[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [GPCA Update] COBB 2004 RELEASE: OHIO RECOUNT DEMANDED BY GREEN & LIB. PRES CANDIDATES

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>                          NEWS RELEASE
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>             For immediate release:  November 11, 2004
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>   GREEN & LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO DEMAND OHIO RECOUNT20
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>             David Cobb and Michael Badnarik, the 2004 presidential
>candidates for the Green and Libertarian parties, today announced their
>intentions to file a formal demand for a recount of the presidential
>ballots cast in Ohio.
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>             "Due to widespread reports of irregularities in the Ohio
>voting process, we are compelled to demand a recount of the Ohio
>presidential vote.  Voting is the heart of the democratic process in
>which we as a nation put our faith.  When people stand in line for hours
>to exercise their right to vote, they need to know that all votes will
>be counted fairly and accurately.  We must protect the rights of the
>people of Ohio, as well as all Americans, and stand up for the right to
>vote and the right for people's votes to be counted.  The integrity of
>the democratic process is at stake," the two candidates said in a joint
>statement. 20
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>             The candidates also demanded that Ohio Secretary of State
>Kenneth Blackwell, a Republican who chaired the Ohio Bush campaign,
>recuse himself from the recount process.
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>             The Ohio presidential election was marred by numerous press
>and independent reports of voter intimidation, mis-marked and discarded
>ballots, problems with electronic voting machines and the targeted
>disenfranchisement of African American voters.  A number of citizens'
>groups and voting rights organizations are holding hearings this
>Saturday in Columbus, Ohio to investigate voting irregularities and
>voter suppression in the Ohio 2004 general election.  The hearings will
>be held from 1-4 p.m. at the New Faith Baptist Church, 955 Oak Street. 
>Voters, poll workers, journalists and voting experts are invited to
>testify.  A second hearing will be held on Monday at a location TBA,
>from 6-9 p.m.
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>             The Cobb and Badnarik campaigns are in the process of
>raising the required fee, estimated at $110,000, for filing for a
>complete recount.  The campaigns are accepting contributions through
>their websites.  The Cobb-LaMarche website is http://www.votecobb.org. 
>The Badnarik-Campagna contribution page is https://badnarik.org.
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>             The Cobb and Badnarik campaigns have displayed a level of
>cooperation and civility rarely found in electoral politics.  The
>campaigns jointly participated in and/or sponsored a series of
>independent debates.  Cobb and Badnarik were also simultaneously
>arrested in St. Louis protesting their exclusion from the restricted,
>two-party corporate-sponsored debates.
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>             To see an investigative report by Greg Palast, author of The
>Best Democracy Money Can Buy, which asserts that the Ohio vote was
>improperly decided, see http://www.tompaine.com/articles/kerry_won.php.
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>             For an article detailing a dozen ways in which the Ohio vote
>was potentially manipulated, see
>http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/810.
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Paul Etxeberri

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