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• Center for Democracy & Election Management

In Association With 

• James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
• The Carter Center
• Electionline.org / The Pew Charitable Trusts

Supported By

• Carnegie Corporation of New York
• The Ford Foundation
• John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
• Omidyar Network

Hearing Schedule
June 30, 2005

James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy
Rice University
Houston, Texas

8:30 AM–10:00 AM    Panel I: Voter Registration, Identification, and Participation

• Mr. Ken Smukler, President, Info Voter Technologies TESTIMONY
• Dr. Michael Alvarez, Professor, California Institute of Technology TESTIMONY
• Dr. Paula Hawthorn, Independent Database Consultant TESTIMONY
• Dr. Robert Stein, Dean of Social Sciences, Rice University TESTIMONY

10:00 AM–10:15 AM  Break

10:15 AM–11:00 AM  Panel II: Voting Technology

• Dr. Dan Wallach, Associate Professor, Rice University TESTIMONY
• Ms. Beverly Kaufman, Clerk, Harris County, Texas TESTIMONY

11:00 AM–12:00 AM  Panel III: Election Management and Election Reform

• Mr. Donald J. Simon, Attorney, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry LLP TESTIMONY
• Dr. Louis Massicotte, Professor, University of Montreal TESTIMONY
• Dr. Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
  TESTIMONY

4:15 PM–4:30 PM      News Conference

This is the second and final hearing of the Commission on Federal Election Reform. Comments and written testimony may be submitted to cdem@american.edu. The final report is scheduled for release on September 19, 2005.

Testimony and transcripts will be posted online on June 30th.

April 18th Hearing: How Good Are U.S. Elections?
American University, Washington, DC

3201 New Mexico Ave NW, Suite 265, Washington, DC 20016-8026   T: 202.885.1535

contact: cdem@american.edu