[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [usgp-dx] Letter to the Baltimore Sun, re Jules Witcover's column "Recount in Ohio" (Nov. 26)

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>Letter in response to "Recount in Ohio" by Jules
>Witcover, The Baltimore Sun, November 26, 2004
>http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1126-03.htm
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>Saturday, November 27, 2004
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>To the Editor,
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>Jules Witcover ("Recount in Ohio", November 26,
>2004) is confused about why presidential
>candidates David Cobb (Green) and Michael
>Badnarik (Libertarian) have launched their legal
>effort to have Ohio presidential votes recounted.
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>George W. Bush's reelection might not be in
>doubt, but the votes cast by many voters in Ohio
>and other states are, according to thousands of
>complaints about obstructed votes, wrongful
>disqualifications, malfunctioning computer voting
>machines, and other irregularities.
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>The recount, for which Mr. Cobb and Mr. Badnarik
>have already collected over $250,000 in donations
>and over a thousand volunteers, probably won't
>alter the outcome of the 2004 election.  But it
>deserves support because it's the best way to
>test and begin repairing the integrity of our
>elections, and to ensure that every vote is
>counted.
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>If one result of the recount is auditable paper
>ballot trails for all computer voting machines in
>Ohio, it'll be a victory for all voters.
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>For the Democratic Party's leadership and
>candidate John Kerry, who quickly conceded the
>election, the lesson of Florida in 2000 seems to
>be that controversy must be avoided at all costs.
>  For those of us in the Green Party, the lesson
>is that we need to fight for the right to vote,
>for accurate vote counts, and for the future of
>our democracy.
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>Scott McLarty
>Washington, DC
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Paul Etxeberri

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