Asking Kerry To Put teeth In His Recount

[Ivo Skoric]

Although Bush P.R. people are succesfully fighting to keep this 
scandal far from the front pages (offset by the Kerik story - could 
Kerik have volunteered his skin to stave off the talk about the 
recount?), it is moving. Ohio will have a recount. Kerry is asking 
for it. Congress is asking for it. Bush is not yet the president-
elect, and it is just a month before inauguration. His campaign 
reasonably hopes that the recount will die and be forgotten by that 
time. At least two web-sites hope to keep the issue alive:
stolenelection2004.com
democraticunderground.com
At least, Kerry was not fed a dioxin lunch like Ukraine's Yuschenko, 
to give some credit to the US democratic process.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/15/politics/15ohio.html?oref=login&th
ivo

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By now everyone probably knows about the explosive allegations of 
vote
fraud and suppression that have emerged from Conyers Ohio hearings 
and
about Kerry's lawyer, McTigue sending a request for 11 ways to 
conduct
the recount in Ohio that would increase transparancy and help ensure
every vote is counted.  However, Blackwell spokesperson  said Kerry
was in "no position to dictate the recount."  And Kieth Olbermann of
MSNBC-- the only mainstream commentator who has been taking the
allegations of vote fraud in Ohio and elsewhere seriously--said that
if Kerry really meant business he would have his own investigation 
and
be more vocal.

(If you don't know about these developments,  check out democrats.com
blog http://blog.democrats.com/node/1935 and also see first comment)

Furthermore, another article said that several county officials
claimed they did not have the money for Kerry's requests or were
otherwise non-committal.  

TAKE ACTION: Although Kerry is to be applauded for making these 11
requests, he could do more that would put teeth into them.  He has
collected 50 million dollars for recounts (while the election was
still ongoing) and has another 15 million left over from the 
campaign.
 He could use this money to do his own investigation; he could be 
more
vocal about evidence of vote fraud and suppression; and he could ask
for his own recount to increase his standing with election officials
and in the courts for his recount requests.

For sample letter and contact info for Kerry, DNC and Ohio Dems, 
Click
here: http://www.stolenelection2004.com/alerts.html#standing

Furthemore if you know anyone in PENNSYLVANIA, MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN,
ILLINOIS AND WEST VIRGINIA. AND INDIANA, the Green Party needs 
recount
co-ordinators in these states right now (you don't have to be a Green
party member)  contact Holly hhartus at yahoo.com  

TO TAKE MORE URGENT ACTION to help recount, uncover vote fraud, and
challenge electors, please go to this page which contains a simple
short list of actions with links (many actions are user-friendly with
pop-up windows containing pre-written messages),
 and if you can please also try to reply to this forum to keep it up
 in the blog longer and nominate it for home page.

Click here for actions on Forum Page:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&
forum=203&topic_id=157538&mesg_id=157538

If this link doesn't work, the information is also on this alerts 
page
which should be checked for updates
http://www.stolenelection2004.com/alerts.html

BTW, one action which is new and intriguing (I haven't seen it being
passed around like most of the others) is this

Call 20 Ohio voters to find out if they have had problems voting

Click here For New Action:
http://www.projectforamerica.org/index.php?form=call_voters





Take care,
Cheryl Guttman



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