I did not catch the entire thing and they will have a transcript up tomorrow but here are my notes from what I am calling the "Winter Voter" hearings...

PRESENT:

Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL)
Rep. Major Owens (D-NY)
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)
Rep. Jerome Nadler (D-NY)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Rep. Mel Watt (D-NC)
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
Jesse Jackson

Was that Greg Palast? (quoted gahndi)

Eleanor Smeal
Feminist Majority

Newly Registered Voters

Voting Machines
Long Lines (very long for student 2-10hours)

Vote Suppression
give volunteers a hard time during registration drive
voting registration Info was out of date

Shawnta Walcott Zogby International

np polling data that supports allegations
unprecedented levels of suspicision
polling data showed a real split
Zogby - thousands of letters and emails
not contest the election results
no polling data
recommendation restore dignity and confidence
blue ribbon bipartisan panel be developed to allow healing

Steve Freeman University of Pennsylvania
wrote a paper
wide discrepency between exit polls and official tallies
not possible that difference was result of random chance
exit poll data was not released
used the "initial release of the data (uncalibrated data)

Matthew Siegel Kenyon COllege
polling conditions were ridiculous, uncomfortable, people were overheated, hungry, a girl fainted,

claustropic, comfort the voters, revive voters with water bottles and umbrellas, conditions worsened, rumors

circulating, voters stayed to vote even upon hearing bush was winning
2 machines 1,300 voters, 1 was broken for 2 hours
1 machine for 100 voters (that soounds really low)
citing peter jennings

Robert Wexler
no complaint of people who wanted to vote for bush but couldn't
electronic votes lost?

Suzanne Pruitt

Robert Fitrakis
Editor, Free Press

Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)

election system is "seperate but equal"
voting is a state right, not in the constitution
is there a federal remedy of election anamolies in state of ohio
there is not constitutional right to vote for pres electors
15th 19th amendement, 26th

Hillary Shelton NAACP

Jess Jackson
i'm in a great deal of pain
this election is not over until...we need some action
this cannot be an academic venting session
when mr kerry left he took media scrutiny with him
34 days to count votes, why?
jesse crying???????

Rep. Jerome Nadler (D-NY)

Ralph Neas
People for the American Way

Cliff Arnebeck
the suit we are about to file
Common Cause Ohio
relying on prof freeman from UPenn
use discovery process in ohio Supreme Court to look into computers

"triad tabulators"

match the tabulators to the votes counted

Major Owens
cutting edge for elections is in ukraine
father of democracy looks ridiculous
press this issue on an international basis
keep the pressure on
we are not a democracy, one man one vote

"put em in jail"

planning a field hearing

file an objection to the seating of the Ohio electors

nationalazing of our federal elections
national holiday for votin
indepedent audit after each vote
those who conduct elections should not be associated with any candidate (blackwell)
national hearings around the nation

QUESTIONS

Conyers - remember you are on national TV

David Little Committee to Redeaft the Presdient
having a protest saturday
remedy is to reduce congressional seats from Ohio, FL and NC

watt
internal political issue, way they are lined up to ask questions

Patty Keishan
Union County for Democracy, Bergen County, etc.

Will you sign this decleration of intent

transcript on internet
house judiciary democartic web site

Charles santangelo

Jonathon Simon
downloading the exit poll data (work with Steve Freeman)
lefted up on CNN

Aaron Rubin
ACT! registering voters

Conyers: WE WANT TO WORK ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL

Lynn Landis
complete missing...no voting machines at all

Nadler: paper ballots are a lot easier to manipulate

jason ross
larouche movement...conyers cuts him off
vote fraud, vote suppression
prosecution under voting rights act

deborah balmer

brodsky
verified voting broward county

jeff fischer
july 27
election 2000 was rigged, how it was going to be done
jeff fativa FBI