{"id":133,"date":"2007-11-09T17:05:09","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T17:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/?p=133"},"modified":"2024-06-06T17:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T17:06:40","slug":"counting-the-votes-in-cuyahoga-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsci.case.edu\/fridaylunch\/2007\/11\/09\/counting-the-votes-in-cuyahoga-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting the Votes in Cuyahoga County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Counting the Votes in Cuyahoga County<\/h4>\n

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\"whiteJane M. Platten – Director, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections<\/h5>\n

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Friday November 9, 2007
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nCrawford Hall – Room 9
\nInamori Center
\nCase Western Reserve University<\/h5>\n

Your vote doesn\u2019t count unless it\u2019s counted correctly. Since the infamous failures in Florida in 2000, activists, press and public have paid a lot more attention to how elections are administered. Cuyahoga County had its own problems, with machine foul-ups and long lines in the 2004 general election.<\/p>\n

So, in the lead-up to the 2008 elections, there is a lot of pressure on the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. November 6 is a modest dry run for next year\u2019s challenges. Can the machines work, securely? Will the poll-workers know how to operate them? Will new rules about identification deprive people of their right to vote? Join us as Director Jane Platten reflects on how it went \u2013 and how far there is to go.<\/p>\n

The Friday Lunch is a brown-bag event open to all. Cookies and some beverages are provided<\/p>\n

The remainder of this e-mail reports what we know about the schedule for the rest of the semester. We will be sending out announcements each week. If you would prefer not to receive the announcements, please inform Dr. Andrew Lucker, Associate Director of the Center for Policy Studies, by e-mail (andrew.lucker@case.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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About Our Guest<\/h4>\n

Jane M. Platten<\/a>\u00a0was named the Director of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections in June 2007. She has worked for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections since 2004 as an administrator in charge of the poll worker department, community outreach efforts, in human resources, and in pucurement and operations. Before going to work for the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, Jane Platten, worked as a projects administrator and an executive assitant to the Cuyahoga County Commissioners. Jane Patten started her career as an executive assitant to the Cuyhaoga County Auditor. She recieved her B.A. degree from John Carroll University.<\/p>\n

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Friday Lunch and Other Public Affairs Upcoming Topics and Speakers:<\/h3>\n

November 16: Journalistic Ethics. Ted Gup, Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism at Case Western Reserve University and Chris Sherridan, former associate editor and award-winning editorial writer and columnist for the\u00a0Cleveland Plain Dealer<\/em>\u00a0and special assistant to CWRU President Barbara Snyder<\/p>\n

November 23: Thanksgiving Break<\/p>\n

November 30: Nico Lacetara, Assistant Professor of Economics, will talk about, “What Motivates Blood Donors?”<\/p>\n

December 7: TBA<\/p>\n

The Friday Lunch will resume for the Spring semester on January 18, with Robert Strassfeld, Professor of Law, leading a discussion on ‘How to End a War.<\/p>\n

The Friday Lunch discussions are held on the lower (ground) level of
\nCrawford Hall.\u00a0 Visitors with mobility issues may find it easiest to take advantage of special arrangements we have made.\u00a0 On most Fridays, a few parking spaces in the V.I.P. lot in between Crawford Hall and Amasa Stone Chapel are held for participants in the lunch discussion.<\/p>\n

Visitors then can avoid walking up the hill to the first floor of Crawford by entering the building on the ground level, through the garage area under the building.\u00a0 The further door on the left in that garage will be left unlocked during the period before the Friday lunch.\u00a0 On occasion, parking will be unavailable because of other university events.<\/p>\n

For more information about these and other Center for Policy Studies programs, please see\u00a0http:\/\/policy.case.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Counting the Votes in Cuyahoga County
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Jane M. Platten – Director, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections
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\nFriday November 9, 2007
\n12:30-1:30 p.m.
\nCrawford Hall – Room 9
\nInamori Center
\nCase Western Reserve University<\/p>\n

Your vote doesn\u2019t count unless it\u2019s counted correctly. Since the infamous failures in Florida in 2000, activists, press and public have paid a lot more attention to how elections are administered. Cuyahoga County had its own problems, with machine foul-ups and long lines in the 2004 general election.<\/p>\n

So,<\/p>\n

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