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Created by Coalition Against Election Fraud on December 21, 2004, 3:12 pm

Dear Senators Boxer, Byrd, Dayton, Harkin, Jeffords, Kennedy, Leahy, Levin, Lieberman, Mikulski, Obama, Snow and Schumer:

The ideal of one person, one vote and that everyone’s vote is counted has been deeply cherished in the United States of America since the Anti-Slavery Movement, the Women’s Suffrage Movement, the Civil Rights Movement and the expansion of voting to young people. The 2000 and 2004 presidential elections have made it clear that this precious cornerstone of American democracy has been destroyed.

We the undersigned, respectfully request that you take action as a Senator to recognize that the November 2, 2004 presidential election was fraught with voting violations, misconduct of some highly placed election officials, tampering, voter suppression, interference targeted at communities of people of color, students, and poor people – all of which has raised su****ions in many minds that this was not a free, fair and honest election.

Given the widespread use of electronic voting machines, which are especially liable to malfunction and fraud and leave no trace of how they work nor what data they receive, it is not possible to perform recounts in many states. Hundreds of stories on malfunctions of electronic voting machines and central tabulation machines are appearing in regional news media.

Papers and sworn testimonies by experts state that the chances of the exit polls giving such divergent results from the official tallies are almost a statistical impossibility. Nor is it statistically conceivable that practically all the reported malfunctions and errors would give the advantage to the same candidate. Furthermore, statistical ****ysis reveals that even the popular vote victory may turn out to be false.

To preserve democracy in the United States of America, we ask that you be open to the concerns of large numbers of Americans. Almost 57,000 complaints have thus far been filed about this election process. Recounts are being demanded in several states. In the critical states of Ohio and Florida, hard evidence of improprieties is accumulating daily, almost always in the same direction and substantial enough to be outcome-determinative.

In Ohio, Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, who is avowedly partisan as the Co-Chair for the Bush/Cheney campaign, has used his official powers illegally to hinder the recount process in Ohio in many ways. He has also refused to cooperate with the Democratic Party members of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee in its hearing headed by Representative Conyers. One example of many equally egregious problems in the Ohio election was a severe shortage of voting machines in precincts of people of color and students at colleges, leading to waits of up to 10 hours for voters to cast their ballot.

We call on you to review the evidence. We are asking you to be our voice. We think this is crucial for the future of democracy and this country and we hope you will respond to our plea.

We are keenly aware that no Senator was willing to stand with the Representatives of the Congressional Black Caucus in their challenge to the presidential election of 2000. In 2004 the evidence of fraud is systemic, stronger, more widespread and believed by millions of Americans. We urge you to be courageous by taking leadership and refusing to certify the results of the presidential election of 2004. We also urge you to voice open support for any formal objections from the House of Representatives and to sign with them if any House members challenge the 2004 presidential election.
      


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2,201 6 Apr 2005 - 0:58    Linda Densmore : How can we push democracy all over the world when we don't have one? We need a new election with Blackwell out of the picture. please help us ensure that the vote was fair. Do not certify this vote. You can't ignor what is being discovered.
2,200 2 Feb 2005 - 3:04    lia webb :
2,199 1 Feb 2005 - 5:25    katherine bongfeldt :
2,198 14 Jan 2005 - 9:40    Susan Karla Sampson : Please restore our deomocracy.
2,197 13 Jan 2005 - 5:07    pattty kenny : Please do not certify this past election. We need investigation of the corruption. Address: 202 Fourth St., Old Town, Maine
2,196 12 Jan 2005 - 22:00    Betty North, Ph.D :
2,195 12 Jan 2005 - 14:47    Sarah Murphy :
2,194 11 Jan 2005 - 0:41    Philip D. Salerno : Must expose the "values" of the G.O.P. that include forced democracy abroad do not include democracy at home.
2,193 10 Jan 2005 - 5:58    Katie Spurlock :
2,192 10 Jan 2005 - 4:22    Laura Kwartler : History will show the avarice and fraud of the republicans. They will also show those who refused to stand up for democracy. It will also show heroes. Where will your name be?
2,191 9 Jan 2005 - 9:24    Amara Good :
2,190 8 Jan 2005 - 22:54    Jennifer DiDino : Where people can hijack computers, computers can hijack elections.
2,189 8 Jan 2005 - 18:51    Pat Kittle : Congratulations, Barbara Boxer! History will record all this very differently than our corporate-corrupted media. Maybe enough of our politicians will care more about their posterity than their posteriors.
2,188 8 Jan 2005 - 16:44    Linda Leonard : This so called "Election" was a disgrace. The investigation and prosecution of Blackwell must continue for his Suppression of the Vote and his obstruction of the Recount/Audit and defiance of a subpoena by saying his position as Secretary of State of Ohio along with Co-chair to elect bush places him above the law. Blackwell must also be legally compelled to answer the House Judiciary Committees 15 page Dec. 2, 2004 letter with very pertinent questions about Blackwell's role in cheating Ohio voters who pay his salary through every form of dirty trick and illegal activity imaginable to elect bush and disallow votes for Sen. Kerry.
2,187 8 Jan 2005 - 7:30    karen wellman :
2,186 8 Jan 2005 - 5:24    nicole powers :
2,185 8 Jan 2005 - 5:01    Barry Stanhope : electronic voting is not checks and balances....
2,184 8 Jan 2005 - 4:50    Cathy Schulz : This is a wrong that can and must be righted.
2,183 8 Jan 2005 - 3:21    Margot Steffenhagen : At the very least an official recount in Ohio and Florida are needed.
2,182 8 Jan 2005 - 2:28    Diana A. Lyster :
2,181 8 Jan 2005 - 2:16    sana makhoul : If you let these election frauds pass without scrutiny, then democracy is at risk. In democratic systems each vote counts and should be counted. Learn a lesson from the Ukrainians; if they can do it, Americans should do it too. The election should not be certified because it is rigged and it’s your duty to make sure that justice should succeed.
2,180 8 Jan 2005 - 0:58    Karen Botta : It is time for the voice of the people to be heard!!
2,179 8 Jan 2005 - 0:08    Jan Marra :
2,178 8 Jan 2005 - 0:07    Dinah Kudatsky : YOU MUST PROTEST THE CERTIFICATION OF THE FRAUDULENT 2004 ELECTION!!! Dear Senators, Today, January 6th, is our last chance in the foreseeable future to stand for the democratic process, a process which did not fully occur on election day. How ironic, how tragic, that our young men and women are dying and being maimed for the cause of democracy elsewhere which we ourselves do not protect at home. Will YOU be one of the courageous and patriotic Senators standing up on the Senate floor and protesting the certification of the 2004 election? Four years ago, when no one Senator stood with the Congressional Black Caucus to protest the certification of the 2000 election, I cried. I still cry about it. Not because my candidate didn't become the President (though he won). I cried because it was just another b**** piece of political business in D.C., and why would I think that anyone would risk their career to support the disenfranchised voters of Florida? And I wondered then and still do now: should we lifelong progressives continue to support the Democratic party, when the Senators whom we choose to represent us won't do the right thing? But today - is there any possibility I could finally dry my eyes? Might there be at least ONE Senator that isn't a deal-maker or a coward about something so crucial to the health and well-being of our democracy - saying that our votes matter? We all know it. There was fraud in the 2004 election. Voters in Democratic strongholds of Ohio had to put up with deliberate misinformation, lack of machines, many hours of lines, voter intimidation, voter suppression, problems with provisional voting, a partisan Secretary of State not unlike Katherine Harris, and of course the disturbing, creepy, skewed results from the Diebold machines (offered by the man who had the temerity to promise Ohio to Bush). For those of you who have a seat at the table of power, it should embarrass you beyond belief. It should enrage you. It sh
2,177 7 Jan 2005 - 22:22    Joanne Aldeborgh : What is America if we allow election fraud? How do we teach the next generation to be involved if they don't believe it matters in the end? How can we ever expect to regain our reputation with other Nations if we continue to foster one policy here in America and a counter policy elsewhere? Let's take the difficult path and do the right thing.
2,176 7 Jan 2005 - 20:36    Lesli Stolov : Make history. Show the world we are equal to the Ukraine. Stand with the democratic representatives and demand a congressional investigation of the massive disenfranchisement in Ohio and nationally. The media is silent our representatives cannot be. Please be our voices.
2,175 7 Jan 2005 - 16:24    MaryPhillips-Hammill : Please stand up for the people..
2,174 7 Jan 2005 - 13:14    F. Dustin Pace : If there is any microscopic doubt, at all. Let Democracy, Freedom, and Liberty stand for something other than a myth.
2,173 7 Jan 2005 - 11:47    Josef DellaGrotte : if the dmeocratic proces sis to be respected and honored, not perverted, then this petition has great merit. Even in the Ukraine avote was challenged, and reversed.
2,172 7 Jan 2005 - 10:59    ray robinson :
2,171 7 Jan 2005 - 10:28    amy lecomte : something must be done to restore faith in our government for the future of america
2,170 7 Jan 2005 - 9:39    Daniel Upper : We aren't ready for electronic voting. Sometimes computers are not the answer.
2,169 7 Jan 2005 - 8:58    Kelli Dickins : Please hear us and don't back down.
2,168 7 Jan 2005 - 8:07    Elizabeth Meister :
2,167 7 Jan 2005 - 7:56    Sandra McClennen :
2,166 7 Jan 2005 - 7:34    Beverly Palmer : PLEASE do not certify the election.
2,165 7 Jan 2005 - 7:11    Roger Johnson : I can program a microprocessor to do almost anything. Throw out the Ohio results. Bring back fair elections!
2,164 7 Jan 2005 - 7:07    stacy wais seretto : the electronic voting systems without a paper trail must not be allowed again, and should not have been allowed in 2004. The states must be pressured to replace them with a recountable system.
2,163 7 Jan 2005 - 6:39    Taran Greenwald : I am strongly Democratic and I think Bush is doing the same thing as in 2000
2,162 7 Jan 2005 - 6:21    David Derro : Please contest the OHIO results. Thanks, David Derro, Ph.D.
2,161 7 Jan 2005 - 5:46    Joe St.Clair : I believe the evidence is credible, and that this trend has accelerated from 2000, to 2002, and now the 2004 election cycle. Without strong appropriate action, our democracy is on a very slippery slope to distruction.
2,160 7 Jan 2005 - 5:46    Joe St.Clair : I believe the evidence is credible, and that this trend has accelerated from 2000, to 2002, and now the 2004 election cycle. Without strong appropriate action, our democracy is on a very slippery slope to distruction.
2,159 7 Jan 2005 - 5:19    Adrienne Prince : Do Not Rest Easy! It's Not Okay.
2,158 7 Jan 2005 - 5:12    Gabrielle Weiler :
2,157 7 Jan 2005 - 4:57    Phil Day :
2,156 7 Jan 2005 - 2:07    Juan Carlos Alvarez : please move forward to a transparent voting system
2,155 7 Jan 2005 - 1:40    Brian P. Beinlich :
2,154 7 Jan 2005 - 1:26    Frances Smith :
2,153 7 Jan 2005 - 1:26    Lesley Federgreen : If some senators don't take a stand on this issue, the Democratic Party will have a very difficult time raising money ever again.
2,152 7 Jan 2005 - 0:49    Marc Giosi :
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