"possibility not all Ohio counties will finish the provsional ballot count

Common Cause of Ohio and the Alliance for Democracy, a progressive coalition, Thursday announced they were launching a recount campaign for Ohio. Columbus, Ohio attorney Cliff Arnebeck, who represents both groups, said both the Green Party and Libertarian Party presidential candidates would seek a recount if the $110,000 filing fee could be raised. "Common Cause and the Alliance for Democracy are not partisan. The purpose of the recount is to verify the honesty of the process," Arnebeck said. "That is in the interest of anyone who would be declared the winner."

A coalition of progressive groups will hold a public hearing on election abuses this Saturday in Columbus calling on the Kerry campaign to pay for the recount. Meanwhile, they have created a Web page to collect donations at the Alliance for Democracy site. The Kerry campaign reportedly was sending lawyers to Ohio to look into election irregularities, but Arnebeck said only the public interest groups were now committed to a recount.

>>>>>The recount would be just that: a recounting of all the votes cast. If the results change, meaning more votes are added to Kerry's total – then the official result, what the secretary of state certifies, is changed.

In coming days, the Ohio secretary of state is expected to announce that the provisional ballots have been counted. A losing candidate for president then has 5 days to request a recount, filing the paperwork and filing fee. That cost is $10 per precinct, which comes to slightly more than $110,000. As of Friday morning, $35,000 had been raised. There is a possibility that not all Ohio counties will finish the provsional ballot count, which would prompt those seeking the recount to pursue other actions, Arnebeck said.

full story:
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20494/

Why is it so hard to get votes counted? This is a major flaw in our system. How many Americans actually know that their vote may not be counted? Was your vote counted? Do you care?

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Help America Recount Fund
http://www.helpamericarecount.org/

from the page:

WEDNESDAY NOV 10, Washington D.C. -- Consumer groups rallying citizens for recounts in Ohio, Florida; voters can fund audits of Ohio and court challenges in Florida by donating to HelpAmericaRecount.org, a 527 tax exempt organization set up exclusively for recount funding.

Click Here to Donate! http://www.helpamericarecount.org/contribute.html

in a couple of links here that I can't find. I think it is also linked at 'Raw'. It's the 'Greens' and the 'Libertarians'.


If you find it first please link to it. I will do the same.


If they have to pay for the recount...I will donate.

Thanks, but that is not the one I want.

This is for the Ohio recount only. BE SURE TO FILL IN LARGE BOX WITH "OHIO RECOUNT".


http://web.greens.org/c/cobb/supporters.cgi?function=donate

this looks like ground zero for the recount effort. I'll keep a look out for more. Please post anything new you can find. Thanks!

where we donate.... :) - K

11/11 - David Cobb and Michael Badnarik, the 2004 presidential candidates for the Green and Libertarian parties, today announced their intentions to file a formal demand for a recount of the presidential ballots cast in Ohio.

"Due to widespread reports of irregularities in the Ohio voting process, we are compelled to demand a recount of the Ohio presidential vote. Voting is the heart of the democratic process in which we as a nation put our faith. When people stand in line for hours to exercise their right to vote, they need to know that all votes will be counted fairly and accurately. We must protect the rights of the people of Ohio, as well as all Americans, and stand up for the right to vote and the right for people's votes to be counted. The integrity of the democratic process is at stake," the two candidates said in a joint statement.

The candidates also demanded that Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, a Republican who chaired the Ohio Bush campaign, recuse himself from the recount process.

The Ohio presidential election was marred by numerous press and independent reports of voter intimidation, mis-marked and discarded ballots, problems with electronic voting machines and the targeted disenfranchisement of African American voters. A number of citizens’ groups and voting rights organizations are holding hearings this Saturday in Columbus, Ohio to investigate voting irregularities and voter suppression in the Ohio 2004 general election. The hearings will be held from 1-4 p.m. at the New Faith Baptist Church, 955 Oak Street. Voters, poll workers, journalists and voting experts are invited to testify. A second hearing will be held on Monday at a location TBA, from 6-9 p.m.

The Cobb and Badnarik campaigns are in the process of raising the required fee, estimated at $110,000, for filing for a complete recount. . The campaigns are accepting contributions through their websites. The Cobb-LaMarche website is http://www.votecobb.org.

I finally found the elusive Libertarian Party donation page. There was no stipulation that it would be used on the recount only. That is why the Green like is being pushed. Good enough for me, I'll use the Green page.

They need 150,000 $ by Monday.
They already collected 70,000 $ so they only need 80,000 $ more.
www.votecobb.org

Here is a directory of complaints filed from election officials all across the US. It includes the reports as well as links to related news stories.

Email related articles to anyone who says that there is a 'lack of evidence'

http://www.votersunite.org/electionproblems.asp

There is 39 pages from Ohio alone.

they can get their elections done on PAPER in 3 days! This election in the USA is a FRAUD!!

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