The Future of Election Reform

Oct 9, 2008

American University | Center for Democracy and Election Management

Professor Pastor, executive director of the the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform, talked about the state of election reform. Following his remarks, panelists addressed the status of implementation of the September 19, 2005, recommendations by the commission. Among the topics they addressed were election practices at the state .. Read More
Professor Pastor, executive director of the the Carter-Baker Commission on Federal Election Reform, talked about the state of election reform. Following his remarks, panelists addressed the status of implementation of the September 19, 2005, recommendations by the commission. Among the topics they addressed were election practices at the state and local level, preparations for the 2008 general election, and various allegations of illegal actions by voters and officials. Jack Nelson was the moderator of the panel titled "Problems that Remain: Election Reform Delayed." The panelists also responded to questions from members of the audience.

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00:00:44 Unidentified Speaker GOOD AFTERNOON. I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO THIS FORUM. MY NAME IS ROBERT PASTOR. I'M A PROFESSOR...
00:10:20 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IN MY YOUNGER YEARS AS A REPORTER IN GEORGIA, I COVERED WIDESPREAD VOTER FRAUD....
00:13:18 Unidentified Speaker THANKS, JACK. IT IS A PLEASURE. I NEVER MET HIM BEFORE. I WAS NOT A STUDENT AT GEORGIA STATE, BUT...
00:22:50 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, DR. GUEST HOW. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NANCY TATE BUT. AS -- OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NANCY TATE...
00:23:54 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING TIME TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS SET OF TOPICS. I DID LOOK BRIEFLY...
00:38:50 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I'M SURE WE'RE ALL PLEASED TO HEAR THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS WILL BE MONITORING THIS ELECTION....
00:40:32 Unidentified Speaker GOOD AFTERNOON. I NOTICED A THE END OF THE LAST SPEAKER, YOU CLAPPED A LITTLE. I WONDER IF YOU CAN...
00:42:12 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE.
00:42:14 Unidentified Speaker THE LEADERS.
00:42:16 Unidentified Speaker THE LEADERS.
00:42:18 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.
00:42:21 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.
00:42:24 Unidentified Speaker MY FIRST VISIT TO WASHINGTON, D.C., WAS IN 1968. I WAS INVITED BY A PREACHER TO COME TO NEW YORK AVENUE...
00:56:35 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. EDGAR. IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT IN MY LIFETIME, AND THAT IS LONGER THAN YOURS....
00:57:16 Unidentified Speaker WELL, ONE THING VOTERS CAN DO IS TRY TO GO IN THE OFF HOURS, SO WHEREVER WE HAVE LEADS THE PRESENT,...
00:58:46 Unidentified Speaker I ASKED UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SHE JUST SAID, BUT I WOULD LIKE AT SOME OTHER POSSIBILITIES...
01:00:16 Unidentified Speaker [INAUDIBLE] IF WE COULD FEDERALIZE WALL STREET AND THE BANKS, WHAT IS THE RESISTANCE, WHERE IS THE...
01:00:33 Unidentified Speaker IS MOSTLY COMING FROM THE STATES. THIS IS A BIG STATE'S RIGHTS ISSUE AND GOES BACK TO THE CONSTITUTION....
01:01:11 Unidentified Speaker WE NEED TO REVISIT THE ISSUE IN THE LEGISLATION THAT WAS PASSED, IT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THERE WAS...
01:02:16 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS WHAT THE ISSUE IS -- ALL TRUCKEE CENTRALIZATION. THE ISSUE OF OVERCOMING -- AN ULTRA DE CENTRALIZATION....
01:03:24 Unidentified Speaker WITH ME JUST ADD AN ADDITIONAL WORD -- I MEANT TO SAY THIS IN MY LONG COMMENTS. AT COMMON CAUSE, WE...
01:05:38 Unidentified Speaker YES?
01:05:45 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. IF THE PAST IS PROLOGUE, I THINK MOST OF BRIDGET MUCH OF THE DISTRUST IN THE SYSTEM IS...
01:06:39 Unidentified Speaker LET ME SAY QUICK WORD -- ON TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE NEW YORK, I WAS A PARTICIPANT AND A COMMON CAUSE...
01:08:32 Unidentified Speaker WHAT I RECALL AS THE EXPLANATION FOR SOME OF THAT WAS FAULTY STATISTICAL PRACTICE. THEY WERE PULLING...
01:09:48 Unidentified Speaker YES?
01:09:51 Unidentified Speaker YOU ALL POINTED TO A LARGE VARIETY OF PROBLEMS WE ARE TO EXPECT IN THE NEXT ELECTION AND PROBABLY...
01:10:11 Unidentified Speaker AS I INDICATED, IN THE SHORT TERM THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS GOING TO BE AT THE POLLING PLACE WAS NOT...
01:11:35 Unidentified Speaker MY NUMBER ONE THING IS TO WORK ON SOMETHING CONGRESSMAN RUSH POLLED HAS BEEN A LEADER ON. HE HAS BEEN...
01:15:37 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE MOST OBVIOUS PROBLEM FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT IS THE LACK OF PREDICTED A MANAGEMENT THEORY....
01:15:50 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS A THEORY ABOUT THAT.
01:15:55 Unidentified Speaker I THINK ONE THING THAT SEEMS TO BE MISSING AND THAT IS THE TRAINING OF POLL WORKERS. EAC HAS GRACE...
01:16:55 Unidentified Speaker YOU BASICALLY ANSWERED MY QUESTION. ALL THREE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE MANAGEMENT AS AN ISSUE FOR WHY...
01:17:32 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES FOR A LOT OF THESE THINGS IS THAT THE SYSTEM IS SO DECENTRALIZED,...
01:18:53 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD SAY THE ECONOMIC TSUNAMI THAT OCCURRED TWO WEEKS AGO IS GOING TO HAVE A MASS OF THE FACT AND...
01:21:11 Unidentified Speaker YES?
01:21:13 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PANEL. PARTICULARLY THE LEADERSHIP OF NANCY AND BOB AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS....
01:22:42 Unidentified Speaker WE DON'T HAVE AS WE HAVE HEARD FROM ALL THE PANELS, A GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE OF OUR ELECTIONS. WE HAVE...
01:26:16 Unidentified Speaker IT'S INTERESTING THAT 18- YEAR-OLD PICTURES WOULD NOT CHANGE WHEN THEY BECOME 65.
01:26:21 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT. [LAUGHTER] I HAVE WATCHED THE A OBITUARY PAGES AT MY AGE AND I HAVE SEEN ...
01:28:08 Unidentified Speaker IN OUR CASE, I THINK WE WOULD -- IT'S A FAIR QUESTION TO ASKED COMPANY'S MUTUAL GOALS BE ATTAINED?...
01:29:12 Unidentified Speaker I THINK IT MUST RECEIVE FINAL QUESTION WE WILL CLOSE THE DISCUSSION. I THINK IT HAS BEEN A FASCINATING...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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