Here is a good example, for attorneys, of the sort of effort that's required to keep the voting honest.
MCM From Derek Brett: Report from Central Florida of Successful Election Protection Effort: In Central Florida, election protection attorneys mounted vigorous voter protection campaigns throughout the Orlando-area. In Orange County (Orlando), alone, approximately 250 attorneys diligently worked to make certain that voters were not turned away from the polls. These election protection teams also utilized various additional methods throughout the process: they established a coordinated media outreach effort, and thus were able to attract almost instant coverage of situations as they arose; they ensured through various public outreach events and through media coverage, that the public knew they would be everywhere, and prepared for anything; and they established a strong presence with the respective county election supervisors. With regard to the latter, the attorneys made certain that they were in regular contact with county elections staff - apprising them of any and all problems. Also, the attorneys were present for all election staff training - from clerks, to tabulation inspectors, to touchscreen technicians. Further, the public exposure and continuous presence is believed to have established a deterrence factor to making other groups/individuals think twice before attempting any covert vote preemption. For example, in Orange County the attorneys were present for the Logic & Accuracy testing on the ES&S devices (DS200 - Optical Scan; iVotronic - Touchscreen - the latter used only by consenting voters with disabilities). The attorneys insisted upon -- at a minimum -- administratively overriding the system so that the date would reflect 11/4. The attorneys made the point -- quite vigorously -- to the Orange SoE and to ES&S representatives that it was absolutely necessary to discern the potential presence of a Trojan horse. The coordinated effort seemed to work: astoundingly, in Orange (Orlando) County and Osceola (Kissimmee) County, the margin was 60%-40%, favoring Obama. This far exceeded the results from these counties in 2004, and exceeded totals from other areas of potential Democratic concentration. One of the lead attorneys down there attributes credit to various sources: the guidance of the 2006 strategic election protection plan of Congressman Jerry McInerney (who defeated incumbent Richard Pombo); to the sheer organization and resources of the Obama Campaign; to the overwhelming dedication of hundreds of Central Florida attorneys; and to the varied, inspired writings of Mark Crispin Miller, Brad Friedman and Robert Kennedy, Jr. From: Mark Crispin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 9:53 AM To: Derek B. Brett Subject: Re: Response to Facebook Message -- From Derek Brett in Orange County, Florida Derek, Please do me a favor, and edit it as you see fit. Although Election Day is over, I'm still swamped, what with the ongoing efforts to steal seats in both the House and Senate--and the need to keep the issue of election reform alive, now that Obama's won. If you could just get it in the shape that you prefer amd send it back to me, I'll send it out. MCM >Dear Mark, > > > >Apologies for the belated response. Post-Election Day exhaustion >... I worked a full day off of 3 hours sleep (following 22 hours of >continuous effort on 11/4), and collapsed as soon as I returned home. > > > >Please feel free to post the observations to your list. If >possible, simply issue it in the third-person as a report from voter >protection efforts in Orange County, Florida. Also, the final >paragraph I sent is merely my considered speculation, and does not >pertain to the analysis of our efforts in the Orlando area. I will >tell you that -- beyond you -- I was inspired by the 2006 written >strategy of Jerry McInerny (.sp), who defeated Richard Pombo. >Exceptional plan, especially considering it was adopted only 2 >months before the general election in 2006. > > > >Best wishes, > > >Derek > > > >P.S.: I posted the original message below for easy reference. DBB > > > >Derek B. Brett, Esq. > >Weston, Garrou, Walters & Mooney > >781 Douglas Avenue > >Altamonte Springs, FL 32714 > >Office: (407) 975-9150 > >Fax: (407) 774-6151 > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Facebook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 5:29 PM >To: Derek Brett >Subject: Mark Crispin Miller sent you a message on Facebook... > > > >Mark sent you a message. > > > >-------------------- > >Re: Results from Orange County, FL > > > >Can I send this out to my list? > > > >Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >MCM > >-------------------- > > > >Dear Mark, > >As I wrote yesterday, we mounted a vigorous voter protection >campaign in the Orlando-area. 250 attorneys strong ... we made >certain that voters were not turned away from the polls; we fought >... hard. We were also savvy with our media contacts/coverage. We >made certain that the public knew we would be everywhere, and >prepared for anything. It seemed to work; in Hillsborough (Tampa) >County, the margin was about 51/49 - Obama. In Orange (Orlando) >County and Osceola (Kissimmee) County, the margin was 60-40 Obama. >This far exceeded the results from these counties in 2004. > >I believe that, as you suggested, the deterrence factor worked >remarkably well in making the other side think twice before attempt >any covert vote preemption. Further, we were present for the Logic & >Accuracy testing on the ES&S devices (DS200); we insisted upon -- at >a minimum -- administratively overriding the system so that the date >would reflect 11/4. I made the point -- quite vigorously -- to the >Orange SoE and to ES&S representatives that it was absolutely >necessary to discern the potential presence of a Trojan horse. > >I must admit, through approximately 9:30pm, there was quite a bit of >trepidation. I am relieved that Obama won -- I believe that he >likely won by a greater margin than reflected in the final state and >nationwide results. Further, I do believe that vote preemption is >occurring in various House and Senate seats including, but not >limited to, the MN, MS and GA Senate races, and the MN House seat >(unfortunately) retained by the neo-McCarthyite, Michelle Bachmann. >Notwithstanding, I figure that we have a good 2 years to finally >tackle this issue -- with DoJ, EAC and the power of the federal >government finally backing us to eliminate the eight-year long taint >of mass election theft. > >Thanks, again, > >Derek > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. 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