[NV Greens] Fwd: [usgp-dx] FW: New Book on Ohio Election Results

Thu May 26 23:31:44 PDT 2005

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>From: "Ann Avouris - Academy Chicago Publishers"
><publicity at academychicago.com>
>Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 12:30:00 -0500
>To: <info at greenpartyus.org>
>Subject: New Book on Ohio Election Results
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>Dear Green Party,
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>I thought you might be interested in the following.
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>On May 6th, Academy Chicago Publishers released its newest political title,
>WHAT WENT WRONG IN OHIO: The Conyers Report on the 2004 Presidential
>Election, Introduction by Gore Vidal. This is the first release in book form
>of Congressman John Conyers’ investigation into Ohio election manipulation.
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>While shreds of the electoral chaos in Ohio were reported in the press, the
>issue soon faded from public view. WHAT WENT WRONG IN OHIO provides insights
>into the abuse and manipulation of electronic voting machines and the
>arbitrary and illegal behavior of officials, which effectively
>disenfranchised tens of thousands of voters.
>I am copying below several endorsements of the book from Bob Kerrey, Lewis
>Lapham and others, along with our press release. Please contact me if you
>have any questions, or would like to receive a review copy of the book for
>your organization.
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>Regards,
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>Ann Avouris
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>Ann H. Avouris
>Academy Chicago Publishers
>363 West Erie, 7E
>Chicago, IL 60610
>publicity at academychicago.com
>1-800-248-READ
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>What People are Saying about WHAT WENT WRONG IN OHIO:
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>“What Went Wrong in Ohio should be required reading for all those who
>believe the right to vote is fundamental to freedom and the spirit of
>democracy.”
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>                                                —Bob Kerrey, President, New
>School University
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>“The only relevant civics lesson to emerge from the swindle that was last
>year’s presidential election. Any citizen who neglects to read it does so at
>his or her peril.”
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>                                                —Lewis Lapham, Harper’s
>Magazine
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>“An entirely new kind of ‘how to’ book: a ‘how to steal an election’ book.
>John Conyers deserves the Congressional Medal of Honor—if there is even a
>shred of it left in that once noble institution.”
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>                                                —Larry Gelbart, writer
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>“I urge would-be reformers of our politics, as well as of such anachronisms
>as the Electoral College, to read this valuable guide on how to steal an
>election . . . Not only were the crimes against the democracy investigated,
>but the Report comes up with quite a number of ways to set things right.”
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>                                                —Gore Vidal, from the
>Introduction
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>STARTLING TESTIMONY FROM OHIO
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>ON THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
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>AVAILABLE IN BOOK FORM FOR THE FIRST TIME
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>What Went Wrong in Ohio
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>Contains Complete Text of Congressional Hearings
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>INTRODUCTION BY GORE VIDAL
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>This is a report, now available in book form for the first time, of the
>hearings conducted by the Democratic Members and Staff of the House
>Judiciary  Committee, of which Rep. John Conyers is Ranking Member.
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>WHAT WENT WRONG IN OHIO: The Conyers Report on the 2004 Presidential
>Election (Academy Chicago Publishers, 154pp, paperback, 8 ½ x 5 ½, $10.95,
>0-89733-535-X) is the official transcript of these hearings—not theory, not
>speculation—but the testimony of elected and election officials of both
>Democratic and Republican parties; representatives of the Triad voting
>machine company; poll watchers and observers and innumerable voters. It is a
>record of massive manipulation of the law and massive manipulation of
>electronic voting machines, which created long lines in Democratic
>precincts, where too few machines were allocated, while Republican precincts
>received more machines than were needed.
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>It is a record also of the public statements and actions of election
>officials and others involved in the Ohio election process, especially those
>of Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell who was, during this same
>period, also co-Chair of the Ohio Bush re-election committee. Mr Blackwell’s
>application of the law before, during and after the election, involved,
>according to the Committee, a series of deliberate violations of the Ohio
>Revised Code which, in turn, led to countless violations of voters’ rights.
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>In the book’s Executive Summary, the Committee states:
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>“We have found numerous serious election irregularities in the Ohio
>presidential election which resulted in significant disenfranchisement of
>voters. Cumulatively, these irregularities, which affected hundreds of votes
>and voters in Ohio, raise grave doubts about whether it can be said that the
>Ohio electors selected on December 13, 2004, were chosen in a manner
>conforming to Ohio law, let alone Federal requirements and constitutional
>standards.”
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>Anita Miller, editor of What Went Wrong in Ohio, said: “These are facts, not
>theories or speculations and they demonstrate all too clearly the need for
>electoral reform. As Bob Kerrey has said, this report ‘
should be required
>reading for all who believe the right to vote is fundamental to freedom and
>the spirit of democracy.’”
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>The Committee’s report was released in early January of 2005 and some of its
>findings were fleetingly mentioned in the press. This volume, however, is
>the first book publication of the report’s complete text.
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