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I'm writing to congratulate you on your efforts to expose this "obvious" hoax that BUSH won our election. How disgraceful that in our day and time we find out that our vote pretty much didn't count at all. My children are disappointed that our society is run by rich people who seek only to line their own pockets, at the expense of lives out in Iraq. I read in the paper that the day our soldiers found out bush was re-elected, one of them went out to the fields and shot himself in the head! What is going on?
There are so many things that we as tax payers do not know about our government and the extent they will go to for money. JOHN KERRY won this election as everyone knows he did. Bush, the puppet for these rich folk, is going to see a new beginning. America is OURS, and our vote WILL count, and he, as well as all republicans are not going to cheat us ever again. I'm going to pray that you make a difference for my children, may GOD almighty protect and shield you all from the face of the enemy. Bless YOU.
There are so many things that we as tax payers do not know about our government and the extent they will go to for money. JOHN KERRY won this election as everyone knows he did. Bush, the puppet for these rich folk, is going to see a new beginning. America is OURS, and our vote WILL count, and he, as well as all republicans are not going to cheat us ever again. I'm going to pray that you make a difference for my children, may GOD almighty protect and shield you all from the face of the enemy. Bless YOU.
His early concession and failure to uphold the promise that he will
make every vote count is more proof that John Kerry never tried to win
this election.
With the President's horrible record, most would think that it would be easy to defeat him. It should have been. Kerry failed to call the President out on letting special interest groups slander one of his veteran's name.
He did nothing to expose Karl Rove's tactics of homosexual scapegoating and the exlploitation of Christianity that brought so many substance-blind voters to the polls.
He never did the right thing and potray the truth about the Bush Administration, that they are warmongering, agenda-driven criminals that give no validity to reason and compassion. Nope, John Kerry did none of those things.
John Kerry did a horrible job at talking to the good ole' folk in rural Ohio in a manner that they could relate. Instead, he remained robotic and out of touch.
With the President's horrible record, most would think that it would be easy to defeat him. It should have been. Kerry failed to call the President out on letting special interest groups slander one of his veteran's name.
He did nothing to expose Karl Rove's tactics of homosexual scapegoating and the exlploitation of Christianity that brought so many substance-blind voters to the polls.
He never did the right thing and potray the truth about the Bush Administration, that they are warmongering, agenda-driven criminals that give no validity to reason and compassion. Nope, John Kerry did none of those things.
John Kerry did a horrible job at talking to the good ole' folk in rural Ohio in a manner that they could relate. Instead, he remained robotic and out of touch.
Bob,
I am support the people of Ohio in their request of a fair accounting of all the votes in the 2004 presidential election. It is important to all of us Americans, regardless of party, that democracy be preserved by safeguarding the vote of *every* citizen.
Sincerely,
Heidi Kaim
Dear Madam and/or Sir,
There was one item you did not mention in your article "Twelve Ways Bush is stealing the election". I am from Ohio and living Overseas. The FVAP (Federal Assistance Voting Program) which is run by the DoD gave 17 incorrect mailing addresses out of 88 counties. One of those counties was Franklin County which is one of the largest in the state.
Here is the FVAP website:
www.fvap.gov/pubs/vag.html
Attached is the spreadsheet I made of the counties that have incorrect addresses. I called every county election board that did not match the address on the Project Vote Smart website to verify their address. As a volunteer for Overseas Vote, we received emails from hundreds of voters from Ohio who did not get registered properly. The number could be in the thousands since many Ohioans living overseas do not know who to contact.
Renewed concerns have been raised since the election about the accuracy and
accountability of electronic voting machines. Numerous charges have surfaced in
Ohio and elsewhere that, among other problems, voters touched the name on the
screen for one Presidential candidate but a vote was cast for another
candidate. The overall general concern is that only electronic voting corporation
officials have access to the computer code(s) while the public is left out of the
vote counting equation. Public Board of Election officials are replaced by
Election Systems & Software (ES&S) corporation, Sequioa corporation and
Ohio-based Diebold Election Systems corporation-programmed machines to tabulate votes
in public elections.
The increasing corporatization of vote counting is simply a step in closing the circle of corporatization of Presidential elections in our society.
The increasing corporatization of vote counting is simply a step in closing the circle of corporatization of Presidential elections in our society.
Nancy Reagan coined the phrase, “Just Say No”, as an expression of what she felt would be an effective means to fight illegal drug use in this country. If we as a nation simply refused to either purchase or use these drugs, despite temptation and ready availability, then the drug problem would cease to exist. The supply of drugs in the world would not matter, as there would be no demand. As a drug prevention strategy, “Just Say No” failed miserably.
Our country is now addicted to preemptive war. Judging from election totals, Bush now does, just barely mind you, have the “political capital” to do whatever he wants, including the invasion of any country he wishes to conquer and occupy. We who believe the war in Iraq is morally wrong, and that coming conflicts in Syria, Iran and North Korea will be equally indefensible, must do something about it.
Our country is now addicted to preemptive war. Judging from election totals, Bush now does, just barely mind you, have the “political capital” to do whatever he wants, including the invasion of any country he wishes to conquer and occupy. We who believe the war in Iraq is morally wrong, and that coming conflicts in Syria, Iran and North Korea will be equally indefensible, must do something about it.
AUSTIN, Texas -- My, my, gonna be a long four years.
House Republicans have rewritten the ethics rules so Tom DeLay won't have to resign if indicted after all. Let's hear it for moral values. DeLay is one of the leading forces in making "Republican ethics" into an oxymoron.
The rule was passed in 1993, when Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, was being investigated for ethics violations. And who helped lead the floor fight to force him to resign his powerful position? Why, Tom DeLay, of course. (Actually, it's sort of a funny story. The D's already had a caucus rule that you had to resign from any leadership position if indicted. The R's changed their rules to match the D's, except they deliberately did not make their rule retroactive, so the highly indicted Rep. Joseph McDade, senior Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, could, unlike Rostenkowski, retain his seat.)
The rule was passed in 1993, when Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, was being investigated for ethics violations. And who helped lead the floor fight to force him to resign his powerful position? Why, Tom DeLay, of course. (Actually, it's sort of a funny story. The D's already had a caucus rule that you had to resign from any leadership position if indicted. The R's changed their rules to match the D's, except they deliberately did not make their rule retroactive, so the highly indicted Rep. Joseph McDade, senior Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, could, unlike Rostenkowski, retain his seat.)
Ohio hearings show massive GOP vote manipulation, but where the hell are the Democrats & John Kerry?
Columbus, Ohio---Hour after hour the testimonies are the same: angry
Ohioans telling of vicious Republican manipulation and de facto
intimidation that disenfranchised tens of thousands and probably cost
the Democrats the election.
At an African-American church on Saturday and then at the Franklin County Courthouse Monday night, more than 700 people came to testify and witness to tales of the atrocity that was the November 2 election.
Organized by local ad hoc groups, the hearings had a court reporter and a team of lawyers along with other appointed witnesses. At freepress.org we will be making the testimonies available as they're transcribed and organized, and we will present a fuller accounting of the hearings, along with a book that includes the transcripts.
But one thing was instantly and abundantly clear: the Republican Party turned Ohio 2004 into an updated version of the Jim Crow South.
At an African-American church on Saturday and then at the Franklin County Courthouse Monday night, more than 700 people came to testify and witness to tales of the atrocity that was the November 2 election.
Organized by local ad hoc groups, the hearings had a court reporter and a team of lawyers along with other appointed witnesses. At freepress.org we will be making the testimonies available as they're transcribed and organized, and we will present a fuller accounting of the hearings, along with a book that includes the transcripts.
But one thing was instantly and abundantly clear: the Republican Party turned Ohio 2004 into an updated version of the Jim Crow South.
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One telling piece of evidence was entered into the record at the Saturday, November 13 public hearing on election irregularities and voter suppression held by nonpartisan voter rights organizations. Cliff Arnebeck, a Common Cause attorney, introduced into the record the Franklin County Board of Elections spreadsheet detailing the allocation of e-voting computer machines for the 2004 election. The Board of Elections’ own document records that, while voters waited in lines ranging from 2-7 hours at polling places, 68 electronic voting machines remained in storage and were never used on Election Day.
The Board of Elections document details that there are 2886 “Total Machines” in Franklin County. Twenty of them are “In Vans for Breakdowns.” The County record acknowledges 2886 were available on Election Day, November 2 and that 2798 of their machines were “placed by close of polls.” The difference between the machines “available” and those “placed” is 68. The nonpartisan Election Protection Coalition provided legal advisors and observed 58 polling places in primarily African American and poor neighborhoods in Franklin County.
The Board of Elections document details that there are 2886 “Total Machines” in Franklin County. Twenty of them are “In Vans for Breakdowns.” The County record acknowledges 2886 were available on Election Day, November 2 and that 2798 of their machines were “placed by close of polls.” The difference between the machines “available” and those “placed” is 68. The nonpartisan Election Protection Coalition provided legal advisors and observed 58 polling places in primarily African American and poor neighborhoods in Franklin County.