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If you're in Los Angeles in two weeks, come see this panel Deirdre and I will be on. (if you're a lawyer, you get CLE credits)

American Bar Assocation, Standing Committee on Election Law presents a FREE CLE program:

The Evolution of Voting Technology: From Paper Ballots to Touch Screens And Back Again?

Friday, February 8, 2008
2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Bordeaux Room, Beverly Wing, Mezzanine Level
Beverly Wilshire Hotel
9500 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California

Following the 2008 Super Tuesday primaries and in advance of the 2008 Presidential election, please join the Standing Committee on Election Law at a program examining the security and accuracy of current voting machines. By November 2008, can our election technology achieve greater accuracy, transparency, and public acceptance of announced results in close elections? A panel of experts will discuss recent developments, including the startling 2007 results of the "Top to Bottom Review" of voting technology that was commissioned by the California Secretary of State. The study resulted in imposition of unparalleled restrictions and mandated procedures to protect election security and accuracy. As nearly identical voting machines are used nationwide, other States are reconsidering their procedures and machine choices. Problems of technology and voter confidence, interim and long term solutions, and the role of lawyers will be emphasized.

Moderator: John C. Keeney, Jr., Esq. (Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC)

Panelists:

• Charles H. Bell, Jr., Esq. (Bell, McAndrews & Hiltachk, LLP, Sacramento, CA)
• Joseph Lorenzo Hall (PhD Student UC Berkeley, School of Information (SIMS), Berkeley, CA)
• Dean C. Logan (Acting Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County, CA)
• Deirdre K. Mulligan, Esq. (Director, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, UC Berkeley School of Law, CA)
• Freddie Oakley (Clerk Recorder of Yolo County, California)