Programmer under oath admits computers rig elections

[Cliff Arnebeck]

35. Thanks for the memories . . .

Reverend Jesse Jackson asked US Rep John Conyers to convene a hearing on the 2004 election. Conyers asked where we wanted it, Washington or Columbus. I said, "In both places!"

The Washington hearing, December 6, 2008 I think, was covered by a great deal of media and C-Span with sterling representation from the Black Caucus in the House.

The Republicans controlling the Ohio Legislature would not permit Conyers ot conduct a heating at the Ohio State House, so a combination of Ohio Democrats from the state legislature and Columbus City Council arranged for us to use the Columbus City Council Chamber.

The next week Bob Fitrakis and I, accompanied by Rev. Jackson and Butch Wing, Rev. and Mrs. Bill Moss, our lead complainants filed the contest of the election at the Ohio Supreme Court. Ronnie Dugger convinced the PR person for the Ohio Supreme Court to let us use the Supreme Court press room for a press conference with the entire statehouse press corp. We then walked to City Hall, just down the street from the Ohio Supreme Court.

I announced that we had filed our contest and a motion to enjoin the scheduled meeting of the Ohio Electors. John Bonifaz gave a fiery speech, denouncing the scheduling of that meeting before the completion of the recount, as a blatant violation of law.

There was a long progression of witnesses before a joint panel of US House members, Ohio Legislators and Columbus City Council members. Then, Rev. Jackson asked me what happened to our dynamite witness. Conyers had informed his staff he would not preside over a hearing in which a member of the the US House Judiciary Committee, Tom Feeney, would be personally attacked. Rev. Jackson approached the dais and talked with the Chairman. Conyers then excused himself from the chair and the panel and was replaced by Charlita Tavaras, who is seen here in the video as chair of the hearing.

I called Clint Curtis and asked that he be sworn. The rest is what you see here: a pretty good and concise indictment of the regime of electronic voting machines in America.