Green Party News Release: Rev. Jackson to announce support for recount and other challenges to Ohio vote!

NEWS RELEASE

For immediate release: November 26, 2004
Contact: Blair Bobier, Media Director at 541.929.5755

JESSE JACKSON TO VISIT OHIO SUNDAY AND LEND SUPPORT TO
GREEN PARTY
RECOUNT DEMAND

Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb's demand for a
recount of the Ohio presidential vote will gain a significant boost this
Sunday, when Jesse Jackson visits Columbus, Ohio to publicly announce
his support for the recount and other challenges to the controversial
Ohio vote.
Jackson will be speaking on Sunday at the Mt. Herman Baptist
Church, 2283 Sunbury Rd., at 3:30 p.m., in Columbus.
"Voter suppression and intimidation is a civil rights issue.
Jesse Jackson is the perfect person to bring these concerns to a wider
audience and we welcome his participation," said David Cobb, whose
campaign has been leading the charge for the Ohio recount. Cobb has
been joined in the recount demand by Libertarian candidate Michael
Badnarik.
"We need to investigate, coordinate, litigate, recount and
recuse," said Jackson, referring to the recount and other efforts and
lawsuits challenging the legitimacy of the Ohio vote.
Jackson's recusal reference indicated his support for Cobb
and Badnarik's demand that Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, a
co-chair of the Bush campaign, recuse himself from the vote-counting
process.
"You don't have an owner of a team be the umpire of the
seventh game of the World Series," Jackson said.
Jackson joins Ohio Congressman and former presidential
candidate Dennis Kucinich and a growing list of individuals and
organizations calling for a recount.
The Cobb-LaMarche campaign is now in the process of
recruiting volunteers and raising funds for monitoring the actual
recount process which is expected to take place in early December.
Volunteers and donors should visit the campaign website,
http://www.votecobb.org, for more information.