"The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case." —Thomas Paine, "Dissertation on First Principles of Government," 1795.
We the People...
ON THE ELECTION INTEGRITY PROJECT
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Help Observe Two Critical Senate Races...
Observe
the election process in two critical CA Senate races being held May 14th and May
21st. California needs your help to ensure fair and honest elections in these
two races:
May
14 – State Senate District 32
Los Angeles County, San Bernardino
County
May
21 – State Senate District 16
California’s Central Valley-Fresno
County, Kern County, Tulare County and King County
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Call
For EIP Volunteers:
Once
again EIP Volunteer Observers are being called upon to observe the election
process in two critical CA Senate races. Both
elections could be highly contentious.
1.
May 14 is the final election for State
Senate District 32 (Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties).
Candidates are Ontario Mayor Paul Leon and Assemblywoman Norma Torres.
2.
May 21 is a Primary election for State
Senate District 16 (Central Valley - Fresno, Kern, Tulare and
King’s Counties). Candidates are Mohammad “O” Arif, Bakersfield; Andy Vidak,
Hanford; Francisco “Frank” Rarmirez, Jr., Riverdale; Paulina Miranda, Fresno;
Leticia Perez, Bakersfield.
As
we learned in the 2012 General Election, observer volunteers changed things for
the better. EIP observer presence is needed again to oversee these elections to
be sure they are carried out according to law.
EIP
needs volunteers from every team in the state so it can place
observers in each Polling location in each county on Election Day. EIP also
needs volunteers after Election Day to observe the signature verification
process and to observe the vote count. The EIP teams in the Central Valley have
offered to help EIP trained Observers with lodging if needed.
Please
consider joining these local EIP county teams to observe the process, prepare
incident reports, and continue EIP’s historic effort to restore faith to CA
elections!
To
help click below:
Yes, I will come and observer for one or more days.
I can’t join you at the Polls, but I will donate to help cover the
cost of bringing our volunteers together to continue EIP's efforts to protect
and preserve fair and honest elections for all of us.
Thank
You!
Linda
Paine
President and Co-founder
Election Integrity Project
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Dear EIP supporter,
EIP Poll Observers stepped up all over Californian
for the 2012 elections and made a difference!
Your effort helped EIP discover the areas of our election process that need
some serious attention in order to restore faith in our election process. By
being at the Polls, you helped ensure the laws were followed as described in our
Election Codes. You documented issues that showed up all over the state which
helped us to identify patterns that can be corrected through legislation,
litigation, and by simply following the current election laws.
Once again EIP volunteer Observers are being called upon to observe the
election process in two critical CA Senate races being
held in the month of May 2013. Both races are critically important to California
with both political parties having a great stake in the outcome. As a result,
both elections will be highly contentious.
California needs your help to ensure fair and
honest elections in these two races. We learned from the 2012 General Election,
observation changes things for the better. EIP observer presence is needed to
ensure that the conduct of the elections is lawful.
EIP teams in both districts have requested help from every team in the state
in order to place Observers in every Polling location and to observe the
signature verification process and the vote count. These EIP teams have offered
to help EIP trained Observers with lodging if needed.
Please consider joining the EIP teams in these races to observe the
process, document the issues, and continue our effort to restore faith to CA
elections! Please click on an option below to help:
Yes, I will come and observer for one or more days.
I can’t join you at the Polls, but I will donate to help cover the
cost of bringing these volunteers together to protect and preserve fair and
honest elections.
Sincerely,
Linda
Paine
President and Co-founder
Election Integrity Project
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Watch all Floor Sessions and televised
proceedings on the web at calchannel.com | | |
California Senate Bill 240, Polling places: higher education
campuses introduced by Senator Leland Yee is set to be heard by the Committee
on Education Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. in the John L. Burton
Hearing Room (4203) of the State Capitol*. This bill would require at least one polling place to be located
on each California State University and University of California campus. SB
240 would also require that each California Community College be made available
for use as a polling place at the discretion of the elections
official.
According to The Elections Performance Index, a report released by
The Pew Charitable Trusts, in the 2008 presidential election, the national
average wait time to vote at the polls was 14.61 minutes. California had a
better than average wait time of 13.60 minutes. In another report, A digest summarizing California trends in Voter Turnout, Mail
Ballot Voting and Other Voting Trends released by the Field Research
Corporation, in January 2009, a record 13.7 million Californians voted in the
2008 presidential election. Of those, 8 million voters cast their ballot at the
polls. The record setting voter turnout and the better than average wait times
at the polls in 2008, suggests that the current number of polling stations are
equipped to handle high voter turnouts. These results do not support the need
for adding more polling stations as proposed in SB 240. In fact, adding polling
stations to California State University, University of California and California
Community College campuses could have a negative impact by increasing the wait
time at the polls if the infrastructure is not appropriately in place to support
more polling stations.
According to the United State Census Bureau, 18-24 year-olds were the only age
group to show a statistical increase in voter turnout in 2008. For the 2012
election, voter turnout for young California voters increased again by 8
points from 2008. It appears that young voters are more than willing to
engage in the election process and the ability to vote is not adversely affected
by the lack of polling stations on college campuses.
It is not uncommon
for students to attend college in a different county from their permanent
address or for out-of-state students to attend college in California. This is of
special concern because California is the only remaining state that has not implemented
the federally mandated centralized voter registration database under
HAVA nor does it participate in any state cross check programs like ERIC. As a result, if SB 240
were to pass, the Registrar of Voters for each county in California might not
have any way of knowing if an in-state student voted by mail using their
permanent mailing address and then voted at their college campus polling station
located in a different county. In addition, the Registrar of Voters for each
county might not have any way of knowing if an out-of-state student voted by
mail in their home state and then voted at their college campus polling station
in California. As demonstrated in a recent article in the National Review
Online, Voting Early and in More Than One State, it is not
uncommon for double voting to occur. Therefore, it would be more effective for
the college age demographic to participate in elections through four years of
absentee voting than subject the system to the potential fraud and abuse that
could take place if SB 240 were enacted.
Please take a moment to let the
Committee on Education know that you do not support SB 240
because it does not ensure the integrity of our election
process.
Contact the Committee on Education by phone or fax and urge
them to kill SB 240:
Phone: (916)
651-4105
Fax: (916) 445-7799
*Please note that
the legislative process is fluid and dates and times may change at the last
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| Election Integrity Project Is Making a Difference in Sacramento!Since the 2012 elections, EIP has been hard at work analyzing the evidence we have exposed showing serious integrity issues in California’s election process. We’ve presented our findings to attorneys, who are impressed with our evidence. Meanwhile, our work has caught the attention of several key legislators, who recently invited EIP to Sacramento so they could learn more about our findings. The legislators were impressed by EIP and shocked by what we’ve found.
Members of EIP’s leadership team presented evidence to the legislators of: - our state’s lack of compliance with federal election laws
- our county elections officials’ failure to sufficiently train and follow key election laws
- the hundreds of thousands of invalid (deceased, etc.) voter registrations in our system
- the frequent voting equipment malfunctions and other problems documented by EIP poll observers
- the resulting lack of protection of Californians’ votes
These meetings went very well and the legislators were grateful that EIP has exposed these surprising facts. We’ve been invited back and expanded meetings with legislators are being planned. In addition, EIP’s ‘Legislative Alerts’ research has helped us develop expertise on current election-related legislation. Using this knowledge, we recently testified before the Senate Committee Hearing, in opposition to SB 113*, a bill that would allow 15-17 year olds to pre-register to vote. EIP was the ONLY voice testifying in opposition, while 5-6 groups in favor of this flawed bill (including SEIU and Common Cause) lobbied for its passage! It’s clear that our presence is urgently needed in Sacramento. EIP must testify more often before Assembly and Senate committees to improve election integrity in California. *for further details on this bill, visit www.electionintegrityproject.com
California needs EIP, but our work cannot continue without financial support.
We are so close to making a significant difference in California’s election integrity! We need to take the evidence we’ve gathered and leverage it both legally and legislatively. Unfortunately, this takes funding—for legal representation and for data acquisition and processing that will stand up in court and in front of the legislature. We cannot continue this crucial work without immediate financing-- especially as the critical 2014 elections approach! Can you donate today to help continue EIP’s important work? |
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| Dear volunteers and supporters, Never before in history have California citizens stepped up and actually audited our state’s election system. And never before did we learn that we have so much to be concerned about! California citizens will need to continue to work together if we are to take EIP’s influence to the next phase of legal and legislative action. This is our most expense phase and I would hate to see our incredible progress in our poll observing, voter rolls vetting and legislative research go dormant while we spend our energies seeking the funding to continue. Please consider giving what you can. I so appreciate your commitment to California’s election integrity! Thank you for helping to protect and preserve fair and honest elections in California.
In liberty,
Linda Paine
President and Co-founder
Election Integrity Project
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From Ruth Weiss:
Here is EIP's official report with regard to our election observations. Perhaps you could send it out to all of the SDPC groups and request that they send it to their memberships? We need to get the word out. Thanks.
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Welcome to The Observer, a newsletter distributed by the Election Integrity Project of California. Our goal is to help citizens preserve fair and honest elections by maintaining an active role in the part of government that empowers us with our most basic right - the right to choose our representatives by vote. Visit electionintegrityproject.com to learn more!
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