[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [nl] OHIO RECOUNT MUST START NOW - Press Release, Nov 18

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>COBB/LaMARCHE 2004 - NEWS RELEASE
>http://www.votecobb.org
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>For immediate release:  November 18, 2004
>Contact:   Blair Bobier, Media Director at 541.929.5755
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>OHIO RECOUNT MUST START NOW
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>             Attorneys for Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb and
>Libertarian Michael Badnarik have sent letters to each Ohio county election
>director asking them to begin preparations immediately for the recount of
>the presidential vote.
>             Although a demand for a recount is usually not made until after
>the vote has been certified, there are concerns that waiting that long would
>not allow enough time for the recount to be completed before the Ohio
>presidential electors meet on December 13 in Columbus.  The Ohio Secretary
>of State's office has told the press that certification of the vote would
>occur around December 6, allowing only a handful of days for a full recount
>prior to the December 13 meeting.
>             In letters dated November 17 and sent by overnight delivery,
>Cobb and Badnarik's attorneys say that "{s}uch a timeframe will not allow
>for a meaningful recount and will undermine our clients' rights under
>applicable law, including Ohio recount law."  Cobb and Badnarik will file
>the recount demand jointly.
>             The letters go on to say that "the lack of a meaningful recount
>will also violate the rights under federal and state constitutional and
>statutory law of all Ohio citizens who cast a ballot for President on
>Election Day..  Immediate action is necessary so that the recount procedures
>may begin as soon as possible."
>             "This is consistent with our standing up for the right to vote
>and for each vote to be counted.  What's the point of having a recount if it
>won't be completed in time?  Everyone knows what happened in Florida in 2000
>and no one wants to see that happen again," said Blair Bobier, Media
>Director for the Cobb-LaMarche campaign.
>             Bobier said the formal recount demand and the bond of $113,600
>would be officially filed on Friday.
>             Cobb and Badnarik are represented by John Bonifaz, General
>Counsel of the National Voting Rights Institute and Ohio attorney Nancy
>Holland Myers.
>             The Cobb-LaMarche campaign is now in the process of recruiting
>volunteers and raising funds for monitoring the actual recount process.
>Volunteers and donors should visit the campaign website,
>http://www.votecobb.org, for more information.
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>if you want to volunteer.
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Paul Etxeberri

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