: The US Civil Rights Commission has asked Greg Palast to testify before a
special commission hearing Thursday, July 15th at 11am, to discuss his
continuing investigative reports for BBC Television on Florida and other
states' cleansing of Black voters from voter rolls. Palast's reports
provide the basis for the story on the vote fix in Florida featured in
Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11."
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: The Commission requested that the Florida Secretary of State testify
jointly with Palast before the Commission.
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: The hearings are open to the public to and the media.
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: Palast's latest investigation has uncovered new attempts by the State of
Florida to take away the votes of African-Americans - this includes a fix in
registries and in ballot counting methods and racial bias in the
computerization of the ballot box. "Florida put Jim Crow in cyberspace in
2000 ... and it's looking worse in 2004."
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: The Democratic Caucus of Congress has also asked Palast to appear Thursday
morning before the hearings to explain the latest from his investigations of
vote fixes and the Bush-bin Laden family connection. Palast will also be a
panelist on a joint Minority Outreach Forum sponsored by the Congressional
Black Caucus and Senator Hillary Clinton. "I'm happy to speak to
Republicans, too," said journalist Palast, "but I haven't received a request
to drop by Dick Cheney's bunker."
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: C-Span is expected to provide coverage of this event.
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: Those interested in bringing more public attention to Palast's appearance
may want to go to Common Cause's Action Center:
http://causenet.commoncause.org/afr/dbq/media/?command=state_search&state=dc,
select the media outlets in DC that you think should cover this event,
scroll to the bottom of the screen and press the button "compose message."
Then, type up an announcement of this event in the box including the
relevant info:
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: ELECTION 2004: IS AMERICA READY TO VOTE? COMMISSION EXAMINES PURGE LISTS,
VOTER DISENFRANCHISEMENT, FLORIDA REGISTRATION PROCESS
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: WHO:
: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; an independent, bipartisan agency charged
with monitoring and protecting voting rights.
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: WHAT:
: Briefing on Purge List and Florida Voter Disenfranchisement;
: National Voter Empowerment
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: WHEN:
: THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2004 AT 11:00 AM PANEL:
: Ion Sancho, Supervisor of Elections, Leon County, FL;
: Gracia Hillman, Vice-Chair, U.S. Election Assistance Commission;
: Greg Palast, Author, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy..."
: Voting Rights Advocates, Election Experts, and Others
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: WHERE:
: Commission Headquarters
: 624 9th Street, NW
: Room 540
: Washington, DC
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: For more information contact Laura Hart at the commission at 202/833-9771
202/352-8755
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: Palast is author of the Expanded Election Edition of the New York Times
bestseller, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy." And Thursday, 7 Stories
Press will release Palast's, "Joker's Wild: George Bush's House of Cards" -
the game with the stacked deck.
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: Information, media inquiries at www.GregPalast.com or phone Sally McCartin
at (347) 804-7415.