{"id":1019,"date":"2004-12-03T11:56:57","date_gmt":"2004-12-03T15:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=1019"},"modified":"2004-12-03T11:56:57","modified_gmt":"2004-12-03T15:56:57","slug":"confirmed-house-judiciary-dems-announce-public-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=1019","title":{"rendered":"CONFIRMED! House Judiciary Dems Announce Public Hearings!"},"content":{"rendered":"

As reported exclusively last night on The BRAD BLOG<\/a>, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democrats have minutes ago officially issued a press release announcing public hearings will<\/i> be held on the Hill next week in regards to Voting Irregularities in Ohio.<\/p>\n

Witness to testify (detailed below) include the three names mentioned in our report last evening, along with many other notable players in this saga.<\/p>\n

The full text of the “Press Advisory” is at the bottom of this item.<\/p>\n

\nAs well, The BRAD BLOG<\/a> can further report that Judiciary Committee staffers are working on additional investigation concerning matters in Ohio and other states. Details will be forthcoming, including additional supplemental material added to the thorough 15-page letter<\/a> sent yesterday to Ohio Sec. of State J. Kenneth Blackwell requesting explanations for the many troubling reports of voting irregularities and tabulation in the Buckeye State. (See this previous BRAD BLOG article for detailed excerpts of that original letter<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

PRESS ADVISORY<\/p>\n

Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
\nFourteenth District, Michigan
\nRanking Member, Committee on the Judiciary
\nDean, Congressional Black Caucus <\/p>\n

————FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
\nDecember 3, 2004
\nCONTACT: Dena Graziano (202) 226-6888<\/p>\n

CONYERS AND OTHER CONGRESSMEN TO HOLD FORUM ON VOTING IRREGULARITIES IN OHIO<\/p>\n

Rep. John Conyers, Jr. and other Representatives will be holding the first congressional forum on election irregularities in Ohio, the pivotal state in the presidential election. The forum will include leading advocates, election experts and investigators who have reviewed the myriad of election day and recount problems in Ohio, as well as numerous individuals who experienced problems and outright disenfranchisement on election day. Among other things, the forum, which is open to the public, will concentrate on many of the issues raised in letters from Ranking Member Conyers and other Members to Kenneth Blackwell (http:\/\/www.house.gov\/judiciary_democrats\/ohblackwellltr12204.pdf<\/a>).<\/p>\n

WHAT:
\n“Preserving Democracy – What went wrong in Ohio?”<\/p>\n

WHEN:
\nWednesday, December 8th @ 10:00am <\/p>\n

WHERE:
\n2237 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

WHO:
\nRep. John Conyers, Jr.
\nRep. Melvin Watt
\nRep. Robert Scott
\nRev. Jesse Jackson, Founder Rainbow Push Coalition
\nKenneth Blackwell, Ohio Secretary of State (invited)
\nRalph Neas, President, People For the American Way
\nJon Greenbaum, Director, Voting Rights Project, Lawyers Committee For Civil Rights Under Law
\nEllie Smeal, Executive Director, The Feminist Majority
\nWarren Mitofsky, Mitofsky International, Coordinator of National Exit Poll (invited)
\nProf. Robert Fitrakis, Editor, The Free Press
\nCliff Arnebeck, Arnebeck Associates
\nJohn Bonifaz, General Counsel, National Voting Institute
\nSteve Rosenfeld, Producer, Air America Radio
\nShawnta Walcott, Communications Director, Zogby International
\n##JUD-108-12\/3\/04##<\/div>\n

DEVELOPING…<\/i><\/p>\n

PDF of “Press Advisory” now posted at Judiciary Committee Dems website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As reported exclusively last night on The BRAD BLOG, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Democrats have minutes ago officially issued a press release announcing public hearings will be held on the Hill next week in regards to Voting Irregularities in Ohio. Witness to testify (detailed below) include the three names mentioned in our report last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1019"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=1019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}