House members ready to contest election if 1 Sen will join in

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THIS IS BIG: House members ready to contest election if 1 Sen will join in

 

 

This is from an email sent out by Congressional Candidate

Mike Byron. Apparently, the House Dems are ready to contest the election if one

Senator will join in. SO PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SENATOR AND ASK THEM TO CONTEST

THE ELECTION. Also, please keep this kicked.

 

FYI,

 

 

 

Last week I requested that Cong. Bob Filner join in with

other members of Congress in requesting an investigation by the General

Accounting Office of apparent voting irregularities and discrepancies arising

from the

Nov. 2nd election. In agreeing to take this action, I received the below

reply from his Campaign Manager Frank Salazar on the Congressman’s behalf.

Note

this excerpt (quoting Cong. Barbara Lee) from that reply:

 

 

 

“One senator and one House Representative are required to

contest an election result prior to inauguration.

 

But, certainly, the more Congresspeople the merrier. The

questions remains, however, which, if any, Senator will stand up for democracy?

Will it be Barbara Boxer, the so-called 3rd-most vote getter in the 2004

election? Or will we have another terrible scene like the one from Fahrenheit

911

where not one Senator will contest?â€

 

Perhaps WE should be asking Sen Boxer to be that Senator.

Particularly if clear evidence of voting misconduct in Ohio, Florida, or any

other states arises. There is already, sufficient evidence of massive

interference with the Ohio election

http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/89... to meet this

standard. Also Bev Harris of blackboxvoting.org has

uncovered significant physical evidence of vote stealing in Florida (see

http://www.blackboxvoting.org for details).

 

 

 

In conjunction with the several statistical studies showing

massive and astronomically improbable irregularities in reported vote totals

and their divergences from scientifically valid exit polls (see

http://onlinejournal.com/evoting/112004Waldman/112004wa... for a concise

summary) it is

clear that something is very seriously amiss with respect to the reported

results

of (s)election 2004…

 

 

 

I thank Cong. Filner for standing up bravely for our

democracy, and think that as soon as we can see the totality of credible,

specific

evidence that is uncovered, that we should unleash a letter, e-mail, phone and

fax, campaign to request Sen. Boxer to join with members of the House (see

Cong. Barbara Lee’s letter just below Cong. Filner’s below appended reply to

my

query) in contesting the suspect election results on Jan 6th. As this

investigation may take some time Bush’s inauguration as “President†will

have to be

canceled pending the outcome of the investigation…as is appropriate in a

lawful, Constitution abiding society.

 

 

 

Please forward.

 

 

 

Mike Byron

 

 

 

 

 

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Bob Filner for Congress

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Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:31 AM

Mike Byron

14 House Dems Demand GAO Election Probe (FILNER)

 

 

 

Please circulate Mike, thanks!

 

November 23, 2004

 

14 House Dems Demand GAO Election Probe

 

A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION

by Matthew Cardinale

 

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) has asked to become the

14th signatory

of the GAO letter demanding an investigation in electronic

voting. This information was confirmed by a staffer, Theresa, in the U.S.

House Judiciary Office, on November 22, 2004.

 

As of this writing, Schakowsky's signature has not been

submitted to the GAO.

 

However, the GAO has received letters of concern with 13

signatories thus far:

 

John Conyers (D-MI)

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)

Robert Wexler (D-FL)

Robert Scott (D-GA)

Melvin Watt (D-NC)

Rush Holt (D-NJ)

Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

Louise Slaughter (D-NY)

George Miller (D-CA)

John Olver (D-MA)

Bob Filner (D-CA)

Gregory Meeks (D-NY)

Barbara Lee (D-CA)

Plus

Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)

 

Also, Congressman Barbara Lee of California issued the

following statement on November 15th:

 

“The right to vote and the right to have our votes counted

are both fundamental to our democratic system of government,†said Lee.

 

“As elected representatives of the people, we hold a sacred

responsibility to every voter across this nation to ensure that their vote is

counted and recorded properly. We cannot, and we should not accept any flaws

in our election process.â€

 

Julie Nickson, press secretary for Barbara Lee, added, " She

signed it because she was aware of the situation. We got some phone calls

from constituents. "

 

The letter, or set of letters, is addressed to The

Honorable David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, General

Accountability Office.

 

The first letter begins, " We write with an urgent request

that the GAO immediately undertake an investigation of the efficacy of voting

machines and new technologies used in the 2004 election, how election officials

responded to the difficulties they encountered, and what we can do in the

future to improve our election systems and administration. "

 

Particular concerns brought up are:

 

-The almost 4,000 votes awarded to Bush in Columbus, Ohio,

reported by the AP, which was only noticeable because more votes were recorded

in the precinct than there were registered voters.

 

-Votes lost on a local initiative in Florida because the

computer could only store so many votes.

 

-Apx. 4,500 votes lost in one North Carolina county.

 

-A glitch in San Francisco computers which caused many

votes to be uncounted.

 

-Florida's anomalous results where only districts with

touch screen voting had disproportionate votes for Bush than expected. This

analysis has since

been duplicated by a UC Berkeley professor and others.

 

-AP reports in Florida and Ohio of voters who stated when

using touchscreens, when they selected " John Kerry, " that instead " George Bush "

would appear on the screen.

 

-Long lines in urban Ohio areas, to the point where voters

left in frustration after 8 or so hours. But that's not all. The second

letter, dated, November 8th, reported additional incidents.

 

-3,000 phantom votes were added by a Nebraska " vote

tabulator " which doubled the votes.

 

-22,000 North Carolina votes which later had to be added

because the computer initially discarded them due to system overload.

 

-21 voting machines in Broward County, Florida,

malfunctioned, eliminating prior votes that had been cast on them in this

most-Democratic

county in the state.

 

-Warren County, Ohio's, bogus refusal allow independent

monitoring of vote counting based on a terrorist incident which turned out later

to not exist.

 

-Malfunctioning vote cassettes in Palm Beach, FL.

 

-Boxes of absentee votes discovered after the election in a

Broward County election office.

 

Notably, nine (9) out of the current 14 supporters are

members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC). They are Barbara Lee (who

is a leader of the Caucus), along with John Conyers, Jerold Nadler, Melvin Wat

t, Tammy Baldin, George Miller, John Olver, Bob Filner, and Jan Schakowsky.

According to the CPC website, there are currently 55

congressional members on the Progressive Caucus. For a list

of members, see: http://bernie.house.gov/pc/members.asp

 

One notable Progressive Caucus member who has not signed on

is House Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who is also the current House Minority

Leader.

 

Another curious absence is Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), former

presidential candidate, who otherwise is taking a prominent role in the Ohio

voter testimony hearings currently taking place.

 

Most mainstream media accounts actually still list there

being 3 signatories, but that was only the first, original letter. CBS and

others have been reporting 6 signatories.

 

But, don't be sad. America isn't so far into hell in a

handbasket that we couldn't come up with more than 6 Representatives. We now

have

14.

 

The chronology has been as follows. First, Congressman

Conyers, Wexler, and Nadler wrote a letter to the GAO on November 5. This letter

is available at: http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/gaoinvestvote2...

 

The names of Scott, Watt, and Holt, were added in a second

letter sent November 8, which outlined additional voting problems as well as

increased the number of congressional signatures to six (6). This letter is

available at:

http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/gaoinvestvote2...

 

On November 17, two additional letters were sent. First, a

letter adding the signatures of Tammy Baldwin, Louise Slaughter, and George

Miller, was sent, increasing the number of signatures to nine (9). A copy of

this letter is available at:

http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/gaoinvestvote2...

 

A second letter dated November 17--fourth letter

overall--was sent to the GAO which added John Olner, Bob Filner, Gregory Meeks,

and

Barbara Lee.

 

This brought the number of signatures to thirteen (13).

Which, adding today's announcement by Schakowsky, brings the total to fourteen

(14) signatures. A scanned copy of the second letter from November 17th is

available at: http://www.house.gov/lee/releases/04nov15.htm

 

One senator and one House Representative are required to

contest an election result prior to inauguration.

 

But, certainly, the more Congresspeople the merrier. The

questions remains, however, which, if any, Senator will stand up for democracy?

Will it be Barbara Boxer, the so-called 3rd-most vote getter in the 2004

election? Or will we have another terrible scene like the one from Fahrenheit

911

where not one Senator will contest?

 

Only time will tell, but my guess is that the progressive

community has done so much organizing in the past four years that, even if

there isn't a change in the election outcome, there will at least be some

serious

hearings and reform legislation to mend and improve our flawed, flawed process.

 

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