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  • Save Our Votes March — Baltimore, Maryland, to Washington DC — Jan. 4th - Jan. 6th!
    26 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Save Our Votes March
    "From SELMA to WASHINGTON: 40 Years Marching For Our Voting Rights"
    Jan. 4th, 2005 through Jan. 6th, 2005
    Baltimore MD to Washington DC
    Begins Tuesday at 10AM, January 4th, Arrives Thursday January 6th at the Rally to Defend Democracy at the Federal Capitol in Washington DC.
    51capitalmarch is sponsoring Save Our Votes March, From Selma to Ohio to Washington a re-enactment the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March for voting rights. The following is a brief description (…)

  • January 6, 2005 — Washington, DC — Defend Democracy Rally and Vigil
    26 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    The Defend Democracy Rally and Vigil is planned for Washington, DC, on January
    6th, the day the two houses of Congress meet in joint session to select the next
    president of the United States.
    It is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.,
    Upper Senate Park. "Make some noise and show the world how .... many of us there are!"
    Please join ReDefeatBush and the We Do Not Concede Coalition on 1/6/05
    outside the U.S. Capitol as we cheer on and then honor the leaders of the Constitutional (…)

  • Jan 3: Defend Democracy in Columbus, Ohio
    26 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    UFPJ joins Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in organizing Jan. 3 Pro-Democracy/Count Every Vote Rally
    On Election Day, problems throughout Ohio were reported all day long. In the days and weeks that followed, people throughout the state continued to point to many irregularities in the presidential vote. The voting machines were susceptible to glitches, mistakes and hacking, and even the Ohio Secretary of State Blackwell (who chaired the Ohio Bush-Cheney election campaign) admitted (…)

  • Democrat wins hand recount in Washington governor race
    26 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    In what may be their last hope of reclaiming an evaporated lead in the Washington governor’s race before turning to the courts, Republicans have asked county auditors statewide to reconsider ballots that were rejected on Election Day.
    With the counting and re-counting finally exhausted Thursday, Democrat Christine Gregoire emerged as the victor by a mere 130 votes. The final tally: 1,373,171 votes for Gregoire; 1,373,041 for Republican Dino Rossi.
    But Republicans have vowed to leave no (…)

  • An Open Letter to Our Leaders From a Concerned Iraq War Soldier
    25 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    by Monica Benderman
    I am writing to you because you have been elected to serve the people. I am one of those people, my family is one family in America. We are just a family, we care about each other, we work hard and we believe in good things. We have a modest income, not much, but enough to give us what we need. Like most American families, we struggle with the way things are these days. We try to justify that our votes have mattered, our voices are heard, our opinions count, all the (…)

  • Ukrainians Show Americans How to Reject Election Fraud
    24 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Ukrainians Show Americans How to Reject Election Fraud Can We Emulate Their Courage & Determination?
    By Michael Bleyzer (from Kyiv, Ukraine)
    (Copy of the letter of a young Ukrainian. A nice, timely report from someone on the spot....)
    As you likely know from the news, we are in the middle of the Orange Revolution here in Kyiv. I can tell you that this is one of the most incredible experiences of my entire life to be here during this time. We have been spending a lot of time on the (…)

  • Will John Kerry come forward and challenge the theft of his own election?
    24 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Interview with Harvey Wasserman on Democracy Now
    AMY GOODMAN: Harvey Wasserman is our guest, Senior Editor at the Free Press, based in Ohio. Welcome to Democracy Now!
    HARVEY WASSERMAN: Thanks for having me. Appreciate it.
    AMY GOODMAN: It’s good to have you with us. Can you talk about the whole controversy?
    HARVEY WASSERMAN: I live in Columbus. I’m a registered voter in Columbus. They tried to deprive me of my absentee ballot. But we have followed this thing. I write for (…)

  • Wheel of VOTER Challenge IV: $.1K
    23 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    New Wheel of VOTER "Challange" IV: $.1K, Last of 2004?
    NEW $100 "CHALLANGE" (Bush spelling)
    Due to the popularity (Ohio fax number created below!) of the last three Wheel of VOTER Challenges 2004 — in which paper-trail voting is unanimously preferred, indisputable machine hackability, and absence of any Democrat Diebold IT personnel — we at WVC headquarters now offer the following $100 opportunity for our easiest challenge yet:
    We will send a $100 cashier’s check to the first FIVE (…)

  • Clear Box Voting System 1.0
    22 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    As we all grow weary of the U.S. elections fiascoes over the last four years, courtesy of Ohio and Florida partisan Secretaries of States, I unveil your 2004 Christmas present. It is the brand new Clear Box Voting System, nice and boring (may need some egg nog): 1) Everyone gets a Voter ID number. Your social security card or your drivers license is your Voter ID card. Ok, so you already have your Voter ID card ... let’s vote.
    2) It’s Election Day. You walk into a school auditorium, (…)

  • Iraq Out of Control; January Elections Will Be a Sham
    22 December 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Kucinich: Brazen Attacks in Iraq Defy Administration’s Rhetoric Iraq Out of Control; January Elections Will Be a Sham
    WASHINGTON — December 21 — Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) issued the following statement today on the escalating violence in Iraq:
    "The brazen executions, captured on film for the world to see, shows Iraq out of control, despite Administration rhetoric. The US occupation has failed to provide security. It’s time for the Administration to be honest with the American (…)