Dean Visits Vote Mob

http://www.freepress.org/dispatches

Dr. Howard Dean paid a visit to the Vote Mob headquarters on Wednesday, October 20th, where he spoke and answered questions for almost 200 excited but cramped progressive youth who were packed tightly into a small office space on North High Street.

Dean, after dropping out of the Democratic primary race, is focusing on helping the Democratic Party achieve success in the election. He founded the political action committee Democracy for America, which is part of the recent onslaught of groups that is committed to getting progressive voters to the polls. Vote Mob and its parent organization, 21st century Democrats, are allied with Democracy for America under the umbrella organization America Votes, along with thirty or so other groups such as America Coming Together, the League of Conservation Voters, and MoveOn.
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He claimed that the Republicans do not support democracy and have no interest in seeing that everyone gets a chance to have their vote counted. "They think that whatever advances their ideology is a good thing."

He acknowledged that there are a lot of problems that are likely to arise on Election Day because of this Republican disregard for democracy. He has no faith in touch screen voting, which has already malfunctioned in several states, including many counties in Florida. Republicans are opposed to having machines issue a paper receipt that would allow verification of electronic vote tallies. He is also concerned about intimidation at polling locations, and recommends that lawyers be present to defend peoples' right to vote. In light of the expected high voter turnout, he is concerned that Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell might try to close the polls at exactly 7:30, disenfranchising the citizens left waiting in line. Considering Blackwell's recent attempts to limit provisional balloting, this seems highly likely. Dean encouraged everyone to vote early in the day in order to leave enough time for any difficulties encountered to be resolved.

He has been speaking out almost every day.

.... but no buts about it. I think he is the hardest working democrat out there.

If Dean is "speaking out" every day about this, why couldn't you find a more recent article, say one that was written AFTER Election Day?

He was awesome

I love that he is spending so much time encouraging young people to get into the process.

I am missing your point here.

BEFORE the election. Even did some appearances with Bev Harris. Did the party listen?

Speaking with local DFA leaders in CA;
tonight he's in West Hollywood.

Yeah, he gets around; he averages two appearances a day. I wonder how many speeches Kerry or Edwards gave this week?