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Wednesday, December 22
One Senator Needed for January 6th Challenge
by
Trish Nelson
on Wed 22 Dec 2004 06:51 AM CST
 One Senator Needed for January 6th Challenge
pdamerica.org
We all
remember that early scene in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, where
one African American after another stands up in the well of the House
of Representatives to challenge the 2000 Florida vote, only to be ruled out of order
due to the lack of a single signature from a single Senator.
Not this time.
On
January 6, 2005, the House and Senate will once again meet to consider
the electoral vote count. And once again, that vote count is likely to
be challenged by a group of progressive House members, who will make
the case that the misallocation of voting machines (especially in
Ohio), the abuse of provisional balloting in numerous states, and the
refusal and/or inability to conduct the recount in an open and
auditable manner in Ohio, in Florida, and in so many other key states,
mean that the certified electors should not be seated.
This
time, we want several U.S. Senators to join with them, to make a
serious voting rights challenge that the entire world will hear. This
time, we want so much polite-but-firm grassroots contact from
progressive voters beforehand that a whole group of Senators will
choose to stand up and fight for the voting rights of
African-Americans, Latinos, and youth voters that the Republican Party
targeted for disruption and disenfranchisement in the 2004 election.
Some who
need to hear from us are new, such as Barak Obama of Illinois and Ken
Salazar of Colorado. These new Senators could use cover from the new
leadership of the Senate, especially Dick Durbin, who also hails from
Obama's home state.
Some
Senators depend on African American and Latino votes to be elected, and
thus could be expected to stand up tall when voting rights issues are
on the line, including Joe Biden of Delaware, Carl Levin of Michigan,
Bill Nelson of Florida, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Jeff Bingaman of
New Mexico, Barbara Mikulski and Paul Sarbanes of Maryland, Jon Corzine
and Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey.
Senator
Byrd of West Virginia was once a Klansman; but his eloquent leadership
against the Iraq War has inspired us all, and he has the courage and
fortitude to cap his career with an outspoken battle on behalf of
abused African American voters. Senator Lieberman of Connecticut
rightfully brags about his youthful efforts to register voters in the
Old South in the 1960s; on 1/6/05, he will have the chance to
demonstrate that his youthful idealism still survives.
There
are Senators who are safe, and could do the right thing - like Chris
Dodd of Connecticut, Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, Charles Schumer of New
York, Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, and Herb Kohl of Wisconsin.
There is
Jim Jeffords of Vermont, an Independent who was brave enough to stand
up to the Bush White House once before. There is Senator Lincoln
Chafee, a Republican in a solid Democratic state, the namesake of
Lincoln, a moderate caught in a far right party.
And, of course, there is John Kerry.
To
remind them why they're in Washington, click here. Ask them to stand
for every American's right to vote (and have it counted.)
Go to pdamerica.org to take action.
Thank you for forwarding this action alert to your networks.
Standing tall in solidarity,
Tim Carpenter
Progressive Democrats of America
email: info@pdamerica.org
phone: (877) 368-9221
web: www.pdamerica.org
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Wednesday, December 15
Republicans Absent at Vote Fraud Hearings: Help Get Congress Involved!
by
Trish Nelson
on Wed 15 Dec 2004 07:23 AM CST
 Republicans Absent at Vote Fraud Hearings: Help Get Congress Involved!
VotersUnite.org
Last
Wednesday, the Honorable John Conyers held a hearing on the allegations
of fraud in the Ohio election. Monday he held another one in Ohio. No
Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee were present at the
hearing on Wednesday.
Take action:
1. Call
2 (or more) Republican committee members and urge them to participate
in the investigation Congressman Conyers and others are holding. Scroll down for a list of names.
2. Call
2 (or more) Democratic committee members who were not involved and urge
them to participate — to add legitimacy to the protest against the
fraud that is being exposed in Ohio. See the list at the end of this
email.
3. Email
or call the New York Times [or the Des Moines Register - letters@news.dmreg.com] and ask why they did not cover the hearing
last Wednesday. The event was historic and deserved serious media
attention.
4. Every day, from this day on, call 3 (or more) members of Congress.
Verify
that the legislator understands: 1) The counts are not yet final and we
have no way of knowing, in many parts of the country, what the actual
vote count was; 2) Between vote suppression, voter intimidation,
registration fraud, and software flaws, neither the results nor the
counting process is legitimate; 3) The Conyers hearings make it obvious
that, because election irregularities were so widespread, there is no
way of telling whether the election outcomes are an accurate reflection
of the people's will.
Ask your
representative: What is the solution when the election is clearly
illegitimate? What can Congress do and what can we, in our thousands of
community organizations do, to prevent this fast approaching
miscarriage of justice?
5. Each
time you call, record it at http://www.usvip.org/congresscall. [Note,
if you haven't already registered, click the JOIN US link first, and
sign in. Then report your calls.]
To reach any member of Congress, call the Capitol switchboard at 1-800-839-5276 and ask for the member by name.
Thanks,
~ The VotersUnite.Org team
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House
Judiciary Members are listed below, Democrats first, in order by state,
then Republicans, in order by state. An * indicates those who have
participated in the hearings and/or the letters to the GAO and
Blackwell. Call and thank them. Call the others and urge them to
participate. It is their responsibility.
Remember 1-800-839-5276 reaches the Capitol switchboard.
Hon. Howard Berman (D) California, 28th
Hon. Zoe Lofgren (D) California, 16th
Hon. Linda Sánchez (D) California, 39th
Hon. Adam Schiff (D) California, 29th
Hon. Maxine Waters (D) California, 35th
* Hon. Robert Wexler (D) Florida, 19th
Hon. William Delahunt (D) Massachusetts, 10th
Hon. Martin Meehan (D) Massachusetts, 5th
** Hon. John Conyers (D) Michigan 14th [Ranking Member]
* Hon. Jerrold Nadler (D) New York, 8th
Hon. Anthony Weiner (D) New York, 9th
* Hon. Melvin Watt (D) North Carolina, 12th
Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee (D) Texas, 18th
Hon. Rick Boucher (D) Virginia, 9th
Hon. Robert Scott (D) Virginia, 3rd
* Hon. Tammy Baldwin (D) Wisconsin, 2nd
Hon. Spencer Bachus (R) Alabama, 6th
Hon. Jeff Flake (R) Arizona, 6th
Hon. Elton Gallegly (R) California, 24th
Hon. Tom Feeney (R) Florida, 24th
Hon. Ric Keller (R) Florida, 8th
Hon. Henry Hyde (R) Illinois, 6th
Hon. Mike Pence (R) Indiana, 6th
Hon. John Hostettler (R) Indiana, 8th
Hon. Steve King (R) Iowa, 5th
Hon. Howard Coble (R) North Carolina, 6th
Hon. Steve Chabot (R) Ohio, 1st
Hon. Melissa Hart (R) Pennsylvania, 4th
Hon. William Jenkins (R) Tennessee, 1st
Hon. Marsha Blackburn (R) Tennessee, 7th
Hon. Lamar Smith (R) Texas, 21st
Hon. John Carter (R) Texas, 31st
Hon. Chris Cannon (R) Utah, 3rd
Hon. J. Randy Forbes (R) Virginia, 4th
Hon. Bob Goodlatte (R) Virginia, 6th
Hon. Mark Green (R) Wisconsin, 8th
Hon. James Semsenbrenner (R) Wisconsin 5th [Chairman]
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