December 31, 2004

Rally for the Republic -- Boston, Massachusetts -- Monday January 3rd -- Fanueil Hall -- 7:00 P.M.

Monday, January 3rd, 2005


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Rally for the Republic at Fanueil Hall

Start Time: 7:00 PM

Location: Fanueil Hall, Boston

Category: Protest!

Coalition Urges Congress to Act Against Election Fraud

WASHINGTON -- December 30 -- Massachusetts Elector Tom Barbera and local activists with the Coalition Against Election Fraud (CAEF) will call on members of Congress to take action in response to election fraud at a Rally for the Republic, to be held inside of Faneuil Hall on Monday, January 3 at 7:00 p.m. Organizers invite all those concerned about preserving our voting rights to gather at 6:30 p.m. at the State House entrance to Boston Common for a march to the indoor Rally at Faneuil Hall.


The Coalition is part of a nationwide grassroots movement to urge members of Congress to object on January 6 to the Electoral College vote from states such as Ohio, Florida and New Mexico, where mounting evidence of election violations has resulted in questions about the outcome of the 2004 presidential election. This event coincides with Rallies for the Republic planned for early next week in cities across the country, including Columbus, Ohio, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. Organizers aim to influence members of Congress to vote NOT to certify the Electoral College votes from states where the election results are in question, and/or to delay the vote certification entirely due to the need to complete investigations and recounts currently underway.


Coalition members are currently lobbying a national list of Senators, including Massachusetts Senators Edward Kennedy and John Kerry, to urge them to vote against certification of Electors' votes from states such as Ohio, where the election results are being challenged in court. Several Coalition activists will head to the U.S. Capitol early next week to present their case in person to Senators before Congress reconvenes on January 6. Congress-woman Maxine Waters of California, Chair of the Democratic Caucus Special Committee on Election Reform, stated this week that she, along with other members of the House of Representatives, will be challenging the seating of the Ohio electors.


The Monday Rally, the D.C. Delegation, and a daily vigil outside of the Boston home of Senator John Kerry are among the Coalition's strategies to mount a Constitutional Challenge to the Electoral College vote in response to increasing evidence of election fraud. They cite concerns about discrepancies between vote tallies and the number of registered voters in specific precincts; inequities in the number of voting machines available at highly Democratic polling places; and widespread disenfranchisement of voters through vote suppression tactics targeted largely at African Americans and college students.


"We do not have to suffer another four years of an illegitimate presidency since the Constitution and Federal law set out how to challenge unlawfully acquired electoral votes," according to David Lytel, a leader in the 2000 and the current challenges to the legitimacy of the Florida and now the Ohio electoral votes. Lytel, the keynote speaker at Monday's Rally, explains that the U.S. Constitution has provisions mandating specific penalties be invoked by Congress if the right to vote is 'in any way abridged.'”


"There are considerably more reported cases of vote suppression, fraudulent vote casting and fraudulent vote counting than George W. Bush¹s margin of victory in Ohio and in Florida," Lytel continues. "In Warren County (Ohio), for example, officials closed the vote counting to outside observers for the first time anyone can remember, on the [alleged] advice of the national Department of Homeland Security, which now denies it. Warren County has nothing in it Al Qaeda cares about, but it is the single most important county in the nation to Bush¹s re-election, being the last polling place in the state to close and providing a third of the margin he needed to claim victory on election night.


“There is overwhelming evidence that the misadministration of the election was non-random. It is literally impossible that chance could produce errors that all point in the same direction, giving votes to Bush," states Lytel, who asserts that exit polls were most likely accurate, showing that "considerably more people went to the polls that day to vote for John Kerry" than shown in the vote counts.


The media has implied that alleged fraud in the 2004 election amounts to “merely random 'glitches' or 'irregularities' and that the only recourse is to fix the system in time for the next election," according to Lytel, who is quick to add, "they are wrong on both counts... The misadministration of the election was deliberate and purposeful and we have

more than one course of action to return the nation to the proper path right now.”

Also to speak at the Rally are John Bonifaz, General Counsel of the National Voting Rights Institute and Co-counsel for Presidential Candidates David Cobb and Michael Badnarik in their demand for a meaningful recount of

all of the votes cast for President in Ohio; Jonathan Simon, a political survey research analyst who collaborated with U. Penn. professor and statistician Steven Freeman, PhD on exit poll analysis of the 2004 election; Tom Barbera, a Waltham Elector whose motion asking for the investigation and remedy of election violations was passed unanimously by all twelve Mass. Electors; Faye Morrison, an Ayer Selectwoman who spent six months campaigning and working with Election Protection in several states; and Donna Palermino, a local attorney who will speak on the legal aspects of the challenge. Local citizens who campaigned in Ohio, Florida and other states will also share their own observations of vote suppression during the 2004 election.

Musical entertainment will be provided by area folk musician Greg Greenway.


CONTACT: Coalition Against Election Fraud

Heleni Thayre, 617-232-8180

Robin Weingarten, 617-325-8224

caef@caef.us

Evidence of Fraud and Disenfranchisement in Ohio: A Partial List

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http://fairnessbybeckerman.blogspot.com/2005/01/evidence-of-fraud-and.html

Evidence of Fraud and Disenfranchisement in Ohio, 2004

A partial list



This post is intended as a resource tool for those doing factual research on the Ohio election 2004, specifically relating to issues of (a) fraud, (b) disenfranchisment, (c) voter suppression,
(d) recount obstruction, and (e) vote machine tampering. It makes no pretense at comprehensiveness, but is merely an attempt to compile links which have been posted on this site which either (1) are themselves primary sources of evidence, or (2) summarize, analyze, or point to, such sources.

The links are listed in reverse chronological order of posting.

They are numbered in reverse numerical order; the first 2 digits of each link refer to the year of posting. (I.e. “0410" is the 10th post in 2004).

The permanent link to this post is http://fairnessbybeckerman.blogspot.com/2004/12/evidence-of-fraud-and.html



0489-Collected readings on vote machine fraud

0488-Judge Moyer Rules that Evidence Can be Destroyed

0487-Moritz College of Law posts website devoted to Ohio 2004 election litigation documents.

0486-More Irregularities Uncovered by Recount in Fairfield, Champaign, Van Wert, and Ashland Counties! Triad accessed computer remotely prior to recount!


0485-More evidence of Ohio election fraud unearthed in Trumbull, Franklin, Madison, and Miami counties. Blackwell refuses to testify.


0484-Exit poll data suppressed by media

0483-Uncounted Summit County Votes

0482-Uncounted Hamilton County votes

0481-Refusal to count provisional ballots in Cuyahoga

0480-Uncounted Cuyahoga County votes analyzed

0479-Cuyahoga County uncounted votes analyzed

0478-Summary of specific allegations in election contest

0477-Miami County results fraudulent says Phillips

0476-Lucas County irregularities tied to burglary


0475-Mahoning County "Irregularities" Detailed at Hearing

0474-Testimony from December 13th Columbus Hearing

0473-Transcript of November 15th Hearing at Franklin County Courthouse

0472-Videotaped interview of Triad technician tampering with machines in 6 counties

0471-Videotape of Suppression of Voters in African-American communities

0470-Lucas County Recount Report

0469-Triad enabled itself to reprogam computers by remote dial-up

0468-Report by Recount Observer on various irregularities

0467-Green Party summary of select voting and recount problems

0466-Fairfield County officials impede recount

0465-Licking County officials refuse to let observers view voting machines

0464-President of Triad permitted to participate in Montgomery County recount

0463-Witnesses relate details of Blackwell-ordered Greene County lockout

0462-Medina County recount irregularities

0461-Cuyahoga County recount irregularities

0460-Expert analysis of electronic computer fraud in Mahoning County

0459-Triad technician permitted to disassemble machine morning of recount

0458-Green Party report of obstruction by election officials

0457-Green Party report of obstruction by Blackwell

0456-Cuyahoga County recount obstructed by officials

0455-Collection of incriminating facts about 2004 election, some relating to Ohio

0454-Cuyahoga officials refuse recount permission to audit rejected provisional ballots

0453-Lucas County Democratic Party Offices Burglarized, Computers Stolen

0452-Audio of December 13th Columbus hearing

0451-Ohio activist run off the road

0450-Counties refuse to comply with Kerry requests

0449-Blackwell refuses to cooperate with House Judiciary Democrats investigation

0448-Recap of testimony from December 13th Columbus hearing

0447-Cobb reports Triad technician tampered with machine

0446-Computer programmer Curtis testifies Republicans hired him
to create vote rigging software


0445-Transcript of December 8th hearing

0444-More absentee votes than absentee voters in Trumbull County

0443-Expert witness opinion affidavit of Richard Hayes Phillips

0442-Breach of security with Greene County voting records

0441-Idle voting machines not used in inner city precincts

0440-Cleveland votes thrown out because voters followed instructions

0439-Record of December 8th Washington, DC, hearing

0438-Blackwell locks out recount observers

0437-Detailed report on Cuyahoga County election irregularities"

0436-Radio interview with Computer programmer Clinton Curtis

0435-C Span Video of December 8th hearing

0434-Article summarizing some evidence of fraud

0433-PFAW Report on 2004 Election

0432-Affidavit of Clinton Curtis

0431-Video and audio tapes of November 13th
and 15th Columbus hearings.


0430-Blackwell delays certification by 5 days



0429-Evidence of fraud in Cuyahoga County

0428-Cuyahoga seeks to discard provisional ballots

0427-Blackwell delays counting of provisional ballots

0426-Analysis by Alan Waldman

0425-November 25th summary of fraud evidence

0424-Transcripts of voter testimony, and analysis

0423-Systematic withholding of voting machines
in predominantly Democratic precincts in Cleveland and Columbus


0422-Court permits further delay of recount

0421-Voting machines withheld in Franklin County

0420-Baltimore Chronicle article on exit poll discrepancies

0419-Warren County lockdown premeditated

0418-Free Press Article: How Election Rigged

0417-Audio and video tape of hearings

0416-Chart of Ohio election fraud

0415-Evidence of fraud listed by Rockwell

0414-Article summarizing testimony

0413-First hand reports by election protection volunteers

0412-Pacifica tape of November 13th hearing

0411-MSNBC: Ohio has paper trail

0410-Deliberate imbalance in voting machines

0409-List of irregularities compiled by Columbus group

0408-Articles about exit poll discrepancies

0407-Blackwell refuses to count provisional ballots

0406-My report from Columbus


0405-Pacifica audio of December 13th hearing

0404-Election Day 2004 videotapes

0403-Neighborhood Network audio and video tapes

0402-PFAW 866-OURVOTE Ohio incident reports

0401-Video tapes of November 13th & 15th hearings


Numerous other web sites and blogs provide additional valuable primary sources. Many are listed in the left hand column under "Important Links". Two which I have found especially helpful are
Election 2004 (http://shadowbox.i8.com/stolen.htm) and

MiaMedia Votergate Resource Center (http://miamedia.com/votergate)

Calendar of Upcoming Events


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OF THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS, ACCURATE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2004.
FOR AN UPDATED CALENDAR,
PLEASE GO TO:
http://fairnessbybeckerman.blogspot.com/2005/01/calendar-of-upcoming-events.html.



Thanks
Best regards
Ray



Saturday, January 1st.

* 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. Boston, Massachusetts. Vigil at Sen. Kerry's House continues.



Sunday, January 2nd.

* 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. Boston, Massachusetts. Vigil at Sen. Kerry's House continues.

* 1:00 P.M. San Diego, California. Defend Democracy March and Rally.

* 2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Nashville, Tennessee. 3rd Gathering to Save Our Democracy.

* 2:00 P.M. Cleveland, Ohio. Press Conference of Congresswoman Tubbs-Jones and Rev. Jackson.





Monday, January 3rd.


* 10:00 A.M. Columbus, Ohio. Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Press Conference.

* 12:00 Noon. San Francisco, California. "Boxer Rebellion" -- Demonstration and Presentation of Petition to Sen. Boxer.

* 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. Boston, Massachusetts. Vigil at Sen. Kerry's House continues.


* 2:00 P.M. Columbus, Ohio. Capitol Theater. Pro-Democracy, Count Every Vote Rally With Rev. Jesse Jackson sponsored by Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Progressive Democrats of America, C.A.S.E.-Ohio, DoNotConcede.


* 7:00 P.M. Kansas City, Missouri. Reclaiming Democracy Meeting.


* Evening. We Do Not Concede Coalition Cafe Night Screenings of Columbus Voter Fraud Footage and performance by Wil b - Hip Hop Artist


* 7:00 P.M. Boston, Massachusetts. Rally for the Republic.



Tuesday,January 4th.


* 10:00 A.M. Savage, Maryland. "Save Our Votes" Rally.


* 10:00 A.M. Savage, Maryland. Immediately after "Save Our Votes" Rally, Start of March on Washington January 4th to January 6th.



* 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. Boston, Massachusetts. Vigil at Sen. Kerry's House continues.


* 4:00 P.M. Columbus, Ohio. Freedom Winter Volunteer Sendoff Meeting to Create Banners, Assemble Care Packages.


* 7:00 P.M. Columbus, Ohio. "Freedom Winter" Launch Party.




* 7:00 P.M. San Francisco, California. Rally for the Republic.



Wednesday, January 5th.


* 4:30 A.M. Columbus, Ohio. Freedom Winter Bus Ride to Washington DC Assembles for 5:00 A.M. Departure.

* Maryland to D.C. "Save Our Votes" March continues.




* 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. Boston, Massachusetts. Last Day of Vigil at Sen. Kerry's House.


* 1:00 P.M. Washington, D.C. Freedom Winter Ohio Bus Riders Press Conference.


* 2:00 P.M. Washington, D.C. Freedom Winter Ohio Bus Riders meet with Senators.


* 7:00 P.M. Washington, D.C. Freedom Winter Dinner and Tent Revival Meeting at Cherry Hill Park campground.






Thursday, January 6th.


* 10:00 A.M. Washington, D.C. (Lafayette Park). Defend Democracy Rally, featuring David Cobb and John Bonifaz.


* 11:00 A.M. Washington, D.C. March from Lafayette Park to Upper Senate Park on Capitol Hill.

* 12:00 Noon - 4:00 P.M. Washington, D.C. (Capitol Hill). Defend Democracy Rally and Vigil, featuring Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. and David Cobb.

* 4:00 P.M. Washington, D.C. Freedom Winter Bus Ride departs to Columbus, Ohio.


* Transportation notices for January 6th.




SPECIAL NOTE: January 6th is a critical date in American history. It is the last chance this country has to preserve its democracy. If Senators and Congresspeople do not stand up and do the right thing that day, democracy is over in the nation that introduced it to the modern world, and our descent into dictatorship will have been completed.

If the small group of ultra right wing traitors presently in control of the Senate, the House, the Presidency, the Judiciary, the Press, and the manufacture of deliberately unverifiable voting machines, is permitted to stage a second coup d'etat, there will never be "election reform"; this crowd has made it abundantly clear that it respects power, not law. It will have become impossible to rid our nation of this cancer through the electoral process.

For the reasons expressed above, I have decided that, as a matter of editorial policy, I will not list in this calendar any events subsequent to January 6th, unless they involve investigation, litigation, and/or prosecution of the abuses that were committed in Ohio in 2004, and will devote no space in this calendar or elsewhere in this blog to (a) generalized long range election reform, (b) 'counter-

inaugurals', or (c) attacks on the Bush administration's policies.

I urge everyone to stay focussed on the 2004 election, and to do everything he or she can between now and January 6th to fight for the true outcome of that election. This blog is replete with action memos and calls to action, full of ideas as to things we can do. Everybody who possibly can should go to the January 3rd rally in Columbus, Ohio, with Rev. Jesse Jackson, participate in the January 4th - January 6th "Selma to Montgomery" March from Baltimore, Maryland to Washington, DC, and join Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., David Cobb, Granny D, and all those who are traveling from all across the country to attend the rallies and vigils in Washington DC on January 6th.



Sincerely yours,


R. B.



Rally for the Republic -- San Francisco, California -- Tuesday, January 4th -- 7:00 P.M.

There WILL Be a Challenge of Electors in the Congress on January 6th that Needs YOUR Support

Come to Herbst Theater, San Francisco, Tuesday January 4th, 7:00 p.m. to Rally for the Republic!


Please Forward this Announcement


Washington, DC December 31, 2004: Yesterday Michigan Congressman John Conyers showed more of the tactical brilliance and moral leadership that have marked his illustrious 40-year Congressional career. Conyers is the second most senior Member of Congress, and throughout his tenure has shown clarity of thought and a willingness to act that puts him head and shoulders above most of his timid and hesitant colleagues. Conyers called for Nixon's impeachment in May of 1972, a month before the Watergate burglary, because he could see that Nixon's prosecution of the war in Vietnam and its expansion into other countries was illegal.


Yesterday Rep. Conyers released copies of his letter sent to each member of the Senate, announcing a Constitutional challenge to the electors from Ohio and asking the Senators to join him. Not only has Conyers established a reward for the first Senator to step foward, but he's started the clock on the construction of perhaps his most important coalition and given it enough time to grow to sizable proportions.

I have met and spoken many times in the past week with key Congressional staff from the offices of key Senators (Durbin, Jeffords) and Representatives (Conyers, Tubbs-Jones) and what follows is what I expect to see in the momentous week ahead of us.

But first let me say that this activity inside Congress must be met with a mobilization of public support or it will not succeed.


We need you to join us at the Herbst Theater on Tuesday 1/4 at 7:00 for an examination of this illegitimate election and a declaration of intent to reclaim our republic. Emily Levin, project coordinator for Richard Hayes Phillips' precinct-level analysis of Ohio voting anomalies, will describe findings entered as evidence in Moss v. Bush showing that Ohio's 20 electoral votes were won by John Kerry. In Linda Byrket's documentary Video the Vote you will witness the shameful voter suppression tactics deployed to deny predominantly African American communities of Ohio their right to vote. Researcher-analyst Warren Stewart will describe the mysteries of New Mexico's national record for undervotes and phantom voters that resulted in a 1% margin awarding the state's electors to Bush.
ReDefeat Bush founder David Lytel will provide an insightful preview of the crucial electoral contest starting just days from now.
We will have an abundance of factsheets and petitions to activate you and your Congressional representatives. And for levity to keep us sane, we've invited wards of the Ronald Reagan Home for the Criminally Insane to sell us on Verifyagra, the cure for electile dysfunction. We continue to add speakers and performers for this not-to-be-missed event. See RallyfortheRepublic.org. for updates.


Please join us Tuesday January 4 in Herbst Theater. We need you to stand up for democracy NOW, not after it is all over.
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco Civic Center. Map and directions. Admission is free, but our expense is major and we will be asking donations (suggested $5-$10).


What the coming week will bring: On Monday there will be a staff-level strategy session, and although I cannot promise our plan will be adopted or set in motion, what I foresee is that on Wednesday afternoon former Florida Congressman Peter Deutsch will present to an informal yet televised hearing on Capitol Hill his understanding of what happened in Florida. Deutsch is the ideal for this for his intellect and integrity and his standing with his former colleagues. He is taking an active role in studying the facts of the case and is being backed up by Wayne Madsen, an experienced analyst and investigator who previously worked for the National Security Agency, by Bev Harris and the team at Blackboxvoting.org, and by Clint Curtis, the Florida whistleblower who has exposed Congressman Tom Feeney's actions to rig Florida elections by changing the distribution of votes on electronic voting machines. I can tell you that we have the active collaboration of all of these people.


We are hoping that former Congressman Tom Sawyer, previously the third-ranking member of the House Democratic leadership, will present the facts on Ohio. He will be briefed and backed up by a host of people, including Washington election law attorney Cynthia Butler and Ohio attorney Steve Chaffin, both of whom have been engaged for this purpose. It is not clear yet who may present the facts of the case for NM, NV, or IN although I have approached former Senate candidate and White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles to talk to us about what happened in North Carolina.


At the end of the afternoon, in a scene meant to be evocative of the signing of the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution, I would hope to see Members walk over to a table and sign the actual challenge that will be handed to Vice President Cheney who will be presiding over the joint session. This dramatic flourish for the cameras of C-SPAN and the foreign press -- you should expect Viacom (CBS), Disney (ABC), General Electric (NBC) and News Corp. (Fox) to remain resolute in their refusal to cover this news -- will lend symbolic dimension to our coalition. This is crucial because if we have about 8 Senators and about 50 Representatives by the time the sun comes up on 1/6 we have a shot at holding the Democratic caucuses of both the House and Senate united on the key challenges. That would make Nancy Pelosi our leader in the House and represent an achievement of historic proportions even before the session begins at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday 1/6.

The rules for a challenge come from the disputed election of 1876 but have never yet been used. There will be an alphabetical rollcall of the states, and if there are objections they must be in writing and signed by at least one member of each chamber, whereupon the House and Senate return to their respective houses and engage in a two-hour debate in which each Member may speak for no longer than 5 minutes. After both houses vote they return to joint session. If both houses agree, then the electors for that state are set aside. Then the joint session returns to the rollcall and to further objections, if there are any. The legislators may recess each night until the fifth day, when the rules say they must remain in continuous 24-hour session. If at the end of the process of counting electoral votes no one has a majority of the whole number of possible votes, then the House of Representatives gets to decide, with each state casting one vote. If that happens Bush gets reinaugurated since there are just too many of those underpopulated rectangular states in the middle of the country, even though half the country's population lives in states that voted for Kerry.


However, the longer the dispute goes on the better off we are for some truly dramatic change. If the contest enters a third day it should surely occur to 16 or so moderate Republicans in the House and 5 in the Senate that if they bargained with the Democrats they could control the U.S. government. While that is unlikely it is not implausible, since they are the most abused and underappreciated faction in the Congress and they have no greater tolerance for the brutal tactics of the Bush faction of the Republican Party than you do.

Please join us on Tuesday 1/4 at 7:00 at the Herbst Theater. Bring friends and questions and laughter since we will always need more of each of those things. Don't settle for symbolic victories until it is certain that you cannot have a real, substantive victory. And thanks to the leadership of John Conyers, if I can borrow the words of Pete Townsend, "the bids have all got longer overnight."


Help ReDefeat Bush Rally the Republic! (After all, who else would bring you an event like this?)
As you might expect, we're as hung out there on the edge financially as we are rhetorically, tactically, strategically and in every other way you can think of. But we believe in what we are doing and that you will reward us for being your advocate, emissary, and messenger in Washington. Here is a list of what we spend your money on so you can see where it goes. If you can contribute $5,000 or more please do so at the new Robert Morris Fund and if you have less than $5,000 you can contribute you can do that at the standard ReDefeatBush contribution page. Every dollar is worth a dollar, no matter how many you have to give. And if you are still not convinced we merit a financial contribution check out this list of 30 things we have done for you since election day when virtually every other national-level progressive group has disbanded or gone silent. If you want us to keep doing more of what we're doing, please contribute and we will put the money into the cause.


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Notice to All U.S. Senators and Congresspersons (Republished)


Notice to All United States Senators and Congress people:

You took an oath to defend and protect the Constitution of the United States from its enemies both foreign and domestic.

On January 6th your sincerity and commitment to that oath will be tested.

The evidence is overwhelming and incontrovertible that the electors from Ohio were unlawfully chosen and unlawfully seated.

Evidence is pouring in that even the incomplete remedy of a recount is being thwarted by election officials brazenly engaged in a coverup designed to destroy any possible efficacy the recount could have.

If a President can be selected in this country as a result of conduct which was wildly unlawful, then the rule of law, and with it democracy, has ceased to exist.

It is your duty not to accept the vote of the illegal electors for President or Vice President of the United States, and to accept the vote of the electors who were lawfully chosen by the voters of the State of Ohio, who are committed to voting for John F. Kerry and John Edwards as President and Vice President of the United States respectively.

Your decision to honor your duty, or not to honor it, is something for which you will have to answer not only to the people of the United States, and to your constituents, but to your own families, and your children and grandchildren and their children's children, and to your own conscience.

I implore you to do your duty in defense of democracy, and not to allow "government of the people, by the people, and for the people" to perish from the great nation which introduced it to the modern world.

-Ray Beckerman

Open Letter from Glenn Sanders

The following is an open letter from Glenn Sanders, the owner of the excellent MiaMedia Votergate Resource Center:


Honorable Senators and Representatives of Congress,

History will judge you by your actions, or lack of action on January 6th, 2005...

On that fateful day, I and millions of other patriotic Americans urge you to stand up and do the right thing.

Stand up for Democracy for all parties and for all voters, each of us citizens of this great country. It is our Constitutional Right to Vote, and to have our vote count. And it became your sworn duty to uphold and insure that right, when you took your oath of office:

"I, [name], do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."

You know as well as I do that there were numerous and unprecedented voting irregularities on November 2, and since then during the recounts. (If you didn't know, visit http://miamedia.com/votergate to read what the media is saying and the research has unearthed.)

Millions of tax-paying, loyal, voting Americans are counting on you to do the right thing, and thoroughly investigate the Nov 2 vote, so we will have in our voting system, and our elected officials. And I do mean you.

We call on you and beseech you to do your sworn duty to the American People:

Ferret out every voting irregularity, failure, mistake, inconsistency that made the Nov 2 election the most notorious one in recent history.

Find and prosecute any illegal acts, no matter where that may lead.

If you are not certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that the official vote tallies for President and for others on November 2 were accurate, then you must challenge the Electoral Tally on January 6, 2005 and call for a full investigation.

Then, work to fix the problems in our election system that led to the Nov 2 voting fiasco.

The famous words that Thomas Paine uttered 200 years ago still ring true:


"The right of voting for representatives is the primary right
by which all other rights are protected.
To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery. . ."

Will you kowtow to what expediency would have you do, or will you prove to yourself, your family, and your grand children that you are a person of backbone and character like Thomas Paine? Will you go down in history as a Statesman who is admired because you did the right thing when your country called on you, when the people who elected you to office depended on you?

Follow your heart and your conscience.

Stand up for Democracy on January 6, 2005. Challenge and investigate the Nov 2 vote.

Yours sincerely,

Glenn Sanders

December 31, 2004


The Votergate Resource Center

http://miamedia.com/votergate

Suggestion for Contacting Sen. Boxer, and others

In view of the fact that John Conyers is asking Barbara Boxer to stand with him in objecting to counting the electoral votes from Ohio, perhaps we should write to her to encourage her to stand with him. This site allows you to send email to any Congressional member. For an extra $4.95, your message will be printed on paper and hand-delivered to the member.

http://congress.org/congressorg/home/


Let's write to the Senators on the list previously published as well.

-Bobbi

Collected readings on vote machine fraud

Collected readings on vote machine fraud:

http://www.flcv.com/fraudpat.html

January 5th Freedom Ride From Columbus to Washington


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


CONTACTS:

We Do Not Concede Coalition Contacts (www.donotconcede.com)

Zack Kaldveer, Communications Coordinator, 510-938-2664

Sheri Myers, Volunteer Coordinator, 310-801-1819

Kat L'Estrange, Director, 541-510-5646


DISENFRANCHISED OHIO VOTERS MOBILIZING FOR HISTORIC CIVIL RIGHTS, PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTEST BUS TRIP FROM COLUMBUS TO WASHINGTON, DC
Freedom Winter riders to confront legislators with personal tales of Jim Crow-like civil rights violations, voter intimidation and suppression suffered in Ohio on election day


U.S. (December 31, 2004) - National grassroots, pro-democracy organizations have joined in defense of fundamental democratic principles with massive rallies planned in both Columbus, Ohio on January 3 and in Washington, DC on January 6 to express concern and outrage over election day snafus which made it difficult, if not impossible, for many to vote in Ohio on November 2. Bridging these two events is the ‘Get Up On The Bus/Freedom Winter' campaign sponsored by We Do Not Concede. In a reprise of the Freedom Summer civil rights campaign of 1964, the disenfranchised voters of Ohio will board a bus and/or caravan to Washington, DC on the morning of January 5.

"Just as Rosa Parks made a stand by claiming her seat at the front of the bus over 40 years ago," says Columbus civic leader Rev. Bill Moss, "we're traveling to DC on board the Freedom Winter bus ride to make a stand for our constitutionally-protected right to vote that was denied so many of us in Ohio."

The Get Up On The Bus campaign seeks to lobby Congress for support of the petition to challenge Ohio's electors put before the joint session on January 6. Rep. Conyers, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, appealed to the Senate on December 30 urging them to "debate and highlight the problems in Ohio which disenfranchised innumerable voters."

"We want our political leaders to have the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the disenfranchised Ohio voters to hear directly from them what really happened on Election Day in urban districts in Ohio, and answer their request for equality and equal rights," says Kat L'Estrange, We Do Not Concede. "We're going to ask them directly to support Rep. Conyers and contest the Ohio vote."

We Do Not Concede is engaged in a major fundraising effort to help cover the costs of this unprecedented civil rights event to ensure all the riders can afford to go to Washington and have their voices heard. The goal is to raise $10,000 by January 3, 2005. To help with this effort, hip-hop artist, Wil B. has released a new single, "Get Up On The Bus," available online soon.

The bus will depart from Faith Ministries Church, 2747 Agler Road, Columbus, before dawn on January 5 arriving in Washington DC for a 1 o'clock press conference in the Zenger Room at the National Press Club, 529 14th St NW, 13th floor. After the press conference, the Ohio riders
will visit the Senate offices to tell their stories of disenfranchisement. The group plans to meet up with participants of the "Save Our Votes" March from Baltimore to Washington, DC at Cherry Hill Park the evening of January 5, and again on the morning of January 6 to march from Lafayette Park to the Defend Democracy Rally, Upper Senate Park at noon.

Organizations who support the Freedom Winter bus ride are encouraged to mobilize their members as quickly as possible to join in the caravan. Volunteers are welcome along every step of this history journey. Media inquires, please contact Zack Kaldveer, 510-938-2664. For all other inquiries or to get involved, please contact Kat L'Estrange, 541-510-5646 or Sheri Myers, 310-801-1819, or visit www.donotconcede.com.





We Do Not Concede Coalition Contacts/Itinerary January 3-6, 2005


Kat L'Estrange, coordinator
kat@donotconcede.com
541-510-5646


Sheri Myers, volunteers
sheri@donotconcede.com
310-801-1819


Zack Kaldveer, communications
Zack@donotconcede.com
938-510-2664


Jonathan Simon, analysis, media/DC
VerifiedVote2004@aol.com
617-538-6012


ITINERARY


1/03/05 MONDAY
Columbus

10:00 - Rainbow PUSH Press Conference


2:00 - 4:00 Rainbow PUSH Pro-Democracy Rally
Capitol Theater, 77 High Street, downtown..)
(across from Ohio State House)


We Do Not Concede Coalition Cafe Night
Screenings of Columbus Voter Fraud Footage and
performance by Wil b - Hip Hop Artist
(depending on theatre availability, this event may take place 1/04/05)

1/04/05 TUESDAY

4:00 - 8:00 THE SEND-OFF TO DC
aft. Volunteers Invited to Create Banners
Assemble Care Packages for the
"Freedom Winter "
Evan Davis' home: 71 West Como


7:00 - 10:00 "Freedom Winter" Launch Party
p.m. (place TBD)

1/05/05 WEDNESDAY - BUS RIDE


4:30 a.m. Meet at Faith Ministries Church
2747 Agler Road Columbus 43224



5:00 a.m. BUS LEAVES for DC


PLANNED STOP - 7 a.m. (time and place TBA)


BRUNCH STOP: Cumberland, Maryland

10 a.m. (Place TBA)


1:00 p.m. "Freedom Winter" Ohio Bus Riders
Press conference - Zenger Room
National Press Club
529 14th St., NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045


2-3:00 p.m. Ohio Riders Visit Senate Offices


EVENING- Dinner and Tent Revival Meeting at the Cherry
Hill Park with "Save Our Votes March"


OVERNIGHT - STAY - HOTEL TBD


1/06/05 THURSDAY


11:00 a.m. March from Lafayette Park (?) to
Upper Senate Park with Save Our Votes marchers


12:00 p.m. Defend Democracy Rally, Upper Senate Park


4:00 p.m. "Freedom Winter" Bus departs for Columbus.

Archived Copy of Calendar of Events Dated December 31, 2004

As the year 2004 draws to a close, a very busy week is planned as activists from all over the country are protesting the seating of the Ohio electors, reaching out to Congresspeople and Senators, planning to attend rallies and marches, and converging on Washington DC on January 6th when the Congress meets in joint session to select the next President of the United States. For that reason, and for the reason that I will not be posting any post-January 6th events in my regularly updated calendar, other than events relating to investigations, litigations, or prosecutions, this seemed like another excellent opportunity to take a "snapshot" of the moment. So, as an historical record, I have prepared an archived copy of today's Calendar of Events, dated December 31, 2004. Here it is:
******************************************************************************


Friday, December 31st.

* 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. Boston, Massachusetts. Vigil at Sen. Kerry's House continues.



Saturday, January 1st.

* 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. Boston, Massachusetts. Vigil at Sen. Kerry's House continues.



Sunday, January 2nd.

* 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. Boston, Massachusetts. Vigil at Sen. Kerry's House continues.

* 1:00 P.M. San Diego, California. Defend Democracy March and Rally.

* 2:00 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. Nashville, Tennessee. 3rd Gathering to Save Our Democracy.





Monday, January 3rd.


* 10:00 A.M. Columbus, Ohio. Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Press Conference.

* 12:00 Noon. San Francisco, California. "Boxer Rebellion" -- Demonstration and Presentation of Petition to Sen. Boxer.

* 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. Boston, Massachusetts. Vigil at Sen. Kerry's House continues.


* 2:00 P.M. Columbus, Ohio. Capitol Theater. Pro-Democracy, Count Every Vote Rally With Rev. Jesse Jackson sponsored by Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Progressive Democrats of America, C.A.S.E.-Ohio, DoNotConcede.


* 7:00 P.M. Kansas City, Missouri. Reclaiming Democracy Meeting.


* Evening. We Do Not Concede Coalition Cafe Night Screenings of Columbus Voter Fraud Footage and performance by Wil b - Hip Hop Artist


* 7:00 P.M. Boston, Massachusetts. Rally for the Republic.



Tuesday,January 4th.


* 10:00 A.M. Savage, Maryland. "Save Our Votes" Rally.


* 10:00 A.M. Savage, Maryland. Immediately after "Save Our Votes" Rally, Start of March on Washington January 4th to January 6th.



* 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. Boston, Massachusetts. Vigil at Sen. Kerry's House continues.


* 4:00 P.M. Columbus, Ohio. Freedom Winter Volunteer Sendoff Meeting to Create Banners, Assemble Care Packages.


* 7:00 P.M. Columbus, Ohio. "Freedom Winter" Launch Party.




* 7:00 P.M. San Francisco, California. Rally for the Republic.



Wednesday, January 5th.


* 4:30 A.M. Columbus, Ohio. Freedom Winter Bus Ride to Washington DC Assembles for 5:00 A.M. Departure.

* Maryland to D.C. "Save Our Votes" March continues.




* 12:30 - 1:30 P.M. Boston, Massachusetts. Last Day of Vigil at Sen. Kerry's House.


* 1:00 P.M. Washington, D.C. Freedom Winter Ohio Bus Riders Press Conference.


* 2:00 P.M. Washington, D.C. Freedom Winter Ohio Bus Riders meet with Senators.


* 7:00 P.M. Washington, D.C. Freedom Winter Dinner and Tent Revival Meeting at Cherry Hill Park campground.






Thursday, January 6th.


* 10:00 A.M. Washington, D.C. (Lafayette Park). Defend Democracy Rally, featuring David Cobb and John Bonifaz.


* 11:00 A.M. Washington, D.C. March from Lafayette Park to Upper Senate Park on Capitol Hill.

* 12:00 Noon - 4:00 P.M. Washington, D.C. (Capitol Hill). Defend Democracy Rally and Vigil, featuring Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. and David Cobb.

* 4:00 P.M. Washington, D.C. Freedom Winter Bus Ride departs to Columbus, Ohio.


* Transportation notices for January 6th.




SPECIAL NOTE: January 6th is a critical date in American history. It is the last chance this country has to preserve its democracy. If Senators and Congresspeople do not stand up and do the right thing that day, democracy is over in the nation that introduced it to the modern world, and our descent into dictatorship will have been completed.

If the small group of ultra right wing traitors presently in control of the Senate, the House, the Presidency, the Judiciary, the Press, and the manufacture of deliberately unverifiable voting machines, is permitted to stage a second coup d'etat, there will never be "election reform"; this crowd has made it abundantly clear that it respects power, not law. It will have become impossible to rid our nation of this cancer through the electoral process.

For the reasons expressed above, I have decided that, as a matter of editorial policy, I will not list in this calendar any events subsequent to January 6th, unless they involve prosecution of the crimes that were committed in Ohio, or the litigation and/or investigation of those crimes, and will devote no space in this calendar or elsewhere in this blog to (a) generalized activities geared to long range election reform, (b) 'counter-

inaugurals', or (c) attacks on the Bush administration's fascist politics.

I urge everyone to stay focussed on the 2004 election, and to do everything he or she can between now and January 6th to fight for the true outcome of that election. This blog is replete with action memos and calls to action, full of ideas as to things we can do. Everybody who possibly can should go to the January 3rd rally in Columbus, Ohio, with Rev. Jesse Jackson, participate in the January 4th - January 6th "Selma to Montgomery" March from Baltimore, Maryland to Washington, DC, and join Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., David Cobb, Granny D, and all those who are traveling from all across the country to attend the Defend Democracy Rally and Vigil outside the United States Senate on January 6th.



Sincerely yours,


R. B.



Former Congressman Peter Deutsch to Assist Challenge of Ohio Electors


For Immediate Release December 31, 2004

Contact Stephen Gaskill 202-257-9298

http://www.redefeatbush.com

Former Congressman Peter Deutsch to Assist Constitutional Challenge of
Electors on Behalf of ReDefeatBush, the DoNotConcede Coalition and other
Parties


Rallies for the Republic in Boston Monday and San Francisco Tuesday

[Washington, DC 12/31/05] The Committee to ReDefeat the President, a
federal PAC better known by the name of its popular ReDefeatBush.com Web
site, has secured the assistance of Peter Deutsch, who will conclude his
tenure as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives at noon on Monday
1/3/05. Deutsch will help ReDefeatBush and other organizations that are
working on a Constitutional Challenge to the electoral votes of Florida,
Ohio and potentially other states.

Preparations are underway for a public forum on Wednesday afternoon at the
Capitol at which Deutsch will publicly question some of the key witnesses to
activities that may have surpassed the boundaries of normal partisanship
and crossed over into illegal activity in Florida. For the benefit of
Members of Congress considering supporting the challenge Deutsch will be
publicly questioning Bev Harris of Black Box Voting, who witnessed the
unlawful disposal of original voter registries that are required to be
archived under Florida law and other key witnesses and experts.

"I am enormously pleased to be working with Peter Deutsch," said
ReDefeatBush founder David Lytel, "because I am sure that he can explain
what happened in Florida on election day with great clarity. Peter's
intellect, integrity and his standing with his former colleagues make him
the ideal person to help us with this," Lytel added.

ReDefeatBush is sponsoring two Rallies for the Republic this week. The
first is in Boston on Monday at 7:00 PM at Fanueil Hall. In addition to
Lytel, former Green Party Vice Presidential candidate Pat Lemarche will
speak, as well Tom Barbera, one of the Massashusetts electors; Faye
Morrison, a Selectwoman in Ayre who has worked with Election Protection in
several states; Donna Palermino, attorney who will speak on the legal
aspects of the challenge and Jonathan Simon, a lawyer and investigator who
has done original research work on the 2004 election results.

On Tuesday Lytel will be at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco at 7:00
Herbst Theater along with some recent graduates of the Electoral College in
California and Emily Levy, who will report on her work with statistician
Richard Hayes Phillips about anomalies in the results in Ohio. Music and
humor will be provided by Verifygra. Linda Bryket's 24 minute film on what
happened in Columbus, OH on election day entitled video the vote will be
shown at both events.

On Thursday January 6 there will be a Defend Democracy, Support the
Challenge rally at noon in Upper Senate Park with Green Party Presidential
candidate David Cobb, Rev. Jesse Jackson (invited), voting rights
activists Granny D, Deutsch, Lytel and other speakers. Musical guests will
include Swing States Road Show, and singer/songwriters Yikes McGee and Jack
Chernos.

ReDefeatBush has a quarter page advertisement scheduled to run on the
Federal Page of the Washington Post on Monday and this week is putting out
a 20,000 piece mailing asking for financial support for its activities.


Transportation Information for January 6, 2005, Demonstration in Washington, DC

The following are public notices we have received regarding transportation alternatives for the January 6th. Washington, D.C., Event. These are posted as a free reader service. We have not evaluated, and are not in a position to evaluate, cost, comfort, safety, reliability, compatibility, etc., of any of the listings, so you have to need to make your own decisions on these and any other issues that may arise.

Ohio - Columbus.

Bus transportation from Columbus Ohio to Washington DC on January 5th, early morning.

Illinois - Chicago.

Contact info for people interested in traveling by bus at approximate cost of $100.



Rally at 10:00 A.M. on January 6th -- Lafayette Park, Washington, DC -- Cobb and Bonifaz to Speak.

In addition to the Defend Democracy Rally and Vigil scheduled to take place at Upper Senate Park on Capitol Hill, from 12:00 Noon to 4:00 P.M., there will also be a rally as follows:



On January 6th in Washington, D.C.





Tell Bush: We Will Stop Voter Disenfranchisement!



Tell Congress: Stand Up for Democracy!



On January 6th, 2005 Congress will meet in joint session to certify the 2004 presidential election. On that day, if one member of the House and one member of the Senate object to the certification of the vote, then all members of Congress will finally discuss these issues. On January 6, 2001, not a single Senator would join with the Representatives who demanded an inquiry into the Florida recount. This year, let's make our Senators take a stand!



Join Medea Benjamin, John Bonifaz, David Cobb, Congressman John Conyers (invited), Alysia Fischer, George Friday, Rev. Jesse Jackson (invited), Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (invited), Rev. Lennox Yearwood and many others as we: Rally at 10:00 a.m. in Lafayette Park across from the White House. We will then march to Capitol Hill to join with others at the U.S. Capitol at noon.



We need an investigation into the Ohio vote on November 2, the seriously problematic "recount," partisan, discriminatory decisions made by the Secretary of State, electronic voting machine fraud, not enough machines in predominantly Black precincts, and all of the other ways that voters were disenfranchised in the USA.



While our Senators and Representatives are inside Congress, tallying the electoral college vote, We the People must have a presence outside, bringing attention to the disenfranchisement, suppression and fraud that pervaded the 2004 election - and demanding real reforms to extend and protect democracy in the U.S. Please join us on January 6 in Washington, DC. Check www.votecobb.org, or www.pdamerica.org for more information.



Leading up to the January 6th events there will be a major rally in Columbus, Ohio on January 3 at 2 p.m. organized by Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and other groups. For more information go to www.rainbowpush.org.



If you can't come to DC, we urge you to organize an action on January 4th or 5th at a Senator's office in your community. And on January 6th let’s flood the Senate with calls all morning and afternoon; the Capitol Hill information number is 202-224-3121.



If the Ukraine can have a re-vote,

why can't the U.S. have at least an investigation into vote suppression?



This call to action is initiated by United Progressives for Democracy, the Cobb/LaMarche campaign, Code Pink, D.C. Anti-War Network, Green Party of the U.S., Independent Progressive Politics Network, International Labor Communications Association, No Stolen Elections, Progressive Democrats of America, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Truth in Elections. To add your group send your endorsement to indpol@igc.org.

"A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." - Bertrand de Jouvenal

"A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves."

- Bertrand de Jouvenal

Cobb and Badnarik Challenge Recount in Federal Court

Candidates David Cobb and Michael Badnarik, through their lawyers, the National Voting Rights Institute, have challenged the recount in federal court, and demanded that it be done over in accordance with law.



http://votecobb.org/press/2004/dec/pr2004-12-30.php#pr-inquiries

See also
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&e=8&u=/ap/20041231/ap_on_el_pr/ohio_vote

Action Memo from We Do Not Concede Coation

Action memo from We Do Not Concede coalition:

http://www.donotconcede.com/

Calling all Bay Area citizens: Monday, January 3rd -- 12:00 Noon -- Presentation of Petition to Sen. Boxer -- Be there!


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact:
Don Goldmacher

dongoldmacher@comcast.net

510-527-1761

CITIZENS STAGE “BOXER REBELLION” IN SAN FRANCISCO

--Civic Groups Urge U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer to Join
Congressional Leaders In Challenging 2004 Election Results

--Support from the U.S. Senate is Needed to Sustain Congressional Challenge

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., December 31, 2004—Concerned citizens and organizations will present thousands of voters’ petitions to U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer at her San Francisco office during a public press conference and rally on Monday, January 3, at 12 noon. They will urge Boxer to challenge the results of the November 2, 2004 presidential election before Congress on January 6, 2005. Key organization leaders will personally present the petitions to Boxer’s deputy at a meeting inside her office. Rev. Jesse Jackson will also lead a rally that day to challenge the vote in Columbus, Ohio.

Challenge Requires Senatorial Support
Support from a U.S. Senator is a key step in the challenge process, which requires support from both the House of Representatives and the Senate. If at least one member of each house makes a written challenge when the Congress meets in joint session on January 6, 2005, Congress members will return to their respective chambers and conduct a time limited debate going on record with charges of voter suppression and intimidation.

Representative John Conyers, the ranking minority member of the House Judiciary Committee, recently announced that he and several other members of the House will object to the counting of the Ohio Electors on January 6th, when Congress meets to ratify the votes. Conyers is expected to focus his efforts on the following Senators: Biden, Bingaman, Boxer, Byrd, Clinton, Conrad, Corzine, Dodd, Dorgan, Durbin, Feingold, Harkin, Inyoue, Jeffords, Kennedy, Kerry, Lautenberg, Leahy, Levin, Lieberman, Mikulski, Nelson (FL), Jack Reed, Harry Reid, Rockefeller, Sarbanes, Stabenow, Wyden and Obama.

“We expect several members of the House to call for a challenge, but without a single supporter from the Senate, Congress cannot act,” said Don Goldmacher, Chair of Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club’s Voting Rights Task Force. “This is the scenario we faced after the last election – memorialized so well in “Fahrenheit 9/11” – when no U.S. Senator stood up to support members of the Congressional Black Caucus. We can’t let that happen again. As Jesse Jackson has said, ‘we are not whining for a lost election, but crying out for a fair one’.”

Detailing evidence and testimonials of voter suppression and intimidation at the press conference will be the following civic and political leaders:

DOLORES HUERTA—United Farm Workers Co-founder and civil rights leader;

WALTER RILEY—Labor/Civil Rights Attorney, East Bay Votes;

MARGOT SMITH--Gray Panthers,

MICHAEL EISENSCHER--U.S. Labor Against the War;

MAX ANDERSON--Berkeley City Council, 1st Municipal Voting Rights Resolution;

TIM PAULSON, Executive Director, San Francisco Labor Council, AFL-CIO;

MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN, Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club.

The speakers will address numerous accounts of voter suppression, irregularities, machine error and fraud in several key states. Problems encountered in Ohio include waits as long as eleven hours at polling places; shortages of poll workers and voting machines; electronic voting machines that malfunctioned; election-counting discrepancies; voters being directed to the wrong polling place, and uneven policies governing the use of provisional ballots. In Florida, questions persist regarding fraud as well as irregularities in counties that relied on paperless electronic voting machines. In New Mexico, there is ample evidence that approximately 21,000 undervotes occurred in heavily Democratic precincts on machines that are known to produce faulty counts. A recount would certainly have overturned the election outcome.

Citizens are encouraged to attend, wave signs and show their support for the presidential election challenge. Participants can get to Boxer’s office at 1700 Montgomery Avenue, San Francisco, by public transportation. Many are planning to walk to Boxer’s office starting at 11am from the Embarcadero BART station.

E-Voting Problems Hurt Democrats and Republicans Alike

Speakers will address other recent instances of irregularities in the electronic voting system, including the Washington State gubernatorial race where the results recently shifted in favor of Christine Gregoire, the Democratic challenger, after voting officials discovered that electronic voting machines incorrectly tallied 500 votes for Dino Rossi, the Republican in the race. Rossi is now calling for a state-wide revote.

“It’s interesting that Republicans are willing to look at e-voting problems when the results go against them,” said Goldmacher. “Last week, Rossi told voters that the ‘uncertainty surrounding this election process isn't just bad for you and me - it is bad for the entire state,’ and that ‘people need to know for sure that the next governor actually won the election’. Those are the exact concerns that voters have about the 2004 presidential election. We urge all political parties to advocate the same principles of fairness to all elections.”



To carpool from the Palo Alto area, meet at the park and ride at Page Mill Road and 280 at 10:30am. For more information, contact Cheryl Lilienstein at (650) 380-6080.

Action Memo from Stolen Election 2004!

Action memo from Stolen Election 2004!:

http://www.stolenelection2004.com/alerts.html#recount

Contact guide for senators

Hey all,



I have put together a little contact guide and list to try and make things easier. Unofficial, yes. Helpful, I hope and think it is. Fun? Just read the rewards system! Keep kicking ass!



The guide is both pasted below and attached. It is the exact same thing pasted and attached, so no need to open attachments if you don't want to. I'm at (....... email address deleted at author's request........).



Cheers- dani



The unofficial, unprofessional-but-may-help cheat sheet to contacting senators. Prepared by and for those who have little political savvy and less time. Please read on for rewards system.



The low-down: On Jan 6th Congress meets to certify the “election” by counting the electoral votes. From now till then urge the senators (and any representatives) NOT to accept the electoral votes, NOT certify the election and argue for a full and transparent investigation into the November 2nd presidential “election”. As I understand it, we have better chances with some senators over others and are therefore asking them to challenge the election. A short, respectful but very firm note is great. Contact info for some of these senators appears below. Please go to www.congress.org to make sure you contact your own senators plus others. You can:



SNAIL MAIL- good idea if we had time, but as mail is held for security in DC for while, snail mail won’t reach them till after Jan 6th.



EMAIL- when you go to www.congress.org and search the senator’s page you will see a link to the senator’s “web form” from which you can email him/her. You can use the same text for each senator.



CALL- a couple of options. You can call the senator’s office itself or the general congress hotlines and ask to be transferred to senators’ offices. The general congress switchboard is

1-800-839-5276 or 1-877-762-8762.



VISIT- also on www.congress.org you can get both the DC and local, state offices of your Senators. Please go to the offices and express what you want to happen.



FAX- also a couple of options. You can use a regular fax machine from home or work or online services in which the recipient (in this case the senators’ offices) receives a traditional fax. To use the online service send an email to the “remote-printer…” emails listed below- use the whole line, from “remote” to the “int”!! I have not received any email confirmations of the fax being sent, so please make sure you call the office as well. In the body of the email write your message.



Sorry if there are any mistakes in the contact list below. Hope it helps. Happy, happy new year. May it bring health, joy, peace and a shower of blessings to us all.



MORE INFO: you can find more info on the recount, congressional contact info and protests at:

1. http://www.votecobb.org

2. http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

3. http://www.counter-inaugural.org/lightningbug/web/index.php?action=enumerate&board=5

4. http://www.nov3.us/

5. http://www.thedeanpeople.com/

6. http://www.caef.us




............
So start contacting, now till jan 6th, and have others do the same.



Have a blessed new year ..... ,

Dani Mizrachi



* Barbara Boxer CA-D

112 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-0505

Phone: (202) 224-3553 Fax: (415) 956-6701

senator@boxer.senate.gov

remote-printer.Senator_Boxer/US_Congress@12022283972.iddd.tpc.int



* Robert Byrd WV-D

311 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-4801
Phone: (202) 224-3954 Fax: (202) 228-0002

remote-printer.Senator_Byrd/US_Congress@12022280002.iddd.tpc.int



* Mark Dayton MN-D

346 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-2305

Phone: (202) 224-3244 Fax: (202) 228-2186

remote-printer.Senator_Dayton/US_Congress@12022282186.iddd.tpc.int



* Thomas Harkin IA-D

731 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-1502
Phone: (202) 224-3254 Fax: (202) 224-9369

remote-printer.Senator_Harkin/US_Congress@12022249369.iddd.tpc.int



* Jim Jeffords VT-I

413 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-4503
Phone: (202) 224-5141 Fax: (202) 228-0776

remote-printer.Senator_Jeffords/US_Congress@12022280776.iddd.tpc.int



* Edward Kennedy MA-D

317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-2101
Phone: (202) 224-4543 Fax: (202) 224-2417

remote-printer.Senator_Kennedy/US_Congress@12022242417.iddd.tpc.int



* Patrick Leahy VT-D

433 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-4502
Phone: (202) 224-4242 Fax: (202) 224-3479

senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov

remote-printer.Senator_Leahy/US_Congress@12022243476.iddd.tpc.int



* Carl Levin MI-D

269 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-2202
Phone: (202) 224-6221 Fax: (202) 224-1388

remote-printer.Senator_Levin/US_Congress@12022241388.iddd.tpc.int



* Joseph Lieberman CT-D

706 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-0703
Phone: (202) 224-4041 Fax: (202) 224-9750

remote-printer.Senator_Lieberman/US_Congress@12022249750.iddd.tpc.int



* Barbara Mikulski MD-D

709 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-2003
Phone: (202) 224-4654 Fax: (202) 224-8858

remote-printer.Senator_Mikulski/US_Congress@12022248858.iddd.tpc.int



* Barack Obama IL-D

Washington, D.C. 20510-1305
Phone: (202) 224-2854

remote-printer.Senator_Obama/US_Congress@12022281372.iddd.tpc.int



* Olympia Snowe ME-R

154 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-1903
Phone: (202) 224-5344 Fax: (202) 224-1946

remote-printer.Senator_Snowe/US_Congress@12022241946.iddd.tpc.int



* Charles Schumer NY-D

313 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-3203
Phone: (202) 224-6542 Fax: (202) 228-3027

remote-printer.Senator_Schumer/US_Congress@12022281218.iddd.tpc.int



* Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)

476 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-3204
Phone: (202) 224-4451 Fax: (202) 228-0282

remote-printer.Senator_Clinton/US_Congress@12022280282.iddd.tpc.int



* Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)

331 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-0504
Phone: (202) 224-3841 Fax: (202) 228-3954

remote-printer.Senator_Feinstein/US_Congress@12022283954.iddd.tpc.int



* John F. Kerry (D-MA)

304 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-2102
Phone: (202) 224-2742 Fax: (202) 224-8525

remote-printer.Senator_Kerry/US_Congress@12022248525.iddd.tpc.int



* Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)

332 Dirrksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-1304

Phone: (202) 224-2152 Fax: (202) 228-0400

dick@durbin.senate.gov



* Russ Feingold (D-WI)

506 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510-4904
Phone: (202) 224-5323 Fax: (202) 224-2725

russ_feingold@feingold.senate.gov

What Associated Press promised. Does it seem like what it delivered?

What Associated Press Promised.

Does it Seem Like What it Delivered?

(Thank you to Monica for providing a copy of this incredible interview. -R.B.)



Q: What is involved in AP's election coverage?


A: From before dawn on Nov. 2 and continuing for the next 20 hours or more, thousands of people will be working fulltime on behalf of the AP to report the election. From exit poll interviewers to exit poll analysts, from vote count stringers to vote entry clerks, from bureau chiefs in the states to supervisors in New York and Washington -- all will be part of a precisely calibrated plan designed to report election results accurately.

Q: How will the votes be counted?


A: By 5 p.m. local time on Tuesday the first of nearly 5,000 stringers will have started to report to county election centers. When the first polls close, at 6 p.m. in Indiana and Kentucky, they'll be ready to start phoning in the raw vote as it is counted. They'll place their calls to one of AP's 16 vote collection centers, the largest of which is the Western Election Center in Spokane, Wash.


A total of 450 vote entry clerks will punch in the numbers on a computer screen and feed them onto the state and national election tables that will be seen in the newsrooms of AP's members.


The clerks are encouraged to ask questions to ensure accuracy. They'll ask the stringers whether there are problems in their county, question votes and precincts if results look suspect, and make sure that those working around them are asking questions, too.


The vote count and entry operation will continue in full swing across the 50 states and the District of Columbia all night, tapering down about 4 a.m. Wednesday morning and then picking up again at 9 a.m. so AP can chase down the final results and obtain 100 percent of the votes.

Q: Besides counting the votes, what else will AP be doing to in its election coverage?


A: Even before the first polls have opened at 6 a.m., the first of more than 1,500 exit poll interviewers hired by the National Election Pool's two polling firms will report for duty at randomly selected precincts. In recent years, more voting has been taking place before Election Day, so this year the exit poll operation is being supplemented with telephone surveys conducted by the National Election Pool in 13 states where absentee or early voting is most popular. By 10 a.m., the interviewers will begin calling in with the first of three reports they will file during the day. More than 300 operators will be stationed at phone centers to record their data. After processing and quality control, the first wave of data will be released in the early afternoon to AP and its exit poll partners. At AP, two teams will look at the numbers. A "decision desk" will determine which races might be called at the time polls close. An analysis team will be examining the demographics, issues and other factors that made a difference in the elections.

Q: What happens at AP while the votes are coming in?


A: AP's state bureau chiefs are armed with on-the-ground knowledge of their territory that no other national news organization can match. They will be working with the "decision desk" in Washington to determine when the races in their state can be called. That team, headed by the Washington bureau chief, has the final signoff on all top of the ticket calls, including president. It was their decision in 2000 not to follow the pack and declare George W. Bush the victor in Florida on election night

Q: Based on election history, what is the best "guess estimate" for when the presidential race will be called by AP?


A: The AP will be working diligently to determine when the race can be called, but given the apparent closeness in so many battleground states, it's difficult to predict when. An earliest estimate is sometime between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m., as the vote totals accumulate.

Q: What safeguards have been introduced to protect the vote collection system should problems arise from human or technical error?


A: A series of steps have been taken to safeguard the process, involving both technology and people. AP has built into the system a series of triggers to set off alerts in case of discrepancies or apparent inconsistencies with previous voting history. Historical data has been programmed in about registered and actual voters and past voting patterns. If a clerk enters numbers that show a significant disparity from expected patterns, for example, a popup box appears on his or her screen that summons a supervisor to intervene. There are also coping mechanisms for technical problems. If one or more of AP's servers goes down, the system automatically fails over to backup servers; if an entire technical center loses power, the system seamlessly swings over to an alternate site. These "failovers" have been tested repeatedly during dry runs that have been going on every day in the month running up until the election.

Message from Coalition Against Election Fraud

good morning, dear all,

i hope you will come to an event on monday, jan 3, sponsored by the coalition against election fraud (www.caef.us)

beneath the announcement about the event, below, you will find a wonderful letter john conyers sent to all the senators yesterday, sent to me via rainbow push.

some of us from caef are leaving for dc next week to talk with senators and ask them to object to the electoral college vote of ohio. (remember they could not find one in 2000) if you or anyone you know knows senators on our dream list, (boxer, byrd, biden, wyden, lautenberg, nelson, graham, obama, harkin, kerry, kennedy, dayton, jeffords, leahy, levin, lieberman, snowe,schumer,feingold ((yes we have added some since we put the petition out and we cannot change tha)) please contact me asap. if you know people from states where senators we are focusing on live and who might meet us in d.c to go with us to visit their senator, please let me know that too, asap.or if you have any personal kind of connection with any of these senators.

if you have not yet signed our open letter to the senators/petition, it is not too late. you can click the link below and sign right now.we will bring hard copy of it when we visit with them.

Sign our petition to the Senators:
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/senatorsnocertify

if you can send some money for expenses for this trip, not only for me, but for several of us, also please contact me asap.

happy new year to you, yours and our beautiful planet earth. wishing for all of us a year of change, internally and externally here in our country and inr the world. only you can make both happen. if not you, who? if not now, when?

sxo



COALITION URGES SENATORS TO ACT AGAINST ELECTION FRAUD

AT RALLY MONDAY EVE IN FANEUIL HALL




Massachusetts Elector Tom Barbera and local activists with the Coalition Against Election Fraud (CAEF) will call on Senators to take action in response to election fraud at a Rally for the Republic, to be held inside of Faneuil Hall on Monday, January 3 at 7:00 p.m. Organizers invite all those concerned about preserving our voting rights to gather at 6:30 p.m. at the State House entrance to Boston Common for a march to the indoor Rally at Faneuil Hall.

The Coalition is part of a nationwide grassroots movement to urge Senators to join with John Conyers and Maxine Waters to object on January 6 to the Electoral College vote from states such as Ohio, Florida and New Mexico, where mounting evidence of election violations has resulted in questions about the outcome of the 2004 presidential election. This event coincides with Rallies for the Republic planned for early next week in cities across the country, including Columbus, Ohio, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco. Organizers aim to influence members of Congress to vote NOT to certify the Electoral College votes from states where the election results are in question, and/or to delay the vote certification entirely due to the need to complete investigations and recounts currently underway.

Coalition members are currently lobbying a national list of Senators, including Massachusetts Senators Edward Kennedy and John Kerry, to urge them to vote against certification of Electors' votes from states such as Ohio, where the election results are being challenged in court. Several Coalition activists will head to the U.S. Capitol early next week to present their case in person to Senators before Congress reconvenes on January 6. Congress-woman Maxine Waters of California, Chair of the Democratic Caucus Special Committee on Election Reform, stated this week that she, along with other members of the House of Representatives, will be challenging the seating of the Ohio electors.

The Monday Rally, the D.C. Delegation, and a daily vigil outside of the Boston home of Senator John Kerry are among the Coalition's strategies to mount a Constitutional Challenge to the Electoral College vote in response to increasing evidence of election fraud. They cite concerns about discrepancies between vote tallies and the number of registered voters in specific precincts; inequities in the number of voting machines available at highly Democratic polling places; and widespread disenfranchisement of voters through vote suppression tactics targeted largely at African Americans and college students.


David Lytel organizer of redefeat bush campaign will speak at the rally

Also to speak at the Rally are John Bonifaz, General Counsel of the National Voting Rights Institute and Co-counsel for Presidential Candidates David Cobb and Michael Badnarik in their demand for a meaningful recount of all of the votes cast for President in Ohio; Jonathan Simon, a political survey research analyst who collaborated with U. Penn. professor and statistician Steven Freeman, PhD on exit poll analysis of the 2004 election; Tom Barbera, a Waltham Elector whose motion asking for the investigation and remedy of election violations was passed unanimously by all twelve Mass. Electors; Faye Morrison, an Ayer Selectwoman who spent six months campaigning and working with Election Protection in several states; and Donna Palermino, a local attorney who will speak on the legal aspects of the challenge. Local citizens who campaigned in Ohio, Florida and other states will also share their own observations of vote suppression during the 2004 election. Musical entertainment will be provided by area folk musician Greg Greenway.



FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

Heleni Thayre (617) 232-8180 or Robin Weingarten (617) 325-8224

Coalition Against Election Fraud, www.caef.us

caef@caef.us


Letter from Congressman Conyers to US Senators


Calling for Congressional Debate on 2004 Elections


December 30, 2004


Dear Senator Boxer (sent to all US Senators),

As you know, on January 6, 2005, at 1:00 P.M, the electoral votes for the election of the president are to be opened and counted in a joint session of Congress, commencing at 1:00 P.M. I and a number of House Members are planning to object to the counting of the Ohio votes, due to numerous unexplained irregularities in the Ohio presidential vote, many of which appear to violate both federal and state law. I am hoping that you will consider joining us in this important effort to debate and highlight the problems in Ohio which disenfranchised innumerable voters. I will shortly forward you a draft report itemizing and analyzing the many irregularities we have come across as part of our hearings and investigation into the Ohio presidential election.

3 U.S.C. §15 provides when the results from each of the states are announced, that "the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any." Any objection must be presented in writing and "signed by at least one Senator and one Member of the House of Representatives before the same shall be received."1. The objection must "state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof."2 When an objection has been properly made in writing and endorsed by a member of each body the Senate withdraws from the House chamber, and each body meets separately to consider the objection. "No votes . . . from any other State shall be acted upon until the [pending] objection . . . [is] finally disposed of."3 3 U.S.C. §17 limits debate on the objections in each body to two hours, during which time no member may speak more than once and not for more than five minutes. Both the Senate and the House must separately agree to the objection; otherwise, the challenged vote or votes are counted.4

Historically, there appears to be three general grounds for objecting to the counting of electoral votes. The language of 3 U.S.C. §15 suggests that objection may be made on the grounds that (1) a vote was not "regularly given" by the challenged elector(s); and/or (2) the elector(s) was not "lawfully certified" under state law; or (3) two slates of electors have been presented to Congress from the same State.

Since the Electoral Count Act of 1887, no objection meeting the requirements of the Act have been made against an entire slate of state electors.5 In the 2000 election several Members of the House of Representatives attempted to challenge the electoral votes from the State of Florida. However, no Senator joined in the objection, and therefore, the objection was not "received." In addition, there was no determination whether the objection constituted an appropriate basis under the 1887 Act. However, if a State - in this case Ohio - has not followed its own procedures and met its obligation to conduct a free and fair election, a valid objection -if endorsed by at least one Senator and a Member of the House of Representatives- should be debated by each body separately until "disposed of".

Please contact me at 225-5126 to appraise me of your thoughts on this important matter. If your staff has questions, that may be forwarded to Perry Apelbaum or Ted Kalo of my Judiciary Committee staff at 225-6504. Thank you.

Sincerely,







John Conyers, Jr.