[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [nl] Support the Cobb/Badnarik Ohio Recount - and help spread the word

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>Please forward to those you think will be interested.
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>Dear Friend,
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>The November 2nd election is over, and our precious democracy was 
>the loser. While John Kerry has conceded and President Bush has been 
>declared the winner, we still have an opportunity to make sure that 
>future elections use voting processes that are fair and open.
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>How do we do that? 
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>The first step is to do a thorough and impartial review of what 
>happened on November 2nd. With your help, this will start within the 
>next few weeks.
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>With no expectation that they will win in Ohio, but with a deep and 
>abiding faith in democracy, presidential candidates David Cobb of 
>the Green Party and Michael Badnarik of the Libertarian Party have 
>made clear their intentions to file their formal demand for a 
>recount of the presidential ballots in Ohio.
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>As a matter of fundamental fairness, they also will be demanding 
>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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>While David and Michael are on different sides of the political 
>spectrum, they are in agreement that the integrity of the vote is 
>too important to be left to any one person or party.
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>In order to pay the costs of the recount filing, we must raise at 
>least $150,000 by next week ($113,600 for official filing fees and 
>the rest for travel, staffing and other expenses).
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>As soon as the initial Ohio vote tally is certified, we will have 
>just five days to file our formal demand for a recount.   Donations 
>to help pay these expenses are urgently needed, and can be made at 
>http://www.votecobb.org/
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>We raised over $71,268 in the first 48 hours of declaring out intent 
>to file from thousands of supporters around the country; we are 
>confident the groundswell of grassroots support will continue until 
>we have reached our goal.
><http://www.votecobb.org/>
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>No matter which candidate you supported on November 2nd, please take 
>a moment now to help David and Michael raise the funds to carry out 
>this crucial first step in reclaiming our democracy.  Every dollar 
>you donate
>will be spent exclusively on recount-related activities.
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>Thank you for your support of this unique, non-partisan effort. 
>With your help, we hope to start the process that will rebuild trust 
>in our electoral system.
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>Sincerely,
>Lynne Serpe,
>Campaign Manager
>Cobb/LaMarche
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>P.S. This is not an attempt to help Senator Kerry or hurt President Bush. 
>No matter who wins or loses, each of us must have faith in the 
>integrity of the
>voting process. Please make a donation today at http://www.votecobb.org/
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Paul Etxeberri

"Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow"   ---Chateaubriand
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