Reply #14: Email or call the Executive Director of the Commission [View All]

[tommcintyre]

"Dr. Robert A. Pastor, CDEM Director, is the Executive Director of the Commission. ”We will assemble a group of academic advisors that will prepare background analyses <how about Steve Freeman et. al.?> for the Commission,” said Dr. Pastor, “and we will reach out to seek the views of representatives from a wide-ranging group of non-governmental organizations involved in election-related issues*.” http://domino.american.edu/AU/media/mediarel.nsf/1D265343BDC2189785256B810071F238/0C0A0C2B9D2F70A485256FCE00622C64?OpenDocument

*Can we influence the witness list? Can we get people like: Andy, Steve Freeman, Bob Fitrakis, Cliff Arnebeck, Clint Curtis, etc. on the list to testify?

Email and/or call Dr. Robert A. Pastor and let him know who you think should be on the commission, and who should testify: [e-mail] [phone]

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Bio here: http://www.american.edu/internationalaffairs/cdem/staff/rpastor.html
Vice President of International Affairs
Director, Center for Democracy and Election Management
Director, Center for North American Studies
Professor of International Relations

Quotes from Pastor:

Nov. 3, 2004 - 60 Minutes: "Counting The Vote" "We have a system that is so decentralized that it's dysfunctional," says Robert Pastor, a professor at American University, and an expert on elections. "Each county and municipality designs its own ballot. Each county has a different voting machine. Each county trains its poll workers differently. Each county has a different registration system. That's why it's so dysfunctional."

Pastor helps third world countries set up their elections, and he says most of them do it better than we do. "With regard to the administration of elections, the U.S. election system is one of the worst of 118 democracies in the world," says Pastor.

10/23/04 - NPR interview "Legal Battle Looms over Voting Rules"
An Interview by NPR's Scott Simon with Robert A. Pastor:
http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=WESAT&showDate=23-Oct-2004&segNum=2&mediaPref=WM
<Pastor is described as: "...helped monitor and mediate elections around the world for the Carter Center...">

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