[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: Investigate the Vote

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>Six prominent members of Congress have requested an investigation 
>into the integrity of the vote. The decision could come as soon as 
>Monday. <http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote/>Sign our petition 
>demanding a full investigation into whether the election was 
>conducted honestly or not. Also, share your personal story if you 
>have one -- members of Congress will use it in their call for an 
>investigation.
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><http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote/>
>Dear MoveOn member,
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>Questions are swirling around whether the election was conducted 
>honestly or not. We need to know -- was it or wasn't it?
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>If people were wrongly prevented from voting, or if legitimate votes 
>were mis-counted or not counted at all, we need to know so the 
>wrongdoers can be held accountable, and so we can prevent this from 
>happening again.
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>Members of Congress are demanding an investigation to answer this 
>question. The decision on whether or not there will be an 
>investigation could come as soon as Monday. Join us in supporting 
>the call for one now, at:
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><http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote/>http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote/
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>Then please invite your friends and colleagues to sign, as well. We 
>need to show Congress that hundreds of thousands of Americans are 
>serious about protecting the integrity of the vote.
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>We're all hearing the stories and wondering what's true and what 
>isn't. But at least two cases of serious problems are accepted 
>beyond doubt:
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>In Broward County, Florida, electronic voting machines counted 
>backwards: as more people voted, the official vote count went down. 
>[1]
>In one Columbus, Ohio suburb, election officials have acknowledged 
>that electronic voting machines credited Bush with winning 4,258 
>votes, even though only 638 people voted there. [2]
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>These are just cases where we know something went wrong. There were 
>also lots of reports of people being denied ballots on Election Day. 
>So far, these reports remain anecdotal, but they must be compiled 
>and examined. And the Internet is abuzz with theories about why the 
>official counts were so different from the exit polls.
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>Do you have a story? Were you prevented from voting? Tell us, at:
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><http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote/>http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote/
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>Six prominent members of Congress have called for an investigation. 
>Representatives Conyers (D-MI), Holt (D-NJ), Nadler (D-NY), Scott 
>(D-VA), Watt (D-NC) and Wexler (D-FL), have demanded that the U.S. 
>General Accounting Office:
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>immediately undertake an investigation of the efficacy of voting 
>machines and new technologies used in the 2004 election, how 
>election officials responded to difficulties they encountered, and 
>what we can do in the future to improve our election systems and 
>administration. [3]
>We've got to support their call by asking our own Representatives 
>and Senators to join them.
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>If you have a personal story of disenfranchisement, tell us. These 
>members of Congress have agreed to include our stories and comments 
>in their call for an investigation. Please sign now -- we'll deliver 
>our compiled statements to them on Friday.
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>Even if you don't have a personal story, your signature on our 
>petition will still help build support for an investigation.
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>To keep our faith in democracy, we need to know the facts. Your 
>signature, and your story if you have one, will help.
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>Thank you.
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>Sincerely,
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>--Carrie, Joan, Lee, Marika, Noah, Peter, Rosalyn, and Wes
>   The MoveOn.org Team
>   November 11th, 2004
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>Footnotes:
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>1. Broward Machines Count Backward, Palm Beach Post, November 5, 2004
>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/news/epaper/2004/11/05/a29a_BROWVOTE_1105.html
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>2. Glitch Gave Bush Extra Votes in Ohio, AP carried on CNN, November 5, 2004
>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/05/voting.problems.ap/
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>3. Letters from members of Congress to David Walker, Comptroller 
>General of the United States, demanding an investigation of the 
>election: November 5th, 2004 & November 8th, 2004
>http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/gaoinvestvote2004ltr11804.pdf
>http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/gaoinvestvote2004ltr11804.pdf
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Paul Etxeberri

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