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ELECTION RIGGING 101
A National Teach-In
On the 2004 Election and what we must do to restore democracy

With Bob Fitrakis
Ohio Attorney, Editor, Columbus Free Press

Saturday, Feb. 26th
10am - 4pm
1st Congregational Church
2501 Harrison St. and 27th St., Oakland, California

$10 suggested donation
please bring lunch
information: http://www.democraticrenewal.us

On Riggable Elections
11 hour lines for Democrats only; "Kerry" votes defaulting to "Bush";
Registered Voters Purged, Intimidated; Exit Polls Ignored; RECOUNTS THAT WEREN'T, and much more, with election-related documentary footage from award-winning filmmakers.

On Restoring The Vote
Bob Fitrakis, Ohio Atty & Editor, Freepress
Butch Wing, Rainbow Push; Larry Bensky, KPFA; Walter Riley, East Bay Votes; Medea Benjamin, Code Pink: Jonathan Simon, Verified Vote: Lynn Landes, Journalist

Strategies & Actions
From Blackboxvoting.org, VotersUnite.org, Open Voting Consortium, MMOB, more

Information:
http://www.democraticrenewal.us

*Sunday 2/27 "Who Got Glitched?"
Teach-In & Symposium on Election Reform
The Church at Ocean Park, 2nd and Hill
Santa Monica 90405 - Ocean Park/Main Street Area
California

Doors open 1:30pm

"WHO GOT GLITCHED?" 2:00 start
Part One: On the Ground
"Video the Vote- Columbus, 11/02/04 footage" 10 min.
Bob Fitrakis - The Theft of Ohio - 20 min.
The Public Testimonies, the Moss vs. Bush Lawsuit


Blair Bobier - the Recount Fraud  - 15
Nat. Media Director, Green Party/Ohio Recount Co-Ordinator

Joan Quinn - Experience of Fraud in Greene County- 5
Election Protection Volunteer Attorney - Ohio Recount 

Part Two: The Machines
"Votergate film" -  10 min
Bev Harris - Diebold & Fraud around the Country - 30  

Part Three:
"The Freedom Winter Bus Riders - Columbus to DC"  12 min doc
Introduced by Linda Byrket, Director

"How do we Fix it?" (45 Minutes) moderated by Ian Masters

PANEL: If you like, refer to material in the "Book of Evidence"

Mandeep Gill (Overview of Election Reform legislation & orgs)
Bob Fitrakis (Freepress/media)
Blair Bobier (Greens, Run-off Voting)
Bev Harris (Training Citizens to Audit)
Brad Friedman (Divesting Diebold)  
Kevin Spidel, PDA, Medea Benjamin, CODE PINK,
Susan Clark Pro-Dem Advocate & Sheri Myers, CitizensAct
(Mobilizing the Grassroots, City Council Resolutions)
Butch Wing (Building the Rainbow Coalition)

LAST 45 MIN. - STRATEGIZING with ALL PANELISTS & PARTICIPANTS
engineered by Ian Masters.

By 5:30 we all go home with a plan...and 200 new friends. 

Res. $1O, $5 STUDENTS
tickets@citizensact.org
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WHO WE ARE: CITIZENS ACT

Sheri Myers an LA-Ohioan and Sarah Rath, co-founder of LA Code Pink, have created an organization called Citizens Act. We will be working with Code Pink (and other incoming grassroots orgs) to mobilize, train, and empower Citizen Lobbyists to travel by the busload to their state and national capitols to demand absolutely fair & secure elections by 2006.