Please see the information below about the confirmation hearings for Bruce McPherson.

It is very important that we ensure that McPherson upholds the reforms which Kevin Shelley instituted for requiring voter verified paper audit trails and other safe-elections standards. Shelley was also supportive of improved
electoral systems, such as Instant Runoff Voting.

If anyone can attend these hearings and help push for these standards, please do so.

If you can't do so, here is the list of the Assembly and Senate Rules committee members. Please tell them to support voter verifiability, Shelley's mandates
for conversion to verifiable machines, and his support for Instant Runoff Voting.

http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/newcomframeset.asp?committee=22
http://www.senate.ca.gov/ftp/sen/committee/STANDING/RULES/_home1/PROFILE.HTM

Please feel free to forward this information.

Rob

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FYI, in case anyone in the Sacramento area wants to attend.

Wednesday, March 16th, 1:30pm, Room 113 Capitol:
Senate Rules Committee.

Thursday, March 17th, Time TBD, Room 3162 Capitol:
Assembly Rules Committee (tentative).

See http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/dayfile.html , click on Regular_Session of
the appropriate Daily File, and search for Rules for details.

Time: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 12:30pm PST
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