If you can make it to this event on Saturday you'll be thankful you did. This is a follow-on to the "Election Rigging 101" National Teach-in in Oakland from last month. The Silicon Valley Alliance for Free and Fair Elections which RealityBased.Info and OVC are members of announces:
Stop U.S. Election Rigging Now!
Date: Saturday, March 26
Time: 2:00pm-5:30pm
Location: St. James Senior Center, 199 North Third Street (N. 3rd & E. St James in the NE corner St. James park), San Jose, California
Meet Penny Little, the producer/director of the upcoming movie "Electile Dysfunction," as she finishes the filming of her movie! Learn how our election system can be rigged and how to stop it from speakers Alan Dechert, president of the Open Voting Consortium, Jim March, board member of Black Box Voting, Emily Levy from the Richard Hayes Phillips Project, and Peter Drekmeier. See movie clips and participate in an action planning session. Hear live political music by Laramie Crocker!
Event contact info: Lara Shaffer, 831-419-0758, lara(at)openvoting(dot)org, OpenVoting.org
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$10 donation requested (no one will be turned away due to lack of funds!)
Proceeds benefit the Open Voting Consortium (OVC), a non-profit organization dedicated to the development, maintenance, and delivery of open voting systems for use in public elections.
To connect to
Silicon Valley Open Voting Consortium who are putting this on (as a part with Silicon Valley Alliance for Free and Fair Elections) go to
electionreform.meetup.com/104
Here's the lineup:
Event Schedule
Total time for the event 2:00pm-5:30pm
INTRO
2:00-2:20pm Networking
2:20-2:30pm Introduction to the Event
2:30-2:40pm Alan Dechert (intro to history of why OVC is needed and OVC News clip) (10 minutes)
PROBLEMS
2:40-3:00pm Overview of the problem: Peter Drekmeier (20 minutes speak)
3:00pm-3:10pm Electile Dysfunction movie clip (10 minutes)
3:10pm-3:25pm Problems in Ohio with Voting Systems (including central tabulators): Emily Levy (10 minutes speak)
(5 min. Q and A for Emily and Peter)
3:25pm-3:35pm Laramie Crocker sings (10 minutes)
SOLUTIONS
3:35pm-3:45pm Votergate movie clip (10 minutes)
3:45pm-4:00pm Why Do We Want a Public System: Jim March (15 minutes speak)
4:00-4:05pm Electile Dysfunction movie clip of OVC system (5 minutes)
4:05pm-4:25pm Why We Need an Open Voting System and What We All Need to Do to Work Towards Gettting One Implemented:
Alan Dechert (15 minutes speak)
(5 minutes Q and A for Jim and Alan)
4:25pm-4:30pm What actions are happening- what organizations are out there and what they are doing: Emily Levy (5 minutes)
4:30pm-5:30pm Action planning
The speakers and schedule was organized by:
Lara Shaffer
Director of Development
Open Voting Consortium
831-419-0758
lara(at)openvoting(dot)org
OpenVoting.org
The Open Voting Consortium (OVC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the development, maintenance, and delivery of open voting systems for use in public elections.