Stop the Ohio Electors! It isn't over, but we need your calls, and emails......

December 31, 2004

Please contact Senators by email now and by phone on Monday or Tuesday,

especially 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.

Email addresses and phone numbers for all Senators are listed below. Ask them

to

join John Conyers in objecting to the Ohio electors.

Karen

Stop the Ohio Electors! Fight the Fascist Coup d'État!

In two articles below Representative John Conyers says he will object

to the Ohio electors, but he needs one senator to stop the process

which would bring it into an investigation. So if do not wish to see

this fascist take over happen a second time without being even

challenged then many of us are encouraging a massive write in or

contact of our senators. This maybe our last opportunity to stop

fascism through any legal and peaceful means.

Contact numbers for senators:

Akaka, Daniel - (D - HI)

141 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6361

E-mail: senator@a...

Alexander, Lamar - (R - TN)

302 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4944

Web Form: alexander.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Allard, Wayne - (R - CO)

525 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5941

Web Form: allard.senate.gov/contactme

Allen, George - (R - VA)

204 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4024

Web Form: allen.senate.gov/index.cfm?c=email

Baucus, Max - (D - MT)

511 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2651

Web Form: baucus.senate.gov/emailmax.html

Bayh, Evan - (D - IN)

463 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5623

Web Form: bayh.senate.gov/WebMail1.htm

Bennett, Robert - (R - UT)

431 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5444

Web Form: bennett.senate.gov/contact/emailmain.html

Biden, Joseph - (D - DE)

201 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5042

E-mail: senator@b...

Bingaman, Jeff - (D - NM)

703 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5521

E-mail: senator_bingaman@b...

Bond, Christopher - (R - MO)

274 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5721

Web Form: bond.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm

Boxer, Barbara - (D - CA)

112 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3553

Web Form: boxer.senate.gov/contact

Breaux, John - (D - LA)

503 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4623

E-mail: senator@b...

Brownback, Sam - (R - KS)

303 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6521

Web Form: brownback.senate.gov/CMEmailMe.htm

Bunning, Jim - (R - KY)

316 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4343

Web Form: bunning.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Email

Burns, Conrad - (R - MT)

187 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2644

Web Form: burns.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Home.Contact

Byrd, Robert - (D - WV)

311 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3954

Web Form: byrd.senate.gov/byrd_email.html

Campbell, Ben - (R - CO)

380 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5852

Web Form: campbell.senate.gov/email.htm

Cantwell, Maria - (D - WA)

717 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3441

Web Form: cantwell.senate.gov/contact/index.html

Carper, Thomas - (D - DE)

513 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2441

Web Form: carper.senate.gov/email-form.html

Chafee, Lincoln - (R - RI)

141A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2921

Web Form: chafee.senate.gov/webform.htm

Chambliss, Saxby - (R - GA)

416 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3521

Web Form: chambliss.senate.gov/Contact/default.cfm?pagemode=1

Clinton, Hillary - (D - NY)

476 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4451

Web Form: clinton.senate.gov/email_form.html

Cochran, Thad - (R - MS)

113 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5054

Web Form: cochran.senate.gov/contact.htm

Coleman, Norm - (R - MN)

320 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5641

Web Form: coleman.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm

Collins, Susan - (R - ME)

172 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2523

Web Form: collins.senate.gov/low/contactemail.htm

Conrad, Kent - (D - ND)

530 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2043

Web Form: conrad.senate.gov/webform.html

Cornyn, John - (R - TX)

517 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2934

Web Form: cornyn.senate.gov/contact/index.html

Corzine, Jon - (D - NJ)

502 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4744

Web Form: corzine.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Craig, Larry - (R - ID)

520 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2752

Web Form: craig.senate.gov/webform.html

Crapo, Michael - (R - ID)

239 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6142

Web Form: crapo.senate.gov

Daschle, Thomas - (D - SD)

509 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2321

Web Form: daschle.senate.gov/webform.html

Dayton, Mark - (D - MN)

346 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3244

Web Form: dayton.senate.gov/webform.html

DeWine, Mike - (R - OH)

140 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2315

Web Form: dewine.senate.gov

Dodd, Christopher - (D - CT)

448 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2823

Web Form: dodd.senate.gov/webmail/

Dole, Elizabeth - (R - NC)

120 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6342

Web Form:

dole.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInformation.ContactForm

Domenici, Pete - (R - NM)

328 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6621

Web Form: domenici.senate.gov/resources/contactform.cfm

Dorgan, Byron - (D - ND)

713 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2551

E-mail: senator@d...

Durbin, Richard - (D - IL)

332 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2152

Web Form: durbin.senate.gov/sitepages/contact.htm

Edwards, John - (D - NC)

225 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3154

Web Form: edwards.senate.gov/contact.html

Ensign, John - (R - NV)

364 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6244

Web Form: ensign.senate.gov/forms/email_form.cfm

Enzi, Michael - (R - WY)

379A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3424

Web Form: enzi.senate.gov/email.htm

Feingold, Russell - (D - WI)

506 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5323

E-mail: russell_feingold@f...

Feinstein, Dianne - (D - CA)

331 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3841

Web Form: feinstein.senate.gov/email.html

Fitzgerald, Peter - (R - IL)

555 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2854

Web Form: fitzgerald.senate.gov/contact/contact_email.htm

Frist, Bill - (R - TN)

461 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3344

Web Form:

frist.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorFrist.ContactForm

Graham, Bob - (D - FL)

524 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3041

Web Form: graham.senate.gov/email.html

Graham, Lindsey - (R - SC)

290 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5972

Web Form: lgraham.senate.gov/index.cfm?mode=contact

Grassley, Chuck - (R - IA)

135 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3744

Web Form: grassley.senate.gov/webform.htm

Gregg, Judd - (R - NH)

393 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3324

E-mail: mailbox@g...

Hagel, Chuck - (R - NE)

248 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4224

Web Form: hagel.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Offices.Contact

Harkin, Tom - (D - IA)

731 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3254

Web Form: harkin.senate.gov/contact/contact.cfm

Hatch, Orrin - (R - UT)

104 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5251

Web Form: hatch.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Offices.Contact

Hollings, Ernest - (D - SC)

125 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6121

Web Form: hollings.senate.gov/email.html

Hutchison, Kay - (R - TX)

284 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5922

Web Form: hutchison.senate.gov/e-mail.htm

Inhofe, James - (R - OK)

453 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4721

Web Form: inhofe.senate.gov/contactus.htm

Inouye, Daniel - (D - HI)

722 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3934

Web Form: inouye.senate.gov/webform.html

Jeffords, James - (I - VT)

413 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5141

Web Form: jeffords.senate.gov/contact-form.html

Johnson, Tim - (D - SD)

136 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5842

Web Form: johnson.senate.gov/ContactPage/emailform.htm

Kennedy, Edward - (D - MA)

317 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4543

Web Form: kennedy.senate.gov/contact.html

Kerry, John - (D - MA)

304 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2742

Web Form: kerry.senate.gov/bandwidth/contact/email.html

Kohl, Herb - (D - WI)

330 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5653

Web Form: kohl.senate.gov/gen_contact.html

Kyl, Jon - (R - AZ)

730 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4521

Web Form: kyl.senate.gov/contact.cfm

Landrieu, Mary - (D - LA)

724 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5824

Web Form: landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm

Lautenberg, Frank - (D - NJ)

324 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3224

Web Form: lautenberg.senate.gov/webform.html

Leahy, Patrick - (D - VT)

433 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4242

E-mail: senator_leahy@l...

Levin, Carl - (D - MI)

269 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6221

Web Form: levin.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm

Lieberman, Joseph - (D - CT)

706 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4041

Web Form: lieberman.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm?regarding=issue

Lincoln, Blanche - (D - AR)

355 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4843

Web Form: lincoln.senate.gov/webform.html

Lott, Trent - (R - MS)

487 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6253

E-mail: senatorlott@l...

Lugar, Richard - (R - IN)

306 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4814

E-mail: senator_lugar@l...

McCain, John - (R - AZ)

241 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2235

Web Form: mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=Contact.Home

McConnell, Mitch - (R - KY)

361-A RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2541

Web Form: mcconnell.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm

Mikulski, Barbara - (D - MD)

709 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4654

Web Form: mikulski.senate.gov/mailform.html

Miller, Zell - (D - GA)

257 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING Washington DC 20510

(202) 224-3643

Web Form: miller.senate.gov/email.htm

Murkowski, Lisa - (R - AK)

322 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6665

Web Form: murkowski.senate.gov/contact.html

Murray, Patty - (D - WA)

173 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2621

Web Form: murray.senate.gov/email/index.cfm

Nelson, Bill - (D - FL)

716 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5274

Web Form: billnelson.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm#email

Nelson, Ben - (D - NE)

720 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6551

Web Form: bennelson.senate.gov/email.html

Nickles, Don - (R - OK)

133 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5754

Web Form: nickles.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.Email

Pryor, Mark - (D - AR)

217 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2353

Web Form: pryor.senate.gov/email_webform.htm

Reed, Jack - (D - RI)

728 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4642

Web Form: reed.senate.gov/form-opinion.htm

Reid, Harry - (D - NV)

528 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3542

Web Form: reid.senate.gov/email_form.cfm

Roberts, Pat - (R - KS)

109 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4774

Web Form: roberts.senate.gov/e-mail_pat.html

Rockefeller, John - (D - WV)

531 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6472

E-mail: senator@r...

Santorum, Rick - (R - PA)

511 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6324

Web Form: santorum.senate.gov/emailrjs.html

Sarbanes, Paul - (D - MD)

309 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4524

Web Form: sarbanes.senate.gov/pages/email.html

Schumer, Charles - (D - NY)

313 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6542

Web Form: schumer.senate.gov/webform.html

Sessions, Jeff - (R - AL)

335 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4124

Web Form: sessions.senate.gov/contact.htm#form

Shelby, Richard - (R - AL)

110 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5744

E-mail: senator@s...

Smith, Gordon - (R - OR)

404 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3753

Web Form: gsmith.senate.gov/webform.htm

Snowe, Olympia - (R - ME)

154 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5344

E-mail: olympia@s...

Specter, Arlen - (R - PA)

711 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4254

E-mail: arlen_specter@s...

Stabenow, Debbie - (D - MI)

702 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-4822

Web Form: stabenow.senate.gov/email.htm

Stevens, Ted - (R - AK)

522 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3004

Web Form: stevens.senate.gov/contact_form.cfm

Sununu, John - (R - NH)

111 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2841

Web Form: www.sununu.senate.gov/webform.html

Talent, James - (R - MO)

493 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6154

Web Form: talent.senate.gov/Contact/default.cfm?pagemode=1

Thomas, Craig - (R - WY)

307 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-6441

Web Form: thomas.senate.gov/html/contact.html

Voinovich, George - (R - OH)

317 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-3353

Web Form: voinovich.senate.gov/

Warner, John - (R - VA)

225 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-2023

Web Form: warner.senate.gov/contact/contactme.cfm

Wyden, Ron - (D - OR)

516 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510

(202) 224-5244

Web Form: wyden.senate.gov/contact.html

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

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Articles about John Conyers fight for democracy:

Friday 31st December 2004 (02h09) :

Conyers to Object to Ohio Electors, Requests Senate Allies

Representative John Conyers, ranking minority member of the House

Judiciary Committee, will object to the counting of the Ohio Electors

from the 2004 Presidential election when Congress convenes to ratify

those votes on January 6th. In a letter dispatched to every Senator,

which will be officially published by his office shortly, Conyers

declares that he will be joined in this by several other members of

the House. Rep. Conyers is taking this dramatic step because he

believes the allegations and evidence of election tampering and fraud

render the current slate of Ohio Electors illegitimate.

" As you know, " writes Rep. Conyers in his letter, " 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. 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. "

The letter goes on to ask the Senators who receive this letter to join

Conyers in objecting to the Ohio Electors. " I am hoping that you will

consider joining us in this important effort, " writes Conyers, " 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. "

There are expected to be high level meetings with high ranking

Democratic officials next week to coordinate a concerted lobbying

effort to convince Senators to challenge the vote. The Green Party and

David Cobb, as has been true all along, will be centrally involved in

this process, as will Rev. Jesse Jackson.

The remainder of the Conyers letter reads:

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. " The objection must

" state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground

thereof. " 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 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.

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. 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 " .

A key legal aspect of this is the second clause referenced in the

letter. Rep. Conyers and the other House members involved do not

believe the electors have been lawfully certified. They believe that

there has been too much illegal activity on the part of Blackwell,

other election officials, and Republican operatives on the ground and

therefore, as stated in the letter, the electors were not " lawfully

certified " under state law. Next week, the House Judiciary Committee

Democratic staff will release the report referenced in the letter,

which is now still in draft form, and which led Mr. Conyers to this

decision.

The Senators who shall receive the greatest focus from Conyers in this

matter are 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.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/123104W.shtml

by : William Rivers Pitt

Friday 31st December 2004

http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=4918

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Presidential Election 2004: Conyers Asks Senators to Object to

Certification of Election

Posted by : DavidSwanson on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 04:48 PM

Conyers Asks Senators to Object to Certification of Election

Congressman John Conyers Jr. (D., Mich.) has sent a letter to each of

the 100 members of the United States Senate asking them to join with

members of the House in objecting to the certification of the election

results on January 6.

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