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Wednesday, February 27, 2008
10:00 a.m.
SR-301, Russell Senate Office Building
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Protecting Voters at Home and at the Polls: Limiting Abusive Robocalls and Vote Caging Practices

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Hearing Transcript

Opening Statement - The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

Opening Statement - The Honorable Robert Bennett
Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

WITNESS LIST

Panel 1: (Robocalls)

The Honorable Roy Cooper (Statement)
Attorney General
State of North Carolina
9001 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699

James Bopp, Jr., Esq. (Statement)
General Counsel
James Madison Center for Free Speech
1 South 6th Street
Terre Haute, IN 47807

Mr. Shaun Dakin (Statement)
CEO and Founder
The National Political Do Not Contact Registry
2019 Q Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009

Panel 1 letters submitted for the hearing record.

Member Panel:

The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse, R.I. (Statement)
United States Senate
Author of S.2305, "Caging Prohibition Act of 2007."

Panel 2: (Vote Caging)

Chandler Davidson, Ph.D. (Statement)
Professor Emeritus
Rice University
3727 Glen Haven Boulevard
Houston, TX 77025

Mr. J. Brad King (Statement)
Co-Director
Indiana Election Division
302 West Washington, Room E204
Indianapolis, IN 46204

Judith A. Browne-Dianis, Esq. (Statement)
Co-Director
The Advancement Project
1730 M Street, NW, Suite 910
Washington, DC 20036

Panel 2 letters submitted for the hearing record.

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