Fixing Elections
Submitted by zappini on Mon, 03/20/2006 - 7:34pm.Apr 25 2006 - 6:30pm
Apr 25 2006 - 10:00pm
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Panel discussion on election integrity. Plus food and music!
Speakers are Holly Jacobson (cofounder of Voter Action) and Paul Lehto (Attorney, plantiff in Lehto v Snohomish Co & Sequoia Voting Systems), Rep. Toby Nixon (web site), and Richard Borkowski (Computer Consultant, Activist).
Music. Food. Tables for election reform groups.
March Meeting
Submitted by Julie Goldberg on Fri, 03/10/2006 - 5:59pm.Mar 26 2006 - 6:00pm
Mar 26 2006 - 9:00pm
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6:00 Doors Open (Potlatch food, drink.)
7:00 Meeting Starts
King County Elections will be discussed.
Call to Action
As we all know, the Executive's reckless plan calls for new Diebold
tabulators, VoteHere's ballot tracker, computerized signature
verification, and some other bad ideas. The county council vote will
happen before their August recess.
A core group of us have been meeting a few times a week. Studying,
researching, writing, etc. We now have all the information we need to
make our case. Briefly:
- these risky changes endanger the presidential election, Nov 2008
- these changes cannot achieve the Executive's stated goal of early
election results
Now we step up the effort. Messaging, getting the word out,
What Happened to Election Reform in the Legislature
Submitted by Julie Goldberg on Sun, 06/24/2007 - 2:09pm.Jun 26 2007 - 7:00pm
Jun 26 2007 - 9:00pm
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1. An update on King County's plan to buy new Diebold equipment for
counting ballots.
2. A Discussion on state election reform legislation with:
State Senator Eric Oemig, 45th District
Marcee Stone, Washington Public Campaigns
John King, Washington Public Campaigns
Several significant election reform bills on topics such as public financing for elections, and audit requirements for optical scan tabulators were introduced in the last session, but did not pass. What were the bills and what happened to them? What can be done in the future to advance election reform?
Protect Our Secret Ballot
Submitted by Julie Goldberg on Thu, 04/26/2007 - 6:27am.May 1 2007 - 7:00pm
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King County is planning to adopt mail ballot tracking. This is more than envelope tracking. It adds a unique barcode to each ballot which is tied to the voter's id. This eliminates the secret ballot, taking away all voter privacy.
AGENDA
1) Greeting
2) Discuss Public Hearing Monday May 14th
King County's Citizen Election Oversight Committee has a hearing to receive public on the Vote By Mail business case. This includes mail ballot tracking and new Diebold ballot counting systems. We will discuss information packets covering WCFE's issues and concerns. We'll encourage everyone to attend the hearing and testify.
Fair Elections Meeting - Tuesday Dec. 12
Submitted by Julie Goldberg on Tue, 12/05/2006 - 1:50pm.Dec 12 2006 - 6:00pm
Dec 12 2006 - 8:30pm
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You are invited to the December meeting of Wa Citizens for Fair Elections
Many failures of the election system were observed around the nation
on Nov. 7, with many voters losing their voice because of voter
suppression and computers that "lost" their votes. Almost nowhere
are elections validated for accuracy and inclusiveness. Citizens
are responding by organizing efforts for election oversight in their
communities, including King County. We will discuss local election
integrity efforts, including an ongoing effort in King County to
conduct a recount of a small number of precincts by hand.
August meeting
Submitted by Julie Goldberg on Fri, 08/18/2006 - 7:40am.Aug 22 2006 - 6:00pm
Aug 22 2006 - 9:00pm
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Topics: 1. Report on Election activism around the country, featuring a
conference call report by an activist from another state
(to be revealed at meeting).
2. Proposal for an elected King County Auditor to run county elections.
This November, County voters will vote on whether to have an
elected auditor in charge of county elections (like other Wa counties).
What could be the benefits and liabilities?
There will be a potluck dinner from 6 pm to 6:45. Bring food to share. Paper plates, cups, and eating utensils will be provided.
Be a poll worker!
King County is still looking for poll workers this fall. Jason blogged about it at washblog.
http://www.washblog.com/story/2006/8/18/92058/6449
Call 296-VOTE today to sign up!
June Business Meeting
Submitted by Julie Goldberg on Wed, 06/21/2006 - 8:05pm.Jun 27 2006 - 7:00pm
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This will be our regular business meeting for June. We will be discussing by-laws, recent actions regarding fight forced mail voting and upcoming plans, both short-term and long term.
May monthly meeting
Submitted by Julie Goldberg on Mon, 05/15/2006 - 10:26am.May 25 2006 - 7:00pm
May 25 2006 - 9:00pm
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The next meeting of Washington Citizens for Fair Elections will occur on Thursday, May 25, at 7 pm in Ballard at the home of Julie Goldberg. We will NOT have our usual potluck dinner before the meeting.
There is no speaker planned for this month. The meeting will be entirely discussion of such topics as: draft of by-laws for Fair Elections, the Vote by Mail situation in King County, plans for the June and July meetings, and other topics. In June, the meeting will return to our usual time of the fourth Tuesday, and we will have a speaker. The planned topic is the Voter Registration Database.