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WV Citizen Action Group |
September 3 |
Tomorrow - First Friday at CAG
Stop by after work for our happy hour alternative. Please BYOB and food to share, or donate to help offset our costs. Start your Labor Day Weekend off with your progessive friends and colleagues. For more information, call 304-346-5891.
September 6: Labor Day Picnic in Mannington
Come to Hough Park in Mannington, Marion County from 12 - 4PM for a Labor Day picnic hosted by the Marion County Labor Council. Congressman Mollohan will be there and Governor Joe Manchin is the event's keynote speaker. WV-CAG and our coalition partners on health care reform will present Mr. Mollohan with petition signatures from his constituents who support health care reform. There will be food, music, and activities for the kids.
September 10: A Symposium on Community and Law Enforcement Relations. 6:00 PM. WV State University Student Union, Room 131. Panel will discuss overall state of relations between communities and law enforcement, law enforcement policy and practice, and racial profiling. Moderated by Charleston Gazette editor James Haught. The audience will have the opportunity to ask questions after the panel discussion. Sponsored by the ACLU of West Virginia.
Testimonials About Voting Problems Needed ASAP, Legislative Hearing Sept. 14
WV-CAG is gathering information and trying to identify voters who experienced problems with electronic voting machines and want to share them with the legislature. If you have a personal testimonial to share or know someone who does, please contact Julie ASAP at (304) 346-5891 or julie@wvcag.org. A legislative committee will be hearing from voters at a hearing on September 14, 2009 from 4PM-6PM, Room 410M, State Capitol, Charleston. Although this is not a public hearing, we encourage everyone interested in the integrity and verifiability of our elections to attend. Read on for more information.
Background:
Members of the state legislature's Joint Joint Judiciary Committee have
been charged with looking at a number of issues related to voting
machines, including the security and reliability of direct record
electronic machines (DREs), whether their use should be phased out as
the existing machines near the end of their useful life and whether
transitioning to alternative systems would save the state and counties
money. During the August interims, the study committee heard from
University of Pennsylvania security researcher about the findings of the
EVEREST study, a federally funded
review of voting systems used in Ohio and throughout the country. (Click
here to read coverage from the Charleston Gazette.) The study led to
the Ohio Secretary of State to recommend eliminating the use of Direct
Recording Electronic (DREs) voting machines, including the ES&S
iVotronic that is currently used in WV elections. The voting machine
issue will be taken up again on September 14, 2009 and the committee is
interested in hearing from voters who experienced problems during the
2008 election. WV-CAG is gathering information and trying to identify
voters who experienced problems and want to share them with the
legislature. If you have a personal testimonial to share or know someone
who does, please contact Julie ASAP at (304) 346-5891 or
julie@wvcag.org so we can connect you with committee staff.
September 25 – 27: 20th WVEC Fall Conference
Holly Gray Park, Sutton WV
$15 adults, $10 Senior, low income, students.
Please send in your registration as soon as possible and be sure to get there Friday night in time to meet Jim Hightower, nationally renowned progressive columnist. He will be hosting a book signing Friday evening and will be Saturday's keynote speaker.
Lodging includes bunk beds in cabins ($10 per bed each night), and unlimited camp sites ($5 per tent each night). Meals: Saturday & Sunday breakfasts, $5. Saturday & Sunday lunches, $5. Saturday night pot luck - please bring a dish to share. Highlights: 20th Anniversary of WVEC Celebration & Program, setting 2010 legislative priorities, workshops on enviro issues, silent auction, live music, booths, nature outings & recreation. Please visit WVEC website: www.wvecouncil.org for complete agenda and registrations!
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