December 31, 2004Coalition Against Election Fraud (call to action)
Help Us Stop the Certification of the Election on January 6
We can still have an impact on the course of this election.
We are a group of citizens concerned about the 2004 Presidential election. There were 57,000 complaints of voting violations delivered to the House Judiciary Democrats (http://tinyurl.com/4ykbt). When hundreds of thousands of voters are affected by machine problems and acts of voter suppression, it calls our American Democracy into question.
On January 6th, Congress meets to certify the Presidential election. If even one House member and one Senator object to the electoral votes of any state, this objection will be recorded: the vote will not be automatically approved. This has happened only once before -- in 1877. Its occurrence once again would draw historic attention to our shattered democracy and lead to an outcome that none of us can know.
In 2000, no Senator would join the Representatives from the Congressional
Black Caucus to challenge the electoral vote. (view clip from Fahrenheit 9/11)
Therefore, in 2004, we are asking you to contact as many as you can of the key Senators, listed below, as well as your own Senators, if you think you can reach them on this issue. Tell them not to certify the election on January 6, 2005.
Contact these Senators at 1-800-839-5276 or 1-877-762-8762 connecting all offices.
* Barbara Boxer CA-D
* Robert Byrd WV-D
* Mark Dayton MN-D
* Thomas Harkin IA-D
* Jim Jeffords VT-I
* Edward Kennedy MA-D
* Patrick Leahy VT-D
* Carl Levin MI-D
* Joseph Lieberman CT-D
* Barbara Mikulski MD-D
* Barack Obama IL-D
* Olympia Snowe ME-R
* Charles Schumer NY-D
If you live in the same state as any of the Senators on our list, email us at caef@caef.us to share information about activist efforts in your area or to get involved in organizing. If you want to start something yourself, we have experienced organizers who can give you guidance. We want to know any information you gather on the potential of a specific Senator to object to certification of the vote.
via Common Dreams and American Samizdat
We can still have an impact on the course of this election.
We are a group of citizens concerned about the 2004 Presidential election. There were 57,000 complaints of voting violations delivered to the House Judiciary Democrats (http://tinyurl.com/4ykbt). When hundreds of thousands of voters are affected by machine problems and acts of voter suppression, it calls our American Democracy into question.
On January 6th, Congress meets to certify the Presidential election. If even one House member and one Senator object to the electoral votes of any state, this objection will be recorded: the vote will not be automatically approved. This has happened only once before -- in 1877. Its occurrence once again would draw historic attention to our shattered democracy and lead to an outcome that none of us can know.
In 2000, no Senator would join the Representatives from the Congressional
Black Caucus to challenge the electoral vote. (view clip from Fahrenheit 9/11)
Therefore, in 2004, we are asking you to contact as many as you can of the key Senators, listed below, as well as your own Senators, if you think you can reach them on this issue. Tell them not to certify the election on January 6, 2005.
Contact these Senators at 1-800-839-5276 or 1-877-762-8762 connecting all offices.
* Barbara Boxer CA-D
* Robert Byrd WV-D
* Mark Dayton MN-D
* Thomas Harkin IA-D
* Jim Jeffords VT-I
* Edward Kennedy MA-D
* Patrick Leahy VT-D
* Carl Levin MI-D
* Joseph Lieberman CT-D
* Barbara Mikulski MD-D
* Barack Obama IL-D
* Olympia Snowe ME-R
* Charles Schumer NY-D
If you live in the same state as any of the Senators on our list, email us at caef@caef.us to share information about activist efforts in your area or to get involved in organizing. If you want to start something yourself, we have experienced organizers who can give you guidance. We want to know any information you gather on the potential of a specific Senator to object to certification of the vote.
via Common Dreams and American Samizdat
