--- "Peter Schurman, MoveOn.org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:02:00 -0800 > From: "Peter Schurman, MoveOn.org" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Investigate the Vote > > Dear MoveOn member, > > Questions are swirling around whether the election > was conducted honestly or not. We need to know -- > was it or wasn't it? > > If people were wrongly prevented from voting, or if > legitimate votes were mis-counted or not counted at > all, we need to know so the wrongdoers can be held > accountable, and so we can prevent this from > happening again. > > Members of Congress are demanding an investigation > to answer this question. The decision on whether or > not there will be an investigation could come as > soon as Monday. Join us in supporting the call for > one now, at: > > http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote/ > > Then please invite your friends and colleagues to > sign, as well. We need to show Congress that > hundreds of thousands of Americans are serious about > protecting the integrity of the vote. > > We're all hearing the stories and wondering what's > true and what isn't. But at least two cases of > serious problems are accepted beyond doubt: > > * In Broward County, Florida, electronic voting > machines counted > backwards: as more people voted, the official vote > count went down. [1] > > * In one Columbus, Ohio suburb, election officials > have acknowledged > that electronic voting machines credited Bush with > winning 4,258 > votes, even though only 638 people voted there. > [2] > > These are just cases where we know something went > wrong. There were also lots of reports of people > being denied ballots on Election Day. So far, these > reports remain anecdotal, but they must be compiled > and examined. And the Internet is abuzz with > theories about why the official counts were so > different from the exit polls. > > Do you have a story? Were you prevented from > voting? Tell us, at: > > http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote/ > > Six prominent members of Congress have called for an > investigation. Representatives Conyers (D-MI), Holt > (D-NJ), Nadler (D-NY), Scott (D-VA), Watt (D-NC) and > Wexler (D-FL), have demanded that the U.S. General > Accounting Office: > > immediately undertake an investigation of the > efficacy of voting > machines and new technologies used in the 2004 > election, how > election officials responded to difficulties they > encountered, > and what we can do in the future to improve our > election systems > and administration. [3] > > We've got to support their call by asking our own > Representatives and Senators to join them. > > If you have a personal story of disenfranchisement, > tell us. These members of Congress have agreed to > include our stories and comments in their call for > an investigation. Please sign now -- we'll deliver > our compiled statements to them on Friday. > > Even if you don't have a personal story, your > signature on our petition will still help build > support for an investigation. > > To keep our faith in democracy, we need to know the > facts. Your signing this petition, and sharing your > story if you have one, will help. > > Thank you. > > Sincerely, > > --Carrie, Joan, Lee, Marika, Noah, Peter, Rosalyn, > and Wes > The MoveOn.org Team > November 11, 2004 > > Footnotes: > > 1. Broward Machines Count Backward, Palm Beach Post, > November 5, 2004 > > 2. Glitch Gave Bush Extra Votes in Ohio, AP carried > on CNN, November 5, 2004 > > 3. Letters from members of Congress to David Walker, > Comptroller General of the United States, demanding > an investigation of the election: November 5th, 2004 > & November 8th, 2004 > ________________ > Subscription Management: > This is a message from MoveOn.org. To remove > yourself ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) from this list, > please visit our subscription management page at: > http://moveon.org/s?i=4986-3274668-Ob7hbEAe.Oq6zSnFfHPOww > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/MknplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VTJP/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
