Open Voting Southern California Tour!

[LaraOVC]

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Below is the final schedule for the Open Voting Southern California Tour. Many of these events include a live demonstration of the open voting system as well as movie showings, information abou Bob Fitrakis's book, etc! We hope to see you at some of these events!

If you are interested in organizing an event for an Open Voting Tour in your area, please contact Lara Shaffer at [e-mail] (831-419-0758). Plans are in motion for a late summer or early fall Bay Area, Northern California, and Pacific Northwest tour that may include Bob Fitrakis (author and political speaker) and Penny Little (director/producer of the movie Electile Dysfunction).

Election Reform Southern California Tour Information
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Bob Fitrakis Book Tour, OVC, and Electile Dysfunction Movie Showing
Ventura
Wednesday, June 16, 8pm
Franky's Restaurant, 456 East Main Street
Cost: $5 (suggested donation)
Event contact info: Helen Conly, [e-mail], 805 746-0199

Bob Fitrakis Book Tour
Topanga (Los Angeles area)
Friday, June 17, 7pm
Topanga Christian Fellowship Church, 269 Old Topanga Canyon Road
Cost: Free (donations gladly accepted)
Event contact info: Rain Cater, [e-mail], 310-455-0166, 310-570-3254 (cell)
(Lara Shaffer from Open Voting will not be there, but Open Voting will be discussed)

Bob Fitrakis Book Tour, Open Voting, and other Voting Rights Activists
San Diego
Saturday, June 18,
Location: First Church of the Brethren, 3850 Westgate Place
Time: 7pm
Cost: $3-5 (suggested donation)
Event contact info: Martin Eder, Activist San Diego, [e-mail], 619-528-8383

Bob Fitrakis Book Tour, Election Reform Movie Compilation, Open Voting, Brad Blog, and Citizen's Act
Santa Monica (Los Angeles area)
Sunday, June 19, 6pm (book signing), 7pm (speeches), 8:30pm (movie showing)
Venice United Methodist Church, 1020 Victoria Ave. (Victoria and Lincoln)
Cost: $10 (fathers get in free, no one turned away due to lack of funds)
Event contact info: Sheri Myers, [e-mail], 310-390-8141

How to Make Your Vote Count: A Presentation of the Open Voting System
San Diego
Tuesday, June 21, 7pm
Joyce Beers Uptown Community Center, 3900 Vermont Street
Cost: Free (donations gladly accepted)
Event contact info: John Falchi, [e-mail], 619-222-6036

Lara Shaffer Presents the Open Voting System
and Robert Cohen Presents the Votergate Movie
Costa Mesa (Los Angeles area)
Wednesday, June 22, 7pm
Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church, 1259 Victoria Street
Cost: free (donations gladly accepted!)
Event contact info: Susan Rathman, [e-mail], 714-655-6322

Lara Shaffer Demonstrates the Open Voting System
Long Beach (Los Angeles area)
Thursday, June 23, 7pm
Viento Y Agua Cafe, 4007 E. 4th Street
Cost: Free (donations gladly accepted!)
Event contact info: Gabrielle Weeks, [e-mail], 562-252-4196

Open Voting: The Solution to Electile Dysfunction and Votergate
Solando Beach (San Diego area)
Friday, June 24, 6:30pm-9:30pm
San Diego Credit Union, 501 North El Camino Real
Cost: Free (donations gladly accepted!)
Event contact info: Charles Stidd, [e-mail], 858-481-5286

Defending Democracy A Government Reform and Accountability Conference with Common Cause
San Diego
Saturday, June 25
Time: 9am-5pm (conference), 5:30pm-7pm (reception), 7pm-9pm, John Conyers (invited)
Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front Street, Hillcrest
Cost: $20 registration fee
Event contact info Amy Temple, [e-mail], 213-252-4552, www.commoncause.org/defendingdemocracyforum

Election Reform Forum (Open Voting Consortium, Black Box Voting, California Clean Money, California Election Protection Network, and Votergate)
Los Angeles
Sunday, June 26
Time: 1-5pm
Location: Neighborhood Unitarian Church, 301 North Orange Grove Blvd
Cost: $5
Event contact info: Matthew Tiffany, [e-mail], 626-353-0189

[Peace Patriot]

1. Thanks for this info! I'll post it at the current all-Calif. thread...

"Revolt Against Diebold in Calif! Wow! Action thread re: June 30"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x378741

We MUST COORDINATE and get a petition going for the June 30 deadline on public comment re: Diebold and ES&S DRE's for California. Very important!