Paper
Larry English, Tennessee, Information Impact International
Joan Krawitz, Massachusetts, VoteTrust USA
Lowell Finley, California, Help America Recount
David Lytel, District of Columbia, Left.org
Susan Truitt, Ohio, Citizens' Alliance for Secure Elections (CASE)-America
Clinton Curtis, Florida, election fraud whistle-blower
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-Georgia) and one of the "democracy 32"

[RBHam]

1. This is good news...

Nice to have some integrity represented.

[Zan_of_Texas]

13. McKinney enlisted the services of one of DU's own in her last election.

And that person, an expert on Diebold, helped train volunteers for election day on what to watch for. And, McKinney won her seat back!

[FreedomAngel82]

16. Nice

I wish I could go. Sounds like it'll be good.

[RAF]

2. Thanks for this info

:toast:

[Helga Scow Stern]

3. History is in the making with this conference.

Everyone should go. Nothing is more important in politics right now than the integrity of elections. Nothing else is effective as long as the vote can be stolen.

[Jo March]

4. I'll take a break from the hot girl-on-girl action elsewhere

to kick the crap out of this post!

KICK!!! This is most awesome news!!!

[tommcintyre]

5. LOL!

[Jo March]

6. ;) Hey, anything for you Tom! nt

[autorank]

7. Great news. Let's keep track of who was there for us!!!

[G_j]

8. the closing keynote speaker -wonderful!

sounds like a great conference. I would love to see transcripts of some of the speeches!

& Cynthia, :yourock:

[FreedomAngel82]

17. Will there be any video's?

Just wondering because I'd love to watch since I can't go. I'd go just to hear David Cobb and Cynthia McKinney.

[tommcintyre]

30. With "six documentarians", count on it n/t

[RBHam]

9. i sense a seismic shift developing...

more and more...people are starting to get the who;e story...

and they're pissed...

[Zan_of_Texas]

14. I was listening to a recorded speech on the elections in Iraq.

It was recorded in Olympia, WA by Iraq weapons inspector Scott Ritter, distributed to stations around the country on Alternative Radio. Actually, the theme was about what peace activists need to do to get us out of Iraq, and prevent a US bombing of Iran.

He was talking about how there was a delay in reporting the election results in Iraq, and that they were not reported accurately. He mentioned that a group of 15,000 voters somehow managed to cast 50,000 votes, for instance.

Someone in the crowd yelled out "LIKE IN OHIO!"

Ritter said, roughly, "Yeah, but that discussion would make us REALLY depressed, and I'm trying to talk about Iraq." Not long after, he mentioned something about a failed democracy attempt in Iraq, and again someone yelled out something about OHIO!

I was applauding in my car (even though the speech was recorded half a continent away days or weeks ago)!

[tommcintyre]

10. Kick for justice!

[oasis]

11. kick

[tommcintyre]

12. Mahalo bro n/t

[seabeyond]

15. so you are syaing democrats are standing up, speaking out

and not going to get news coverage once again. and then so many here on du can say what a bunch of spineless democrats where are they hiding why dont they do anything

i cant wait to follow this along and hear what is up. thanks for sharing the info. not that we get it from msm, but then that is the democrats fault i am sure

[tommcintyre]

19. I think Democrats (and other progressives) have been speaking out...

all along. I think the problem is that not enough of the Dem leadership has done so.

As far as the media goes, WE are becoming the media. Surveys show that more and more people are getting their news/current events from the Internet. This is definitely an unstoppable trend that their increasingly shoddy coverage is only accelerating.

But that's OK. I'll keep giving them more chances to redeem themselves with my blasters. ;)

[seabeyond]

26. i think the dem leadership has/is doing so

i receive emails from many sources. they are speaking out all over the place. on all the things people are saying they should speak out on. i am hearing it. it is there. now because we dont get the same voice as repugs, thru msm or radio doesnt mean it isnt being said

why i think this is so important, i know thru life, all these years, if you continually say it out loud, not honory reality, that is what you will receive

i heard kerry speak out, about the things we wanted him to speak out on. msm and repug continually said, he isnt saying. yet i hear it. dems on board are saying why doesnt he say it, he did i say. and that is what we created kerry as during the election. it wasnt true. but many see him like that. because media said it, repugs said it and our own dems said it

i think it is about time we start creating who we are in a positive than an election, maybe more will hear

[seabeyond]

27. all those that say democratic leadership is quiet, i say, no.....

they are not quiet

[eridani]

18. Please, please, please!!

Have video, audio and transcripts of everything that happens. Sell DVDs. Do podcasts. Record EVERYTHING for those of us who can't be there.

[tommcintyre]

21. I think there will be plenty ofdocumentation

Start checking the 2004 ER&D forum starting Friday:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=203

[oasis]

20. kick

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[rooboy]

23. Yeah..it's getting expensive to buy the gas to light those crosses. n/t

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[oasis]

25. Kick for Courageous Cynthia.

[RBHam]

28. punt

out of bounds, inside the 5...

[donsu]

29. great! thank you National Election Reform Conference

[Zhade]

31. McKinney is one of the good ones.

Good to hear.