[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [nl] The Ohio Recount is moving forward!
Update 11/26
Paul Etxeberri
eusko at earthlink.net
Sat Nov 27 15:36:49 PST 2004
>
>PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE!
>
>Dear Friends,
>
>The Ohio Recount is moving forward!
>
>Here are updates on:
>
>1. Volunteering opportunities
>2. Our financial situation
>3. A timetable of what's to come and what's already happened
>
>=========================
>
>1. Mobilizing Thousands of Volunteers
>
>We'll be mobilizing thousands of volunteers
>in December to observe the hand recount
>in all 88 counties in Ohio. A recount without
>Cobb-Badnarik volunteer observers providing
>truly independent oversight of the process
>will not provide meaningful feedback on the
>problems or do much to improve public
>confidence in the integrity of the voting
>system. Please join us by completing our
>volunteer form at http://www.votecobb.org
>
>
> 2. Giving Thanks for Democracy
>
>Thanks to the generosity of thousands of
>small donors coast-to-coast, the
>Green Party's Cobb/LaMarche campaign
>has already raised $250,000 toward the
>costs of the recount. $113,600 has gone
>out the door already to pay the State of
>Ohio's recount filing fee.
>
>We have been raising the money in phases,
>since we didn't want to raise more until we
>were certain the minimum needed was
>raised. Now that we have completed our
>grassroots operation planning, we estimate
>that the recount will cost an additional
>$88,000 for training and staffing costs
>(approximately $1000 needed in each of
>the 88 Ohio counties).
>
>If you value democracy, and the attention
>that this recount will bring to the many ways
>that voting processes need to be improved
>in this country, then please make a donation
>today by going to http://www.votecobb.org
>
>3. Ohio Recount Timeline
>
>To keep you in the loop, here are past and
>future dates related to the recount process:
>
>11/10 Green Party Presidential candidate
> David Cobb announces on KPFK
> radio that he and Michael Badnarik
> of the Libertarian Party are considering
> filing for a recount in Ohio. Hundreds
> of emails pour in, encouraging the
> Green Party to take a stand.
>
>11/11 The Cobb/LaMarche campaign
> confirms their intention to file for a
> recount in a public statement and
> press release, and requests
> donations to pay for the effort.
>
>11/15 Common Cause, the National Voting
> Rights Institute, Demos, the Fannie
> Lou Hamer Project and People for the
> American Way Foundation issue a
> joint statement in support of the
> Cobb-Badnarik demand for an
> Ohio recount.
>
>11/15 The Cobb/LaMarche campaign meets
> initial fundraising goal of $150,000
> (including the $113,600 recount fee
> needed to file).
>
>11/17 Attorneys on behalf of David Cobb
> and Michael Badnarik deliver letters to
> each Ohio county election director,
> asking them to prepare for the recount.
>
>11/18 Congressman Dennis Kucinich
> publicly endorses recount efforts.
>
>11/19 Cobb-Badnarik representatives
> deliver bond to guarantee $113,600
> recount fee to each of the 88 Ohio
> county election directors.
>
>11/20 Two Cobb/LaMarche campaign staff
> relocate to Columbus, Ohio to work
> with volunteers on the ground.
>
>11/21 Cobb/LaMarche team meets second
> fundraising goal, reaching $250,000
> in eleven days.
>
>11/21 Cobb-Badnarik lawyers file a request
> for an expedited recount in federal
> district court in Toledo, Ohio, so that
> a "meaningful recount" can take place
> prior to the December 7th "safe harbor"
> certification and December 13th
> meeting of Ohio presidential electors
>
>11/22 The Delaware County, Ohio Board of
> Elections seeks a temporary restraining
> order to block Green and Libertarian
> presidential candidates from forcing a
> recount of the Nov. 2 election results
> prior to December 1st. Their request
> is granted by the judge.
>
>11/22 Federal district court judge denies
> Cobb-Badnarik request to expedite
> recount, saying that Cobb and Badnarik
> do not face "irreparable harm" if the
> recount doesn't take place until after
> the December 7 date to certify
> presidential electors, since they will
> not have any electors anyway.
>
>11/24 Over 1,000 volunteers have already
> signed up to help on website at
>
><http://www.votecobb.org>http://www.votecobb.<http:///www.votecobb.org>org
>but many
> more still needed.
>
>11/28 The Reverend Jesse Jackson to hold
> rally in support of recount and other
> efforts to investigate and litigate voting
> irregularities in Ohio.
>
>12/01 Date by which most Ohio counties will
> have certified their initial vote totals.
>
>12/04 Citizen electoral reform groups organize
> a rally to "Investigate all 88."
>
>12/06 Date that Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth
> Blackwell currently (as of 11/25) says he
> will finally certify the vote. Then, as detailed
> in Ohio Election law procedures, Cobb and
> Badnarik will formally request a recount
> and Secretary Blackwell will notify other
> candidates of their right to have observers
> at the recount. Under law, other candidates
> must have 5 days of notice before the
> recount can start.
>
>12/07 The "safe harbor" date by which presidential
> electors in all 50 states must be
> conclusively determined.
>
>12/11 Earliest possible start date for the Ohio
> recount, based on recent judicial ruling and
> Blackwell's current timeline for
> certification of the state vote.
>
>12/13 Date by which, pursuant to Constitutional
> mandates, Electoral College electors must
> meet to cast their votes. This applies to
> Ohio and all other states.
>
>
>Again, we thank you sincerely for your interest
>and participation in the Ohio Recount. With your
>help, democracy will be served.
>
>Please be sure to volunteer, donate, and circulate
>this email to your friends and family!
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Lynne Serpe
>Campaign Manager
>Cobb/LaMarche Ohio Recount
>P.O. Box 693
>Eureka, CA 95502
><http://www.votecobb.org>http://www.votecobb.<http:///www.votecobb.org>org
>
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Paul Etxeberri
"Forests precede civilizations and deserts follow" ---Chateaubriand
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