We Count 2006! National Conference about Fair Elections, Electronic Vote Fraud and Restoring Democracy Friday, September 29th and Saturday, September 30th in Cleveland

WeCount Event to be held in Cleveland, OH.

Cleveland, OH (PRWEB) September 27, 2006 -- WHO: Election reform activists/journalists/investigators/authors. The public is encouraged to participate in this historic event!

WHAT: Conference about restoring fair elections and democracy

WHERE: Cleveland, OHIO at Cuyahoga Community College’s Metropolitan campus at 2900 Community College Avenue.

WHEN: Friday, September 29th from 6- 10 p.m. and Saturday, September 30th from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

WHY: Our election systems are badly broken and citizens must be educated about exactly what is wrong with them--why they fail to work for “we the people” and how, with electronic voting machines, the will of the people can be completely subverted. Learn how you can help restore a government “of, by and for the people”— honoring those who fought and died for the right to vote and the creation of our republic. Plug into the democracy movement!

Keynote Speaker: Mark Crispin Miller, NYU Professor and author of several books including Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election & Why They'll Steal the Next One, Too (Unless We Stop Them).

Other outstanding speakers include Black Box Voting founder Bev Harris, activist, writer and muckraker Bob Fitrakis, activist and attorney Paul Lehto, pioneering advocate against electronic voting, Lynn Landes, journalist Bob Koehler, Election Defense Alliance co-founder, Jonathan Simon, statisticians Richard Hayes Phillips, Ron Baiman and Josh Mittledorf, National Election Data Archive founder and analyst, Kathy Dopp, social activist and writer Greg Coleridge, author and activist Harvey Wasserman, Co-Editors Abbe Waldman DeLozier and Vickie Karp, election activist Nancy Tobi, analysts and activists Jerry Adams and Victoria Lovegren, Ohio PFAW director, Shaun Tucker and many more. Ohio political candidates will speak, including candidates for Governor, Bob Fitrakis, James Lundeen and Bill Peirce; candidates for Lieutenant Governor, Lee Fisher and Anita Rios; Secretary of State candidates, Jennifer Brunner and Tim Kettler; and Ohio State senator and candidate for Attorney General, Marc Dann.

Filmmakers: Laura Paglin (“No Umbrella”), Dorothy Fadiman (“Stealing America: Vote by Vote”), Jeff Kirkby (“Digital Quagmires”), Richard Van Slyke (“The Right To Count”), Carl Weiler, Rose Wilcher, Margit Johansson, Ginny Ross and others.

Sponsors include: People For The American Way, Velvet Revolution, America Votes, Northeast Ohio Sierra Club, Northeast Ohio American Friends Service Committee, Black Box Voting, Ohio Democracy Project, Missourians for Honest Elections, Democracy For New Hampshire, Cuyahoga County Green Party, Ohioans for Democratic Values, Progressive Democrats of Ohio, Ohio Voter Reform, OpEdNews.com, Free Press, Peace Action, www.hackedelections.com, Women Speak Out for Peace And Justice, Ohio Vigilance, 51 Capital Steps, Election Defense Alliance, Democrats.com, Case-Ohio, J30 Coalition, electionfraudnews.org, Wake Up and Save Your Country, Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, The World Can’t Wait, Clamor Magazine, and many more.

Films shown: Dorothy Fadiman’s “Stealing America: Vote by Vote”, Laura Paglin’s “No Umbrella”, Jeff Kirkby’s “Digital Quagmires”, Richard Van Slyke’s “The Right To Count”, EON Productions’ “Got Democracy?” and “Help America Vote On Paper”, Earnhard Pirkle’s “Eternal Vigilance”, Guerilla News Network’s “American Blackout” and others.

Parking in campus lots is available for 50 cents. Voluntary donations of $10 for Friday and $25 for Saturday (or $30 for both days) are requested, but no one will be turned away.

For more information and to register for the conference, visit www.wecount2006.org or call (216) 849-7470.

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