[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [Recount-news] COBB 2004 RELEASE: DC RALLIES CALL FOR REJECTING OHIO'S ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>COBB/LaMARCHE 2004 GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
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>MEDIA ADVISORY
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>For immediate release:  January 3, 2005
>Contact:   Blair Bobier, Media Director at 541.929.5755
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>COBB TO SPEAK AT DC RALLIES ON THURSDAY
>CALLING ON CONGRESS TO REJECT TAINTED ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES
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>             Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb will be a 
>featured speaker at two rallies on Thursday in Washington, DC, 
>calling on Congress to reject Ohio's tainted Electoral College votes.
>            The first rally, sponsored by a variety of organizations 
>in addition to the Cobb-LaMarche campaign, will be held at 10 a.m. 
>across from the White House in Lafayette Park.  Other speakers 
>besides Cobb include Reverend Jesse Jackson, Global Exchange 
>co-founder Medea Benjamin, John Bonifaz from the National Voting 
>Rights Institute, Alysia Fischer from Progressive Democrats of 
>America, and Rev. Lennox Yearwood of the Hip-Hop Summit Action 
>Network.
>            "Ohio's Electoral College votes are tainted by the 
>widespread irregularities and allegations of fraud which took place 
>both on election day and in the course of the flawed recount of the 
>vote.  Congress must reject these tainted Electoral College votes to 
>preserve the integrity of our democratic process," said Cobb.
>            Sponsors for the 10 a.m. Lafayette Park rally include: 
>United Progressives for Democracy, the Cobb/LaMarche campaign, Code 
>Pink, D.C. Anti-War Network, the national Green Party, Independent 
>Progressive Politics Network, International Labor Communications 
>Association, No Stolen Elections, Progressive Democrats of America, 
>Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, United for Peace and Justice, and Truth in 
>Elections.  Two members of Congress, Cynthia McKinney and John 
>Conyers, have also been invited to speak at the rally.
>             The rally will conclude with a march to Capitol Hill to 
>join with other pro-democracy demonstrations where Cobb will also be 
>speaking.
>             Cobb will speak at a pro-democracy rally today, January 
>3, in Columbus, Ohio, at 2 p.m., at the Capitol Theater, 77 S. High 
>Street.  The rally will feature the Reverend Jesse Jackson and is 
>sponsored by Rainbow/PUSH, the Cobb-LaMarche campaign and a number 
>of other pro-democracy organizations.
>            Detailed reports from official observers outlining a wide 
>range of irregularities with the Ohio recount are available at 
>http://www.votecobb.org/recount/ohio_reports/index.php.  Because the 
>Ohio recount was conducted without uniform standards, adequate 
>security for ballots and voting machines, and without using random 
>samples for auditing the vote as required by law, the Cobb-LaMarche 
>campaign is asking a federal court to order a second recount in 
>Ohio.  The New Mexico recount, which has yet to begin due to 
>interference by New Mexico's Governor Bill Richardson, is also the 
>subject of pending litigation.
>             Additional information about the Ohio and New Mexico 
>recounts and the Cobb-LaMarche campaign can be found at 
>http://www.votecobb.org.  The website for the national Green Party 
>is http://www.gp.org.
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Paul Etxeberri

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