[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [usgp-dx] COBB 2004 RELEASE: COBB ASKS FED COURT FOR NEW OHIO RECOUNT

[Paul Etxeberri]

>
>COBB/LaMARCHE 2004 GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
>http://www.votecobb.org
>
>NEWS RELEASE
>
>For immediate release: 
>December 30, 2004
>
>Contact:  
>Blair Bobier, Media Director at 541.929.5755
>
>Cobb Asks Court to Order a New Recount in Ohio Says Congress
>Should Not Certify Presidential Vote
>
>Attorneys for Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb
>today filed an amended complaint in federal court demanding
>that the recount of Ohio's presidential vote be done again,
>this time in conformance with state and federal law.
>
>The amended complaint, filed on behalf of Cobb and Libertarian
>presidential candidate Michael Badnarik, seeks to enjoin Ohio's
>Secretary of State, Kenneth Blackwell, from declaring the final
>results of the presidential vote "until every county has fully
>conducted and completed a meaningful and fundamentally fair
>recount of the votes cast in Ohio for president in accordance
>with uniform standards throughout the state of Ohio."
>
>"The people of Ohio deserve to have their votes counted fairly
>and accurately.  The initial recount of Ohio's presidential vote
>was conducted inconsistently, haphazardly and in clear violation
>of even Mr. Blackwell's minimal standards," said Cobb.
>
>"There's clearly a legitimate basis for a new recount.  In a
>previous hearing, the judge indicated that if the recount was
>not conducted in accordance with uniform standards that we
>could petition the court for a new recount," said Cobb-LaMarche
>Media Director Blair Bobier.
>
>One of the most significant problems with the recount was
>that few of Ohio's 88 counties randomly selected sample
>precincts for the recount as is required by Ohio law.
>Other problems with the recount included a lack of security
>for the ballots and voting machines-including allegations
>of interference with voting machines by representatives of
>the Diebold and Triad corporations-and the refusal of some
>counties to do a full hand recount when required by law to
>do so.  Detailed reports from observers outlining a wide
>range of irregularities with the recount are available at
>http://www.votecobb.org/recount/ohio_reports/index.php.
>
>"With the Ohio results still not final, it would be
>inappropriate for Congress to certify the presidential vote,
>especially while it is the subject of pending litigation in
>federal court," said Cobb.
>
>Cobb will be in Washington, DC on January 6, the day Congress
>considers the votes of the presidential electors, speaking
>at public rallies and urging Congress to reject the votes
>from Ohio's Electoral College delegation.  Cobb will speak
>at a rally in Lafayette Park, across from the White House,
>at 10 a.m., and at a separate event later in the day at Upper
>Senate Park on Capitol Hill.
>
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>
>MORE INFO
>
>Additional information about the recount and
>the Cobb-LaMarche campaign can be found at
>http://www.votecobb.org.
>
>The website for the national Green Party
>is http://www.gp.org.
>
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Paul Etxeberri

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