{"id":4316,"date":"2007-03-23T02:52:20","date_gmt":"2007-03-23T09:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=4316"},"modified":"2007-03-23T02:52:20","modified_gmt":"2007-03-23T09:52:20","slug":"house-administration-hearings-on-rush-holts-election-reform-bill-hr811-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=4316","title":{"rendered":"House Administration Hearings on Rush Holt’s Election Reform Bill (HR811) Today…"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a big day in the House on Friday, with hours of hearings set for Rush Holt’s HR811 Election Reform bill<\/a> in the House Adminstration Committee’s Subcomittee on Elections, with four big panels set.<\/p>\n

The witnesses this time may<\/i> be more good than bad for a change, and include, among other familiar names, Debra Bowen (CA SoS) and Noel Runyan, the blind technology expert who, with many other disabled voter advocates released a statement here<\/a> calling for “an immediate ban” on DREs last week. (My interview with Runyan, during last week’s guest hosting stint for Action Point<\/em> on Air America\/Nova M Phoenix is here [MP3]<\/a> for your listening pleasure<\/i>. I’m back again this Sunday, btw, with a special exclusive broadcast interview premiere! Stay tuned for details!<\/em>). The rest of the witnesses are listed below.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I may be gone for much of the day, so let me know how they did in the event that C-SPAN picks any of it up (and if anybody spots Warren Stewart of VoteTrustUSA calling for an amendment to the Holt Bill to require a DRE ban during his public testimony, send him a few dozen roses, will ya?!)<\/p>\n

By the way, now’s a great time to email<\/strong><\/a> and call<\/strong><\/a> your Congress members to ask them nicely, but firmly, to amend Holt to include a ban on Electronic DRE Ballots!<\/p>\n

The full panel breakdown is listed below…<\/p>\n

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Committee on House Administration<\/b>
\nSubcommittee on Elections<\/em><\/p>\n

Election Reform: HR 811
\nFriday March 23, 2007, 9:30 am
\n1310 Longworth House Office Building<\/p>\n

Panel One<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ)<\/li>\n
  • Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Panel Two<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida<\/li>\n
    • Debra Bowen, Secretary of State, California<\/li>\n
    • Chris Nelson, Secretary of State, South Dakota<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Panel Three<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \n
      • Tanya Clay House, Director of Public Policy, People for the American Way<\/li>\n
      • George Gilbert, Director of Elections, Guilford County, North Carolina<\/li>\n
      • Edward Felten, Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University<\/li>\n
      • Don Norris, Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland – Baltimore<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Panel Four<\/strong><\/p>\n

          \n
        • Noel Runyan, Personal Data Systems<\/li>\n
        • Harold Snider, Access for the Handicap<\/li>\n
        • \nWarren Stewart, Policy Director, VoteTrustUSA<\/li>\n
        • Gail Mahoney, Jackson County MI, Chair National Association of Counties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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