is anyone going? just curious
attached is brochure text and pdf
Tari Runyan
Global Election Systems, Inc. P.O. Box 747 (mailing) 2716 Fairview CT. (street) Montesano WA 98563 voice 360-249-2445 fax 360-249-2285 cell 360-270-1159 trglobal@earthlink.net |
Our conference program is building into an exciting two-days of program offerings you simply cannot find anywhere else! Our conference registration website is about to launch (by Monday) and will offer the ability to register and pay on-line, but I thought I would give you the latest advance schedule of speakers and panels. Seating is limited so don't wait to sign up! --Advance Program-- VIP Voting Integrity 2000 Conference March 30 - April 1, 2000 Marriott Metro Center Washington, DC FRIDAY, MARCH 31 9 am - 5 pm Registration 9 am - 5 pm PRESIDENTIAL STRAW POLL & INTERNET VOTING DEMONSTRATION (Courtesy of I-Politic.com) 9 am - 5 pm Vendor and Election Equipment Displays GENERAL SESSION 10 am PRESS CONFERENCE NOON LUNCHEON —The Hon Darryl R. Wold (Chairman, Federal Elections Commission) 1:45 pm CONFERENCE OPENING SESSION Welcoming Remarks by Helen Blackwell (VIP Chairman) 2:00 pm DEBATE: "Does Money Corrupt Politics?" Moderated by The Hon David Mason (FEC Commissioner) Panel Members: Professor Prof Steve Bronars (Univ of Texas) Professor Burt Neuborn (NYU School of Law)* 3:00 pm COFFEE BREAK 3:15 pm PANEL: "One Person One Vote in the Twenty-first Century" Moderated by Linda Chavez (Center for Equal Opportunity) Panel members: Bob Heghmann (One Man One Vote); Steven A Camarota (Center for Immigration Studies); Paul Donnelly (Immigration Reform Committee)*; Gabriel Escobar (The Washington Post)* 4:15 pm PANEL - "Early Voting and Vote-Only-By Mail Reforms" Moderated by Paul de Gregorio (University of Missouri) Panel members: The Hon Bill Bradbury (OR Secy of State)*; Tony Sirvello (Immediate past president of IACREOT & Harris County TX Election Director); Curtis Gans (Committee for the Study of the American Electorate) 5:30 pm WELCOMING RECEPTION -- Featuring Darrell Green (of the Washington Redskins and the Darrell Green Youth Life Foundation) SATURDAY - APRIL 1 8 am - 5:00 pm REGISTRATION 8 am - 5:00 pm PRESIDENTIAL STRAW POLL & INTERNET VOTING DEMONSTRATION (Courtesy of I-Politic.com) 8:00 am CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 8:30 am OPENING SESSION REMARKS - Conference Chairman 9:00 am PANEL: "Approaches to Fighting Election Fraud" Moderated by: Hans von Spakovsky (Fulton County Election Commission, Atlanta GA) Panel members: The Hon Jeannemarie Devolites (Delegate Virginia Legislature), The Hon Sean Cavanagh (Commissioner, Fayette County PA); Charlie Young (Charlie Young & Associates); George Bruder (Senior VP, DBT Online, Inc.); Emmit "Bucky" Mitchell (Ass't Gen Counsel, FL Board of Elections)* 10:00 am COFFEE BREAK 10:15 am PANEL: "New Challenges to the American Voting Franchise" Moderated by Mark Spradley Panel members: The Hon Marvin "Doc" Cheatham (President, Baltimore City Board of Elections); Fred Scheigert; The Hon Kenneth Melvin (Virginia House of Delegates)*; Cynthia D Waddell (City of San Jose) 11:15 am PANEL: "Open vs Closed Primaries" Moderated by (TBA) Panel members: Patrick M McSweeney, Esq. (McSweeney, Burtch and Crump)*; Others TBA 12:30 pm LUNCHEON - KEYNOTE ADDRESS: JOHN FUND (EDITOR, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL) 2:00 pm Panel: "Are We Ready for Internet Voting?" Moderated by Dr Lorrie Faith Cranor (AT&T Labs) Panel members: Shannon Wainwright (I-Politics.com); Jim Adler (VoteHere.net)*; Prof Jonathan Turley (Public Interest Law Center, George Washington University); David Jefferson (Compaq Computers/Member of California Internet Task Force); Richard Smith (Internet Security Expert) 3:30 pm COFFEE BREAK 3:45 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS PANEL: "Ballot Access and Third Party Impact on Election Integrity" Moderated by Dr Scott Becker (Ballot Access Coalition) Panel members: Richard Winger (Editor, Ballot Access News); Lewis Loss, Esq. (Commission on Presidential Debates)*; Prof Alan Lichtman (American University)* PANEL: "Media's Changing Attitudes About Election Fraud" Moderated by: Larry Hart (HARTCO Strategies) Panel members: David Broder (The Washington Post)*, Malia Zimmerman (Pacific Business News); Paul Sunyak (Herald Tribune); Lance Williams (SF Examiner)* 4:45 pm CONCURRENT SESSIONS PANEL: "The Changing of the Guard -- Engaging Tomorrow's Electorate" Moderated by: Dr Veronica Diconti, American University's Washington Semester Program Panel members: Daniel Schorr (NPR)*; Dr William Bennett*; Prof. Mary Ellen Shearer ("Nonvoters; America's No-Shows"; Ed McElroy (American Federation of Teachers)*; Karl Kurtz (National Conference of State Legislatures)* PANEL: "Direct vs Deliberative Democracy" Moderated by: Morton Blackwell (Chairman, The Leadership Institute) Panel members: Jonah Goldberg (Editor, National Review*; M. Dane Waters (Initiative and Referendum Institute); J. Ray Kennedy (Internal Foundation for Election Systems) 6:00 pm SPECIAL VIP SPONSOR RECEPTION 7:00 pm FRED SCHEIGERT AWARDS GALA Featuring a debate between The Hon Thomas Jefferson and The Hon Patrick Henry (in cooperation with The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Presentation of The Fred Scheigert Award Keynote Address Sponsors: DBT Online, Inc. Carr Goodson Warner The Federalist Society Fidlar & Chambers Company Initiative and Referendum Institute I-politic.com The Leadership Institute US Newswire, Inc *invited