[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: Re: [usgp-dx] Electoral College Challenge

Wed Dec 22 18:20:04 PST 2004

>
>--- Dunleamark at aol.com wrote:
>>  I keep seeing e-mails about we need
>>  one Senator but I  haven't seen
>>  who the one Congressperson is that will
>>  actually challenge the vote  in the
>>  Electoral College.
>
>
>Below is a post from Ted Glick about the effort
>to persuade a Democratic Senator to stand up in
>support of a challenge from a Representative.
>
>At a holiday party at the national GP office last
>Friday, someone suggested we place bets on which
>Dem Senator would stand up, but everyone wanted
>to bet that they'd all decline.
>
>Scott
>
>
>From: "Ted Glick" <indpol at igc.org>
>Subject: [Cobb/LaMarche-organize] Jan. 6 and Up
>To It Call to Action
>
>    
>January 6, 2005: Take Action on Election
>Violations as
>Congress Meets to Certify the Vote!
>
>More than a month has passed since voters cast
>votes for
>the President and Vice-President of the United
>States --
>but
>every day, more and more stories surface that
>call into
>question the election's integrity. Machines broke
>down,
>counted backwards, eliminated votes, and
>registered votes
>for the wrong candidate. Democratic and
>African-American
>neighborhoods experienced by far the longest
>lines on
>election day, the most vote spoilage, the most
>elimination
>of provisional ballots, and the most
>victimization by
>precinct manipulation. Four hundred thousand
>callers phoned
>voter protection hotlines, with complaints
>ranging from
>absentee ballots lost in the mail, to outright
>voter
>intimidation and disenfranchisement. And partisan
>election
>officials with conflicts of interest undermined
>voting
>rights in states from Ohio to Florida to New
>Mexico.  Even
>progressive Democrats on the House Judiciary
>Committee have
>questioned the elections' legitimacy, in a series
>of
>rigorous, painstakingly detailed letters
>documenting the
>unprecedented extent and scope of vote
>suppression,
>available at
>http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/.
>
>How can we have confidence in American democracy
>when so
>many questions about this election remain
>unanswered?  In
>addition to the longstanding issues subtly
>undermining
>democracy -- corporate domination of the two
>major parties,
>plurality elections, and corporate media bias -
>the recent
>election betrayed democratic principles overtly.
>
>Despite the efforts of a few valiant members of
>Congress,
>most of our Senators and Representatives have
>ignored our
>pleas for serious investigation into the
>"irregularities"
>that surrounded the 2004 election. But one more
>opportunity
>remains for these government officials to stand
>for
>democracy.
>
>URGE PROGRESSIVE SENATORS TO TAKE A STAND ON JAN.
>6, WHEN
>CONGRESS MEETS TO CERTIFY THE VOTE
>
>On January 6, 2005, Congress will meet in joint
>session to
>certify the 2004 presidential election. On that
>day, if one
>member of the House and one member of the Senate
>object to
>the certification of the vote, then all members
>of Congress
>will finally discuss these issues. On January 6,
>2001, not
>a
>single Senator would join with the
>Representatives who
>demanded an inquiry into the Florida recount.
>This year,
>let's
>make our Senators take a stand!
>
>The following seven Senators are some of the most
>
>progressive members of the Senate. Please call
>them
>immediately, and urge them to defend democracy on
>January
>6.
>*SPREAD THE WORD TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW TO KEEP DOING
>THE SAME
>UNTIL JANUARY 6.*
>
>Senator Barbara Boxer, (202) 224-3553,
>senator at boxer.senate.gov
>Senator Dick Durbin, (202) 224-2152,
>dick at durbin.senate.gov
>Senator Russ Feingold, (202) 224-5323,
>russ_feingold at feingold.senate.gov
>Senator Tom Harkin, (202) 224-3254,
>tom_harkin at harkin.senate.gov
>Senator Jim Jeffords, (202) 224-5141,
>Vermont at jeffords.senate.gov
>Senator Edward Kennedy, 202/224-4543,
>senator at kennedy.senate.gov
>Senator Patrick Leahy, (202) 224-4242,
>senator_leahy at leahy.senate.gov
>
>ON JANUARY 6, PROTEST IN WASHINGTON, DC AND AT
>SENATORS'
>OFFICES IN YOUR OWN COMMUNITIES
>
>While our Senators and Representatives are inside
>Congress,
>tallying the electoral college vote, We the
>People must
>have
>a presence outside, bringing attention to the
>disenfranchisement, suppression and fraud that
>pervaded the
>2004 election - and demanding real reforms to
>extend and
>protect democracy in America. Please join us on
>January 6
>in
>Washington, DC. Details on the DC protest TBA.
>Check
>www.nov3.us or www.counter-inaugural.org for more
>
>information.
>
>If you can't come to DC, we urge you to organize
>a protest
>outside a Senator's office in your community, and
>list your
>event at www.nov3.us <http://www.nov3.us> .
>
>This call to action is initiated by No Stolen
>Elections and
>United Progressives for Democracy.
>
>
>
>
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