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Thursday, November 11, 2004 3:27 PM

[Fwd: Investigate the Vote]

 

 

 

 

 

Six prominent members of Congress have requested an investigation

into the integrity of the vote. The decision could come as soon as Monday. Sign

our petition demanding a full investigation into whether the election was

conducted honestly or not. Also, share your personal story if you have one --

members of Congress will use it in their call for an investigation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear MoveOn member,

 

Questions are swirling around whether the election was conducted honestly or

not. We need to know -- was it or wasn't it?

 

If people were wrongly prevented from voting, or if legitimate votes were

mis-counted or not counted at all, we need to know so the wrongdoers can be held

accountable, and so we can prevent this from happening again.

 

Members of Congress are demanding an investigation to answer this question. The

decision on whether or not there will be an investigation could come as soon as

Monday. Join us in supporting the call for one now, at:

 

http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote/

 

Then please invite your friends and colleagues to sign, as well. We need to show

Congress that hundreds of thousands of Americans are serious about protecting

the integrity of the vote.

We're all hearing the stories and wondering what's true and what isn't. But at

least two cases of serious problems are accepted beyond doubt:

 

a.. In Broward County, Florida, electronic voting machines counted backwards:

as more people voted, the official vote count went down. [1]

 

b.. In one Columbus, Ohio suburb, election officials have acknowledged that

electronic voting machines credited Bush with winning 4,258 votes, even though

only 638 people voted there. [2]

 

These are just cases where we know something went wrong. There were also lots of

reports of people being denied ballots on Election Day. So far, these reports

remain anecdotal, but they must be compiled and examined. And the Internet is

abuzz with theories about why the official counts were so different from the

exit polls.

 

Do you have a story? Were you prevented from voting? Tell us, at:

 

http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote/

 

Six prominent members of Congress have called for an investigation.

Representatives Conyers (D-MI), Holt (D-NJ), Nadler (D-NY), Scott (D-VA), Watt

(D-NC) and Wexler (D-FL), have demanded that the U.S. General Accounting Office:

immediately undertake an investigation of the efficacy of voting machines and

new technologies used in the 2004 election, how election officials responded to

difficulties they encountered, and what we can do in the future to improve our

election systems and administration. [3]

We've got to support their call by asking our own Representatives and Senators

to join them.

 

If you have a personal story of disenfranchisement, tell us. These members of

Congress have agreed to include our stories and comments in their call for an

investigation. Please sign now -- we'll deliver our compiled statements to them

on Friday.

 

Even if you don't have a personal story, your signature on our petition will

still help build support for an investigation.

 

To keep our faith in democracy, we need to know the facts. Your signature, and

your story if you have one, will help.

 

Thank you.

 

Sincerely,

 

--Carrie, Joan, Lee, Marika, Noah, Peter, Rosalyn, and Wes

The MoveOn.org Team

November 11th, 2004

 

Footnotes:

 

1. Broward Machines Count Backward, Palm Beach Post, November 5, 2004

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/news/epaper/2004/11/05/a29a_BROWVO\

TE_1105.html

 

2. Glitch Gave Bush Extra Votes in Ohio, AP carried on CNN, November 5, 2004

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/05/voting.problems.ap/

 

3. Letters from members of Congress to David Walker, Comptroller General of the

United States, demanding an investigation of the election: November 5th, 2004 &

November 8th, 2004

http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/gaoinvestvote2004ltr11804.pdf

http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/gaoinvestvote2004ltr11804.pdf

 

 

 

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