Ohio Recount Info

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Sun, 28 Nov 2004 09:13:59 EST

Subject:Ohio Recount

 

Greetings

 

It's a busy time as plans to mobilize people to Ohio for rallies and

recounts are being finalized! Thank you for continuing to organize in

your communities to help get the word out about concerns with election

fraud and disenfranchisement of minority voters in Election 2004.

 

For those of you traveling to the December 4 rally in Columbus, Ohio,

please take the time to read the cautionary notes below. Check out

the website (www.donotconcede.com/CoalitionNews.html) for a list of

additional actions you can take that will make a difference.

 

For those of you not traveling to Ohio, we urge you to organize events

at your statehouses on December 4 in support of a FAIR VOTE that will

help raise awareness of our concerns nationwide.

 

Keep in touch.

 

Kat L'Estrange

 

www.donotconcede.com

 

 

 

Ohio Recount Timeline

 

11/28 The Reverend Jesse Jackson to hold rally in support of recount

and other efforts to investigate and litigate voting

irregularities in Ohio.

http://www.votecobb.org/news1/revjackson

 

12/01 Date by which most Ohio counties will have certified their

initial vote totals.

 

12/04 Citizen electoral reform groups organize a rally to " Investigate

all 88. " (see below)

 

12/06 Date that Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell currently

(as of 11/25) says he will finally certify the vote. Then, as detailed

in Ohio Election law procedures, Cobb and Badnarik will

formally request a recount and Secretary Blackwell will notify other

candidates of their right to have observers at the recount.

Under law, other candidates must have 5 days of notice before the

recount can start.

 

12/07 The " safe harbor " date by which presidential electors in all 50

states must be conclusively determined.

 

12/11 Earliest possible start date for the Ohio recount, based on

recent judicial ruling and Blackwell's current timeline for

certification of the state vote.

 

12/13 Date by which, pursuant to Constitutional mandates, Electoral

College electors must meet to cast their votes. This applies to

Ohio and all other states.

(Lynne Serpe, Campaign Manager, Cobb/LaMarch Ohio Recount)

 

 

 

Fight for Democracy Rally

 

Saturday, December 4, 2004

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Ohio Statehouse

Featured Speaker-Journalist Greg Palast

 

 

Fact:

Thousands of Ohio citizens had difficulty voting on

November 2nd.

 

Despite thousands of complaints, a planned recount,

statewide public hearings,

several lawsuits, a Congressional investigation and the outcry of

voters rights groups, this fact has been dismissed or underreported by

the mainstream media. Even Secretary of State, Kenneth Blackwell,

indicated the Ohio election was a huge success, saying, " We came

through with flying colors. "

Washington Times, 11/04/04

 

We need thousands of people to attend our

" Fight for Democracy Rally "

to draw attention to voter issues AND to

support the Congressional probe of allegations of irregularities in

the November 2nd presidential vote.

 

 

Please plan to attend and bring your friends!

 

America’s election system is badly flawed. So flawed, that a Cal

Tech/MIT study of the 2000 Election discovered that as many as one in

18 citizens was disenfranchised due to procedural and/or technological

anomalies. The 2004 election was no different! All citizens must

have equal access to voting and the electoral process in order to

ensure our democracy!

 

Following the Rally

" Stand Up and Be Counted; A CASE for Democracy "

Public Symposium,

6:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.

Africentric Middle School, 300 E. Livingston Ave., Columbus, OH.

 

 

Download the attachment and s below to find out more.

 

• CLICK THIS LINK to view the web version of this information and to

download a flyer for distribution.

http://www.uacitizensforchange.com/rally/

* CLICK THIS LINK to get an overview of 2004 election problems.

http://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/Story.asp?ID=4688

• CLICK THIS LINK to read the Caltech/MIT study:

http://www.votewatch.us/why/reports/report.2004-08-14.8236285198

 

 

Sponsor: www.CASEohio.org

 

 

**WEAR ORANGE ARMBAND and DRESS WARMLY

 

**Evan Davis writes:

 

Please spread the word immediately - follow up all press releases

and flier distributions with the following advisory;

 

Metal poles, wooden sticks and plastic pipes that are more than

1/2 " in diameter are not permitted on the Statehouse grounds even as

simple sign supports. If you bring signs or banners they must either be

hand-held or supported on cardboard tubes or on PVC frames made from

piping less than 1/2 inch in diameter.

 

State Troopers will approach you and order you to discard any metal

pipes or wooden stakes. This is a rule they are very diligent about

enforcing. Please comply with this rule so as to avoid any unnecessary

interaction with law enforcement officials.

 

If gathering on the sidewalks please be sure to keep an aisle open

for through foot traffic and under no circumstances step in to the

street unless permitted to do so by police officers. We don't want any

arrests or property destruction and there are no contingencies for acts

of civil disobedience at this event.

 

Interim contact: Evan Davis (614) 437-2039, cell (614) 946-3834

 

 

Notable quotables:

 

" There's just a lot of allegations of vote fraud that placed their

election, the validity of their elections, in doubt, " Bush said. " The

international community is watching very carefully. People are paying

very close attention to this, and hopefully it will be resolved in a

way that brings credit and confidence to the Ukrainian government. "

president

 

Ohio Republican Party Chairman Robert T. Bennett issued a statement

questioning the vote challenges: " These groups have already

acknowledged the outcome of the election will not change, and their

actions represent a foolish attempt to cast doubt on the legitimacy of

the Bush presidency, " he said. " I call on the leadership of the Ohio

Democratic Party to immediately concede that this worthless recount

request is an insult to the integrity of Ohio’s election system. "

chairman - (614) 228-2481 phone

 

 

 

To Volunteer for Recount Ohio Contact:

Holly Hart, holly

or the Ohio Democratic Party, 614-221-6563