Post sample letters (or your letters) to Senators HERE!

Let's try to get a little organized.

Dear Rick Santorum,





You SUCK!




Sincerely,
Every Sane Person In The Country.

If I've made any major goofs, let me know. I haven't sent them yet, but one for each Senator is ready to go.

Dear Senator ,

I am writing to you to request that you support your colleague, Representative Conyers, on January 6, 2005 to contest the 2004 election.

I have read about so many instances of voter suppression, inequality in the distribution of voting machines, unreasonably long lines at the polls, machine malfunctions, and even the suggestion of purposeful fraud, that my confidence in the outcome of this election has been shaken.

I love this country, and have always felt such a sense of pride in the freedoms we enjoy. Having my voice heard through the election process is dear to me. I need to know that this right is still intact and the process is still a legitimate one.

Please support Representative Conyers. I would feel so proud if both a Representative and a Senator from Michigan would stand together in this vitally important matter.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and considering my request.

Respectfully,

I know they're getting a ton of emails right now. Do you think faxing it would be better? I don't think snail mail or even Priority would get in their hands soon enough.

I posted this:

Emails are often overlooked. Snail mail is delayed, flowers will be destroyed. Faxing is maybe the best way to go.

These were posted by dzika: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=200009

I updated the list to include just the senators targeted by Conyers.
You can send 6 free faxes at once via email every 24 hours. So, paste a block of addresses below into the "to" portion of your email with your letter in it, then send it to the senators. You will have to do this for 5 days to send all of these, waiting at least 24 hours between batches. (if your email program is Outlook Express based, you may have to change the commas to semicolons.)

If you want to fax Senators individually, their DC fax numbers are immediately after the @ in the email addresses below.

remote-printer.Senator_Boxer@12022281338.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Byrd@12022280002.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Feingold@12022242725.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Jeffords@12022280776.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Obama@13124276401.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Durbin@12022280400.iddd.tpc.int

remote-printer.Senator_Wyden@12022282717.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Nelson@12022282182.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Biden@12022240139.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Inouye@12022246747.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Mikulski@12022248858.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Kennedy@12022242417.iddd.tpc.int

remote-printer.Senator_Sarbanes@12022241651.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Bingamen@12022242852.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Lautenberg@12022284054.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Clinton@12022280282.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Conrad@12022247776.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Kerry@12022248525.iddd.tpc.int

remote-printer.Senator_Corzine@12022282197.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Stabenow@12022280325.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Dodd@12022281683.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Dorgan@12022241193.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Harkin@12022249369.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Lieberman@12022249750.iddd.tpc.int

remote-printer.Senator_Reed@12022244680.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Reid@12022247327.iddd.tpc.int, remote-printer.Senator_Rockefeller@13043475371.iddd.tpc.int

Snail mail is too slow and gets irradiated. Email is overlooked.

Here are fax numbers:

Biden:
NH 302-573-6351
DC 202-224-0139

Bingamen:
DC 202-224-2852

Boxer:
San Bernadino 909-888-8613
DC 202-228-1338

Byrd:
Charleston 304-343-7144
DC 202-228-0002

Clinton:
DC (202) 228-0282
NYC (212) 688-7444
Albany (518) 431-0128

Conrad:
DC (202) 224-7776
Fargo (701) 232-6449

Corzine:
DC (202) 228-2197
Newark (973) 645-0502

Dodd:
DC (202) 228-1683

Dorgan
Bismarck 701-250-4484
DC 202-224-1193

Durbin
DC (202) 228-0400
Chicago (312) 353-0150

Harkin
DC (202) 224-9369
Des Moines (515) 284-4937

Jeffords
DC 202-228-0776

Kennedy
DC 202/224-2417
Boston 617/565-3170

Kerry
DC (202) 224-8525
Boston (617) 248-3870

Lautenberg
DC(202) 228-4054
Newark (973) 639-8723

Leahy

Levin
DC (202) 224-1388

Lieberman
CT (860) 549-8478
DC (202) 224-9750

Mikulski
DC 202-224-8858

Nelson
DC 202-228-2182

Jack Reed
DC (202) 224-4680
Cranston (401) 464-6837

Harry Reid
DC 202-224-7327
NV 702-388-5030

Rockefeller
Charleston 304-347-5371

Sarbanes
Baltimore (410) 962-4156
DC (202) 224-1651

Stabenow
DC 202-228-0325

Wyden
DC 202-228-2717

Obama
312-427-6401

For bulk faxing:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Have you tried using http://thedeanpeople.com/ ?

I will check out the site. I wanted this one to be more personal, so I think I'll fax them out tonight. Thanks!

looking up senators w/o a zip code.

They did not append that long statement to half of the messages I composed. I'm not sure why they added it to some and not others. I'm glad you pointed that out. I don't want anything added to my faxes.

As for looking up senators, I just open up another browser to http://www.senate.gov, find the senator I want in the list and click on his or her site to get their home office address. I use the zip code of the senator's own office.

Does it work to write senators NOT your own?

My senators are Bill :scared: Frist and LaMar "I Used A Major University As A Stepping Stone" Alexander, both Republicans who would sooner cut of their noses as to sign something like this.

Should I write Sen. Byrd? He's a "Southerner" and he might actually do something if I appealed to his Southern sensibility. But, I can't vote for the guy - could have never voted for the guy - so would he care what someone in Tennessee thinks?

and even some who might not be!

Here is the letter I am faxing with the 23 page report that IndyOp put together:

Dear Senator Someone:

I am writing to you neither as a constituent, nor as a Democrat or a Republican, but as a citizen of the United States. I am gravely concerned about our democratic process, especially as it has been compromised in the national election of November 2, 2004.

Representative Conyers will be formally raising similar issues concerning the state of Ohio when the Senate meets on January 6 to accept or reject the electoral votes for President. Therefore, I send you a citizen's summary of irregularities only in that state. To fax the evidence from other states would be an effort I am not prepared to undertake, as it would take hours.

Please review these materials and those from the findings of Rep. Conyers most carefully. I am sure that if you understand what is presented, you will have no choice but to stand with the other Democratic and perhaps Republican Senators on January 6 in support of Rep. Conyers' request for an honest investigation of the vote.

There are clearly only two reasons why you would not stand. Those would be either that you have not taken the time and trouble to familiarize yourself with the matter, or that you do not consider it your duty to defend the constitution and the right of the people to have an honest election.

Please help make us proud members of a great democracy once again.

Sincerely,

I am sending this to all of the senators targeted by Conyers, plus those in Dobson's "bull's-eye".

Next I will figure out which Republicans to pester.

Let them know the way that you feel. You never know. It might start something. You just never know. Communication is an amazing thing.

Here's one:

Senator :

I am a constituant of yours.

I believe that the Moss V. Bush case before the Ohio Supreme Court has merit. I doubt that your staff will have trouble finding it, but I reviewed a scanned PDF file of the case here: http://freepress.org/images/departments/Election_Contest_2.pdf Please inform me if this is not a true copy. I remind you that there is significant evidence yet to be presented in this case, and that discovery has not yet begun. The filing also mentions problems is 5 other States, but that court has no jurisdiction.

My familial history predates the founding of The United States. I likely have ancestors who participated in the Continential Congress (and later, others in the Wiskey Rebellion). The roots of patriotism run deep in me. I take this matter very seriously.

Although it appears to be a long held tradition in American Politics, I believe that the American people have evolved past the toleration of theft via electioneering (which is arguably an act of sedition). Just as they evolved past the holding of slaves, the denial of franchise to blacks and women, and et. cetera, we as a people can not continue tolerate this behavior from our "elected" officials.

I am writing to inform you that I am here watching your continued inaction closely. Your actions are being documented and that documentation will be available when you seek re-election.

Already documented is your inaction in 2000 regarding the Florida Presidential election theft. I feel this is partially excusable because the Supreme court did rule on a case concerning the matter, but, that ruling stopped a recount effort that later showed that Gore actually won Florida.

These are specific public actions by you that I would like to see in the historical record:

Publicly declare that that you will delay the acceptance of Electors from any State until court cases concerning those electors are resolved.

Support the efforts of U.S. Rep. Conyers to open Congressional investigations into the problems in the 2004 election.

Work towards the immediate appointment of a Special Prosecutor to investigate the election irregularities in all States named in Moss V. Bush, and, others as uncovered. Ensure that crimes uncovered in that investigation are persued fully.

I have the utmost confidence in your ability to persuade your colleagues that failure to act on these issues will undermine further the confidence of the American People in thier republic. I fear that the best case result of failure to act on these issues will be the genesis of a grass roots effort to reject all incumbents in future elections. The worst case scenario could include widescale riots or an armed defense of the Constitution.

I will be outside The Capitol on January 6 to demonstrate my support for your anticipated courageous actions in this matter.

Please keep me informed and let me know how I may assist you in upholding your oath of office.

Very effective all through and I love the part about "I'll be outside the Capital on Jan 6. to demonstrate my support for your anticipated courageous actions in this matter."


If you have not sent it out yet check the spelling on Capital I think it is with an a not an o.

I wish I had proofed it better. I should have posted it before I sent it asking for another set of eyes.

I was surprised it drew *no* response, not even an auto ack.

I'm trying to find a way to get it actually read by my senators. Maybe with flowers?

-Hoot

according to the senate websites I visited today.

the spelling so much, not a biggy. The great thing is that you sent it. Great job, I am sorry to point that out about the spelling, don't mean to be discouraging at all.I can't believe how many letters and emails and faxes and phone calls I have been doing I am sure I probably had some typos from not proofreading.

Great letter though. My ancestors predate the government as well, so I intend to keep an eye on them.That is great that you are going to be there on jan 6. I really wish I could this time. It is not like me to call out of work sick but that is what I would have to do.

In the IT industry, that means No workee No payee.

-Hoot

For the sake of U.S. citizens both present and future, I urge you to seriously evaluate the legitimacy of electors on January 6th, 2005. Americans are relying on you, and all of our elected representatives, to defend the Constitution. You have an obligation to respect the democratic process by ensuring the validity of our elections.

Verifiable evidence of vote suppression and compelling indications of vote manipulation in Ohio, New Mexico, Florida and other states have been detailed by thousands of witnesses. Given the testimony we have seen thus far and the over 50,000 voter complaints filed since November 2 in Ohio alone, you have legitimate reasons for challenging the presidential electors.

Whether we are experiencing a concerted effort to control the outcome, isolated instances of fraud, lack of training, good faith human error, poor planning for unexpected voter turnout, a lack of funds, flawed software, vulnerable computer networks or some combination of the above; Americans deserve to know for certain that every vote counts and every vote is counted. Our nation cannot serve as a shining example of democracy if it cannot fulfill that responsibility to its own electorate.

I can certainly sympathize with reluctance to initiate a "constitutional crisis," but I also feel quite strongly that complicit silence will result in a far greater crisis. Now is the time to address the problem even if the work necessary to regain voter confidence is painful and messy. Such is the onus of representative leadership.

Dear Senator Dayton,

We are founding members of Citizen's Alliance for Secure Elections - Minnesota (CASE - MN) and we are writing on behalf of the group. CASE - MN is a grass-roots organization committed to ensuring election integrity, both with regard to the 2004 election and for future elections.

More than eight weeks have passed since the 2004 Presidential Election -- but every day, more and more information surfaces that call into question the 2004 election's integrity and accuracy.

In Ohio, electronic voting machines stopped working, counted backwards, eliminated votes, and registered votes for the wrong candidate. African-American and college neighborhoods experienced by far the longest lines on Election Day, the most vote spoilage, the most elimination of provisional ballots, and the most victimization by precinct manipulation. It seems clear that the imbalanced allocation of voting machines between suburban and predominately African American precincts was designed to suppress black voting. This racist policy must be exposed and corrected immediately, not two years or four years or six years hence.

Nationwide, 400,000 callers phoned voter protection hotlines, with complaints ranging from absentee ballots lost in the mail, to outright voter intimidation and disenfranchisement. And partisan election officials with conflicts of interest undermined voting rights in states from Ohio to Florida to New Mexico. As you are likely aware, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, have questioned the election's legitimacy in a series of rigorous, painstakingly detailed hearings and letters documenting the unprecedented extent and scope of vote suppression, available at http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/

Exit polls strongly suggest that the tabulated results of the 2004 election do not accurately reflect the votes cast. University of Pennsylvania Professor and Statistician Steven Freeman calculates the odds of the exit polls in PA, OH and FL all diverging from the tabulated results by the margin that they did at 662,000 to 1. This means it is statistically impossible that the discrepancies between the predicted and actual vote counts in the three critical battleground states could have been due to chance or random error.http://www.dakotatechnics.com/downloads/Exitpoll_discrep_v00p1_Part_I.pdf

CASE - MN sent nine members to Ohio to participate in the recent recount. We found significant issues with regard to both the original vote and the accuracy and validity of the recount. The Minneapolis Star Tribune has published an editorial in today's edition written by two CASE - MN members who traveled to Ohio to oversee the recount: http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5158534.html. Updated information regarding the recount and the follow-up investigation can be found at the Cobb-LaMarche web-site at http://www.votecobb.org/

On January 6, 2005, Congress will meet in joint session to certify the 2004 presidential election. On that day, if one member of the House and one member of the Senate object to the certification of the vote, then all members of Congress will finally discuss these issues.

We are grateful that you are our senator and we are proud of the courageous positions that you have taken during your first years in office. We recall when you stood up as the only senator to challenge the veracity of the NORAD claims regarding the chronology of the events of 9/11. You were a strong voice of reason on the Medicare prescription drug bill and you bravely challenged your senate colleagues to "have a taste of their own medicine" by receiving drug benefits no greater than those provided to our seniors.

We are now at a pivotal point in the history of our country, a time when our future as a Democracy is in the balance, and we are writing to ask you to take a stand of conscience. We ask that you object to the certification of the vote for the 2004 presidential election when Congress meets on January 6, 2005 so that the serious issues that we have addressed above can be carefully considered and addressed by Congress. We ask that you stand up against those who would take our freedom to vote, and to have every vote counted, away from us.

Members of CASE - MN, together with our partner organizations from the Twin Cities, would like to meet with you before January 6 to further delineate our concerns and to discuss your thoughts regarding the certification of the vote. We look forward to hearing from you with a day and time that is convenient for you to meet with us.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

On behalf of Citizens Alliance for Secure Elections - MN,

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Although he wasn't one of those on Conyer's list, when I read today's NYT article about Dobson threatening Dems of redstates that he'd use "conservative means" to stop their re-election in 2006, I thought that maybe they'd take vote stealing a lot more personally.

The other one not on Conyer's list was Ben Nelson of Nebraska. His spokesman already gave a very wimpy reply to the NYT:

David DiMartino, a spokesman for Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, said the senator was already an opponent of abortion rights and had never supported a filibuster of one of Mr. Bush's appellate nominees.

"Dr. Dobson knows that," Mr. DiMartino said. "The senator and Dr. Dobson have discussed it before. The fact that the media has the letter before the targeted senators indicates his intention has more to do with the media than with persuading anybody in the Senate."


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/01/politics/01dobson.html?oref=login&oref=login

So that's how you persuade the media. Tell the media that a very active and dedicated grassroots group of great diversity is threatening to have the hides of any senator who does not contest the election.

i stole parts of your letter. hope you dont mind. the middle three paragraphs. My senators are Clinton and schummer. i doubt she will do anything. she has been such a disappointment sometimes. and schummer is so under the radar. who knows.

Dear Senator ______:

At what point do we wake up and say, we Care about Democracy, we Believe in Democracy, we will STAND UP for Democracy?

At what point do we say that system we have now is Flawed, and to do better we will Stop making excuses, or talk about how good "most" of the precincts in Ohio did, instead Own Up to the fact that what happened in Ohio was not a fair, equitable or honest election. What we had in Ohio was a travesty on all accounts. It's not about who won or who lost, it's about any person, of any party affiliation trusting that what they have put on the ballot will get counted in a non-partisan, no-game-playing, honest way.

I am saddened, and disillusioned. What hope do we have for our future if we don't admit our mistakes today? Where is the point that lessons are learned? What are we teaching our children -- that the more we say "nothing happened" perhaps, the more people will believe it?

I don't believe it. And someone needs to be accountable and prove to me, a citizen of the US and a tax payer, that the numbers are wrong, that what is statistically *impossible* in vote dispersion has not happened. Investigate Ohio. Recount Ohio.

Hold Secretary of State, Kenneth Blackwell, Co-Chair of the Bush/Cheney Re-election Committee, responsible for poor judgment and lack of understanding of the election process. Make sure that something like this never happens again.

Even if the information in following article does not lead to investigation now, shouldn't we be assured that in the future No vote machine representative is allowed access to machines after a vote anywhere in these United States? How will our representatives personally assure this?

Who will Stand Up for Democracy?

http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p

Sincerely,
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and excellent letters.

:kick: for the morning crowd.

Dear Senator,



I am writing to ask that you and our other Democratic senators stand together on January the 6th and refuse to accept the votes from the electors naming George Bush as President. They must be challenged. They reflect the desires of a shameful, corrupt group of powerful people not the results of the majority of the American people.



I’ll not take your valuable time listing the methods used in the fraud, Representative Conyers has a good beginning of an understanding of how incredibly large an issue this is and would be glad to share some of his fact gathering. Unfortunately the Ohio courts and Secretary of State have taken the side of “protecting what is theirs’” and not “the truth” making fact gathering a battle. An examination of the election system is certainly needed but is not in itself a solution without a group of you as Representatives of our party being willing to stand up now and say “enough”.



This may very well be the last crack in time we have to return this nation towards Democracy, please choose the right thing to do and don’t roll over and die. I’ve concluded that from here on out my vote is worthless unless a change is made and because of this will not bother to vote again unless one is. I am not alone; I’m one of many feeling like this.



If you stand together, if you speak clearly we stand a chance. If you remain seated the nation will never forgive you.



Sincerely,

post here?

eespecially the senator faxing post above , it is very easy give it a try

So far, I have written personal letters to Senators in four states where I have lived -- Mississippi, Wyoming, New Mexico and Tennessee. (I wrote about 40 Senators earlier, all getting the same letter.) Seven of the eight Senators I have written personal letters to are Republicans. The only Senator who did not get the attached letters is Frist from TN. I sent him a shorter letter, telling him that just like the Triad officials left "cheat sheets" for Ohio county election officials, I wanted to send him a "cheat sheet" so he could start practicing his responses to two questions he is bound to be asked soon: "What did you know, and when did you know it?"

Tomorrow, I'll write all Representatives from Tennessee, all members of the Congressional Black Caucus and the top 30 Senators targeted to grow some backbone between now and 1/6/05. Here's my letters (I titled them both "Stand against tyranny and the 2004 election theft"):
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Senator Bingaman, (Democrat, New Mexico)

I am writing as a former state official with the New Mexico Department of Health and as someone who hopes one day to return to the mountains around Penasco and Rodarte, in the shadow of Jicarita Peak. I implore you to stand against the 2004 election theft which puts this country in greater risk of collapse than we have ever faced.

We are in the first stages of the second American Revolution. The integrity of our election process is in grave peril. You know it, and very soon, so will all the American people. The evidence for the 2004 election theft is overwhelming and multi-faceted. As I am sure you know, almost half of the New Mexico counties report voting irregularities (most notably, more absentee ballots cast than absentee ballots and more votes cast for President than registered voters). I still hope that the election tampering that occurred in New Mexico will be documented and the perpetrators there brought to justice. However, the many recent efforts in Ohio to obstruct the recount in that state make clear that there is much to hide about the violations of our sacred right to vote freely and fairly in this country. What you do in the next two weeks as an elected leader to overcome the 2004 election fraud and theft will determine your political future and the future of our country.

If you have not been following closely the misdeeds in Ohio, here are excerpts from a letter I received from one of the Ohio volunteers who drove from Green Bay, Wisconsin to western Ohio to participate in the so-called "recount" there. Her letter to me is a chilling documentation of at least three election laws violated with impunity and collusion during the "recount" by Ohio election officials. You will fear for our country as you read these excerpts:
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"Dear Bernie,

"I want to thank you for being the one to hook me up with the Greens for the recount.... It is striking that the volunteers were indeed able to compile evidence of numerous incidents that would lead any rational person to conclude that the Ohio election was riddled with fraud. Let's just begin with the illegal withholding of the poll registries. Ohio state law specifically states that such refusal to permit examination of these documents constitutes prima facie evidence of electoral fraud. Every county board of elections director in Ohio was ordered to commit this illegal act. As far as I know, all complied with this order, thus willingly becoming perpetrators of a crime that counts every American citizen as its victim. It may come as no surprise that every director with whom I had dealings was a Republican.

"The most startling conversation I had was with the county prosecutor, who was present 'to represent the county' at the recount I attended. Also present was an attorney for the Republican Party - whether at the county or state level was not clear - and a representative from the office of Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell.... I was told by the prosecutor that the company supplying the tabulating equipment and software was Triad Systems. Much has been written about their Republican connections and suspect activities in regard to the Ohio election, so I won't go into the details here. Here's the real shocker: Triad Systems had a technician in this particular county office the morning of the recount, before it started. He had disassembled the tabulator, and replaced "a switch" that had supposedly malfunctioned. He was lurking in the hallway outside the counting room during the entire recount. One of our volunteers engaged him in a conversation and obtained his name and other information which has been conveyed to the Green Party organizers for further action. The prosecutor, in conveying this information, repeated over and over again that the vendor was Triad. He is a Democrat, and I would say more interested in democracy than some of the other attendees. I phoned this information up to the next level and we are in the process of documenting all that occurred. When I was speaking with our coordinator, I was told that a Triad technician was also busy in Greene County, which has been the scene of several recount melodramas that have been publicized. In this case, it turns out the technician was actually the president of Triad Systems.

"Need I tell you that our observers were denied the right to inspect the voter registry from any precinct in the county, including the one used for the 3% sample? I think this may be a good thing, since this violation of law basically means that no valid recount took place. I can't help but think that these types of scenarios were playing out all over Ohio this week, and that the discovery process in which we were engaged has surely produced enough evidence to establish probable cause in legal terms. I would be very surprised if there were not multiple suits filed at the county level in the coming weeks.

"I hope that my theory is correct - that it does no good to simply elect a new president if the rest of the corrupt Hydra is left in place. This monstrosity has to be taken apart, down to the last remnant, and swept out of office, out of the process, and utterly discredited in the eyes of at least the vast majority of Americans. The only way to do this is to methodically expose the breadth and depth of the corruption of our electoral processes in a comprehensive manner. It's like an enormous jigsaw puzzle, and we need all the pieces to show the picture to the populace at large."

Love, Diana
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This eyewitness account of wrongdoing in Ohio is matched by thousands of similar stories nationwide. Please join us as we fire our own rhetorical opening rounds in the second American Revolution, collectively and with conviction. As a respected Democratic Senator, please announce NOW to Congressman John Conyers and Senator John Kerry your intention to stand in opposition to the highly questionable Electoral College results that will be presented to you on January 6. Please join with your colleagues in the House and Senate to demand an investigation of this election fraud and theft and to block the seating of a second (un)elected Bush administration whose power certainly is not derived from the "consent of the governed" (unless you consider electronic voting machines to be "citizens" with voting rights now).

All of you who have served proudly in the U.S. Congress have to decide whether you stand for democracy at this critical hour or whether you will be labeled by history as, at best, cowards and, at worst, accomplices in the highjacking of our election process. It's your choice. Whose side are you on?

We will take our country back. I can't think of anything in your entire political career that is more important than to honor the courage and the spirit of everyone who has ever fought for free and fair elections, and the right to vote, by thwarting this nationwide election fraud and theft and helping us take our country back. Again, whose side are you on?

Sincerely, (me)
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Senator Lott (Republican, Mississippi)

I am writing as an eighth generation Mississippian, and as a descendant of the first settler child born in Lowndes County. I implore you to stand against the 2004 election theft which now places this country in greater risk of collapse than we have ever faced. I do not need to tell you about the ruthless people who would dishonor our country's most sacred traditions, since you have had to deal with their underhanded ways on many occasions. Now is your chance to help close the door on the saddest segment of our nation's history -- the renegade regime of George Bush and the criminal elements who surround him.

We are in the first stages of the second American Revolution. The integrity of our election process is in grave peril. You know it, and very soon, so will all the American people. The evidence for the 2004 election theft is overwhelming and multi-faceted. As I am sure you know, evidence for widespread election fraud exists in abundance in many states. However, the many recent efforts in Ohio to restrict voting rights there, to artificially inflate Bush's vote total and now to obstruct the recount in that state make clear that there is much to hide about the violations of our sacred right to vote freely and fairly in this country. What you do in the next two weeks as an respected leader to overcome the 2004 election fraud and theft will determine your political future and the future of our country.

If you have not been following closely the misdeeds in Ohio, here are excerpts from a letter I received recently from one of the Ohio volunteers who drove from Green Bay, Wisconsin to western Ohio to participate in the so-called "recount" there. Her letter to me is a chilling documentation of at least three election laws violated with impunity and collusion during the "recount" by Ohio election officials. You will fear for our country as you read these excerpts:
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"Dear Bernie,

"I want to thank you for being the one to hook me up with the Greens for the recount.... It is striking that the volunteers were indeed able to compile evidence of numerous incidents that would lead any rational person to conclude that the Ohio election was riddled with fraud. Let's just begin with the illegal withholding of the poll registries. Ohio state law specifically states that such refusal to permit examination of these documents constitutes prima facie evidence of electoral fraud. Every county board of elections director in Ohio was ordered to commit this illegal act....

"The most startling conversation I had was with the county prosecutor, who was present 'to represent the county' at the recount I attended.... I was told by the prosecutor that the company supplying the tabulating equipment and software was Triad Systems.... Here's the real shocker: Triad Systems had a technician in this particular county office the morning of the recount, before it started. He had disassembled the tabulator, and replaced "a switch" that had supposedly malfunctioned. He was lurking in the hallway outside the counting room during the entire recount.... I phoned this information up to the next level and we are in the process of documenting all that occurred. When I was speaking with our coordinator, I was told that a Triad technician was also busy in Greene County, which has been the scene of several recount melodramas that have been publicized. In this case, it turns out the technician was actually the president of Triad Systems.

"Need I tell you that our observers were denied the right to inspect the voter registry from any precinct in the county, including the one used for the 3% sample? I think this may be a good thing, since this violation of law basically means that no valid recount took place. I can't help but think that these types of scenarios were playing out all over Ohio this week, and that the discovery process in which we were engaged has surely produced enough evidence to establish probable cause in legal terms. I would be very surprised if there were not multiple suits filed at the county level in the coming weeks."

Love, Diana
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This eyewitness account of wrongdoing in Ohio is matched by thousands of similar stories nationwide. Please join us as we fire our own rhetorical opening rounds in the second American Revolution, collectively and with conviction. As a respected Republican Senator who has proudly represented many honorable and patriotic Mississippians of all political persuasions and who has faced your own personal run-ins with the reckless and un-American forces now in power, please announce NOW to Congressman John Conyers and Senator John Kerry your intention to stand in opposition to the highly questionable Electoral College results that will be presented to you on January 6. Please join with your colleagues in the House and Senate to demand an investigation of this election fraud and theft and to block the seating of a second (un)elected Bush administration whose power certainly is not derived from the "consent of the governed" (unless you consider tampered-with electronic voting machines to be "citizens" with voting rights now) and whose treasonous behavior may soon destroy the Republican Party as we have known it. As a registered Republican, this concerns me greatly.

All of you who have served proudly in the U.S. Congress have to decide whether you stand for democracy at this critical hour or whether you will be labeled by history as, at best, cowards and, at worst, accomplices in the highjacking of our election process. It's your choice. Whose side are you on?

We will take our country back. I can't think of anything in your entire political career that is more important than to honor the courage and the spirit of everyone who has ever fought for free and fair elections, and died for the right to vote, by thwarting this nationwide election fraud and theft and helping us take our country back. Again, whose side are you on?

Sincerely, (me)

And way to come out swingin'! For a first post, I'd say it's a 10 out of 10! :toast:

What got you to jump into this thing?

dear indiepriest -

thanks for the good word - I've been lurking here a good deal, but contributing more regularly to CASE_OH@yahoogroups.com and the anti-bush list.

The Mitofsky stuff is earthshaking but I don't think activists really know how to use it yet - it's a club to start beating the complacency out of our politicians, who don't see that sitting this one out will make them look like fools, or worse -

all the best,

garby leon
los angeles ca

I sent this to Byrd, Biden, Carper and Castle just now. Of course, for the Delaware guys, I removed the first sentence and edited the last paragraph.

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I know that I am not a consituent of your's, but I felt like I had to write and ask for your support. Rep. Conyers has been doing a superb and thorough job in his investigation of election fraud and voter disenfranchisement in Ohio. As you know, being a Democrat and in the minority in this Congress, he has been working with his hands tied behind his back.

I am writing you to ask that you stand in support of his work on this investigation, in support of the disenfranchised voters of all races in the 2004 election, and stand in support and protection of our Democracy and our Constitution.

If the Democrats and moderate Republicans don't stick together on this issue, this may be the last time anyone needs to worry about doing anything in Congress at all. I've been trying to impress upon Sens. Biden, Carper, and Rep. Castle that either the Congress stands for Democracy and the Consitution or they sit in blatant support of election fraud. There is no gray area here.

I know I don't need to tell you that our country is going to hell in a handbasket in an increasingly alarming rate. We need to use every measure in our power to stop this insanity and fix the system. Our country was in decent shape and thriving just four short years ago. We can't live thru another term unchecked as we have these last 4 years. There will be nothing left of our once great country or of our democracy as we once knew it.

Thank you. Thousands of people are counting on you -- not just West Virginians, but citizens from across the U.S. -- to do the right thing on January 6th.

I e-mailed it to every single Senator on the list and started faxing today as well.

Dear Senator,

As you are undoubtedly aware, Representative Conyers will be objecting to the Ohio Electors on January 6th due to the large number of voter irregularities concerning the last election. I greatly admire his dedication and even-handedness while conducted his investigation so far. I respectfully beg of you to stand with him to assure a clear and transparent investigation concerning this extremely upsetting situation.

I know I am not alone when I say that our democracy, the very fiber of our country, is at stake. If the citizenry does not feel confident that the election was fair and clean, then we are opening a Pandora’s Box of frightening scenarios.

I am not a political person but I believe in this “grand experiment” called American. Most troubling to me are the many allegations of voter suppression. This makes me literally sick for our country. How is it possible, in the good old US of A, that citizens had to wait in lines for up to 6 to 10 hours to cast their vote? In the rain, old people, disabled people, people with little kids? This is not right and the “average Joe/Jane” is very well aware of it. This whole mess stinks to high heaven. Please, you are a powerful person; use your influence to stand with Representative Conyers to get to the bottom of this.

It seems that everyday brings more and more evidence and new lawsuits concerning the Election problems. To me it is obvious that Ohio Sec. of State Blackwell and friends are trying to pull a fast one with our democracy. How it is possible that someone with Blackwell’s obvious conflict of interest can stonewall this investigation by refusing to testify under oath? Why is he above the law?

There are MANY documented problems and concerns not only in Ohio, Florida, and New Mexico but from all over the country. Very strange things happened this time around. I’m from WA State. Look what happened here!

I implore you! Please stand firm with Mr. Conyers on Jan. 6th. This may be the hardest fight of our lifetimes but we owe it to our future to attempt to remove this horrible stain from our great nation.

Most respectfully,

i understand that some people were planning to show up at obama's going away party with signs begging him to stand. aside from all the pressure he is getting, i think he will also get a lot of support from the rest of the illinois delegation. so, maybe..

dear senator durbin,

first let me say that you have made me proud to have you as a senator many times. i hope that you will again, in response to john conyer's request that a senator stand with him to challenge the illegal ohio slate of electors. my only regret about his brave call to action is that he has focused only on ohio, when irregulatites of similar nature likely affected the outcome in new mexico, nevada, iowa, colorado, and yes, florida.

if george bush is allowed to steal the white house again, our democracy is permanently stained. when the full magnitude of tampering with the election 2004 becomes known, as it eventually will, people's faith in the vote as a means of change will be lost for a generation or more.

i hope that every democratic senator will stand to support rep. conyers challenge. it will likely be the last question you all will be allowed for the next 4 years, anyway.

those that are brave enough to stand now can rest assured of the loyalty of the voters whose ballots they will be protecting.

yours,

The Honorable Carl Levin
269 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510


Dear Senator Levin,


I write to beg you to stand with your colleague, Rep. Conyers, on January 6 to contest the 2004 election.

You are thoughtful and honorable man, and you have demonstrated time and again your commitment to an honest and transparent government. As I’m sure you know, we stand at a crucial moment in our country’s history, and millions of Americans, literally, will be holding their breath on January 6 to see if one senator will take a stand against the theft of our country’s most important institution: the right to vote.

The evidence of criminal fraud in the Ohio election, and in many other states, is massive. By now, you will likely have received at least the draft of Rep. Conyers' letter detailing this evidence. The very democratic character of our nation is hanging by a thread. I plead with you to don the full measure of your authority and responsibility as a Senator of the United States to expose this corruption which drains the very soul of our country.

By the rules, the contest of the vote in Ohio can only last two hours. It is not much, but it is a start. If a contest of the vote in Florida and New Mexico and several other states could be added, with the appropriate time allotted to each, there is a very good chance the country will come to realize the extent of the crime that has been committed against it.

Next week, by news reports, meetings will be held among those in the House and Senate who believe they can effect a significant, even historic, transition in our country – from chaos to order, from deceit to truth. I pray you will do all in your power to assist this most important effort.

I am grateful for your good work, and remain

Sincerely yours,
xxxxxxxxxx

Dear Senator Byrd -

I am asking for perhaps what may become one of the
most courageous acts of your distinguished career.

I am asking you to oppose certification of the Presidential Election of 2004.

Even a casual look at the discrepancy between scientifically tested exit polls,
and the results in all the battleground states, particularly
Ohio, shows that John Kerry was elected President on
November 2nd, 2004.

In over 3000 elections all over the world, the
accuracy of exit polls has been scientifically
tested and shown to be accurate within a fraction of
a percentage point. The current invalid
administration is using exit poll data to question the
Ukraine election in fact.

We must apply the same standard here that is
appropriate to Ukraine, or to any democracy
that deserves the name.

In state after state, exit polls favoring Kerry by
several points swung inexplicably to Bush.

There is no valid explanation.

Much more evidence as well is being gathered
by the Conyers forums in Washington and Ohio. Again,
even a casual look at the statistics and anecdotal
evidence is shocking.

At its root, I believe that voting suppression
and manipulation is the greatest civil rights
story of our time.

I would also direct you to the filing
Challenging the Ohio election, a cogent assembly
of evidence, at

Petition: http://www.digitalimageination.com/MossvBush1.pdf

and here:

http://joeorgren.com/MossvBush1.pdf

Injunction:

http://www.digitalimageination.com/MossvBush2.pdf

and here

http://joeorgren.com/MossvBush2.pdf

I guarantee, Senator, if you read even a few
of these pages, the hair will stand up on the back of
your neck.

Thank you for your consideration,

Sincerely,


Garby Leon Ph.D.
Los Angeles, CA

Dear Congressman and Senators:

Currently, due to the privatization of vote counting and lack of a verifiable audit trail for voting machines in many states, as a long-time voter, I now have no confidence whatsoever in our electoral process and in my informed view, anyone who has such confidence is hopelessly naive. The FACT is that in most states of our nation, there is absolutely no way for the voters to know that their votes are being counted correctly as cast at the crucial time of the election with any reasonable degree of certainty.

"Trust but verify." Ironically, this was Ronald Reagan's advice about the former Soviet Union, a regime who's former leader, Joseph Stalin, has said that those who count the votes have the real power -- not those who merely cast them. So why now are we expected to trust four Republican owned and operated companies, their proprietary source codes, and our poorly trained, ill-equipped, albeit well-intentioned election workers to run our computer-controlled elections without any verification of the vote? I am not a Republican by any means, but Reagan was right about one thing: we should trust but also verify!

Recently in Ohio. a statewide recount of the votes for President of the United States was performed illegally by not selecting the 3%-hand-counted precincts randomly. This opens the door for counting fraud or errors in any of the larger precincts counted only by machine in nearly every county in the state. This experience has shown that even recounts, done mostly by machine, and not done according to the laws on the books can be hacked. Such recounts therefore prove nothing. A handful of votes shifted in each precinct in Ohio from John Kerry to George Bush could have easily given Bush a victory of over 100,000 votes. Since 97% of the votes in the state have still not been counted in a transparent way, we still do not know who our President-elect is and maybe we never will.

Now, unless the Democratic party is willing to become a permanent minority opposition party, allowed to exist merely for the purpose of maintaining the illusion of democracy, I'd suggest you do something about this situation, to the extent that you are still able, as soon as possible. After all, it happened on your watch too.

The voter verified paper ballot advocated by Congressman Rush Holt, Senator Bob Graham and perhaps to a lesser and more vague extent by Senator Clinton, means absolutely nothing without the proper RANDOM auditing procedures in place to use it to rule out error and fraud with reasonable statistical certainty. Any legislation requiring the paper ballot must also include mandatory random audits for every election, regardless of victory margins. With our secret ballots, computers can adjust a candidate's margin of victory to be outside that for which a recount is mandatory as easily as they can change a single vote. Depending on state laws and the degree of actual vote tampering by these machines, it is indeed possible that we have seen our last mandatory recount. It's time the laws caught up with the technology and more importantly, with those who control it.

Since you are now firmly in the minority in both the House and the Senate, it would seem that your only hope is to work with us ordinary citizens and our legislators at the state and local level to change our laws in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to require an auditable vote. But there is one thing you can still do at the Federal level, at which you MAY have actually been elected to serve: you can stand with Congressman John Conyers and others in their effort to reject Ohio's slate of electors, and for that matter, those of ANY state without a voter-verified paper ballot and the audit procedures to use it. In case you're still wondering, FLORIDA just happens to be one such state, I believe contrary to its own laws in fact, but there are many others from which to choose.

Such a move, while it may seem controversial, is perfectly reasonable given the fact that we do not know with ANY reasonable degree of certainty, which electors were actually voted for by the people of these states. To certify such electors is tantamount to being complicit in whatever fraud may actually have taken place, so it makes a lot more sense to endeavor to detect or rule out such fraud through a full investigation of the electoral process before certifying ANY electors from states where there is no audit of the vote.

Thank you for your time and attention to this most urgent matter.

Senator,

I am a graduate student in the astronomy department at the University of Michigan, and a registered voter in Ann Arbor.

I have grave concerns regarding the legitimacy of the 2004 presidential vote, and by extension, the health of our democratic process in this country. I am sure you are aware of the ongoing efforts of your colleague and fellow Michigander, Representative John Conyers, to investigate claims of voting irregularities and voter fraud during the 2004 election, particularly in the key state of Ohio. While I think it wise to remain skeptical with regards to claims of widespread election fraud--thus sticking to the principle that "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"--I wholeheartedly applaud Rep. Conyers's efforts to collect and examine such evidence.

Evidence is rapidly accumulating that significant numbers of voters in strategically important districts were disenfranchised in this election. Tactics range from old-fashioned methods of voter suppression in minority districts (through non-uniform distribution of voting machines, resulting in disproportionate waiting times) to the even more serious and abhorrent possibility that official election tallies were hacked in a central database. The noted discrepancy between the raw, "uncalibrated" exit poll numbers and the official election results warrants, indeed demands, a full explanation--particularly in light of the respect exit polls draw in every other country's elections (see Ukraine).

If the 2004 election was indeed tainted, this must be remedied. Now. Time is short. As I'm sure you know, the U.S. Constitution provides a means for Congress to contest the electoral votes on January 6, 2005. Too much is at stake to let the current administration enact its tragically inept policies without making sure the United States citizens did indeed give them their blessing.

I urge you, Senator, to support Rep. Conyers in his efforts, and to pay close and careful attention to what he finds and concludes. Right now I consider him one of the few elected representatives who is actively guarding the principle that a legitimate government derives its power only from the governed. He should not be in the minority on this issue.

Sincerely,

Dear ,

I am a registered and practicing voter in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a
deeply concerned citizen. I write to you as my elected voice in
Washington in order to urge you to stand with Congressman Conyers in
contesting the Ohio electors on January 6, 2005.

I believe there is sufficient evidence to call into serious doubt the legitimacy of the official 2004 election results. In case you are not aware of this evidence (as it has not been widely reported in the mainstream media), I am appending to the end of this message a lengthy, in-depth overview, the bulk of which has come to light due to Conyers's praiseworthy efforts.

Simply put, I do not believe George W. Bush was fairly or even legally elected in 2004. I am not convinced that malicious and systematic election fraud did not take place in several states, particularly Ohio. I ask you to represent me on January 6 by signing on to John Conyers's objection to the Ohio electors. I want to believe that Michigan Democrats are not part of the problem, and will not sit on their hands as our democracy is taken away from us.


Sincerely,

who was one of the volunteers who helped as an observer in Ohio on the Recount. (has yahoo e-mail and can't join DU with it, otherwise he would post this himself) I think this is a great letter, even though sadly PA has such a crappy Senator here for him to send it to.

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Dear Senator Santorum,

I am asking you as a Senator of the party of
Lincoln to listen to the words Lincoln spoke more than
hundred forty years ago. This is a government Of, By,
And For The People. Well, Sen. Santorum, many of the
people of Ohio and America feel that Ohio's vote was
tainted at the very least and there may have been
fraud at the most. As a result We The People Of
America do not want Ohio's votes to be counted in the
Electoral College on Jan - 6-2005. We are asking you
to reject Ohio's votes and order a new recount,
investigate all reported claims of fraud,
intimidation,voter suppression, and the like. We would
welcome a statewide federal government ordered re-vote
in Ohio to insure that all of Ohio's citizens votes
count. You must not let this Thursday, Jan-6-2005 be a
day President Lincoln would be ashamed of. You must
not let partisan politics play a role in America's
government. If you really are a member of the
Republican Party the party of Lincoln and you believe
his words Of, By, And for The People please stand up
on Thursday and reject Ohio's votes and defend
Lincoln's belief. I respect you, Sen. Santorum, and
believe you vote on what you feel is best for the
country because you vote for America and
America's best interest. Well, Sen. Santorum, voting
to accept Ohio's Electoral College votes on Thursday
Jan-6-2005 would not be in America's best interest.
Please don't let this happen.

If no Republican Senator stands up and rejects Ohio's
vote then we no longer have faith in the words Lincoln
spoke. If we have become so partisan as to forget that
it is the people of America that matter most then
maybe It matters which party is in office. Maybe it
has become a government Of, By, And For the government
and the party that has the power? I feel Democrats
Republicans, should reject the Ohio vote totals on
Thursday Jan-6-2005 I ask you, Senator Santorum, to
believe In Lincoln's words and be an American hero by
saying no to Ohio's vote total on Thursday Jan-6 2005.

Sincerely
A.T.

adapted from IndyPriest's awesome letter to Carl Levin. I faxed and mailed it to a local office on Friday:

The Honorable Barbara Boxer
United States Senate
112 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

December 30, 2004

Dear Senator Boxer,

I write to ask you to stand with your colleague, John Conyers, to contest the results of the 2004 presidential election.

We stand at a critical moment in our nation's history, and on January 6, millions of Americans will be looking to see if one senator will take a stand against the theft of our most important freedom, the right to vote.

By now you will likely have received Rep. Conyers' report detailing evidence of massive voter disenfranchisement in Ohio. I ask you to use your power as a United States Senator to expose this corruption which is destroying the fabric of our democracy.

By the rules, the contest of the vote in Ohio can only last two hours. If contests of the votes in Florida, New Mexico, and several other states could be added, with the appropriate time allotted to each, there is a good chance the country would come to realize the extent of the crime that has been committed against us.

I am grateful to you for your good work and hope that you will do all in your power to help in this most important effort.

Sincerely yours,

xxxxxxxxxx

but at least his staff has to count how many e-mails they get on the subject!

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Dear Senator Santorum,

As a long-time pollworker in XXXXXXXX County, and one of only two Pennsylvanians who served as a Regional Coordinator with the Green Party Recount in Ohio, I have become deeply aware of the many problems that are facing our voting process today, and especially of great problems that surfaced in the 2004 Election.

The Election of 2004 was horribly flawed in Ohio -- I learned of this first-hand during the recount process. There were long lines due to inadequate numbers of voting machines (especially in minority precincts); some voters waited as long as 10 hours to vote. Older, less reliable machines were used in minority areas. Touchscreen machines defaulted to votes for certain pre-chosen candidates. Some machines had no paper records to audit. Misinformation was spread regarding polling date and times, especially to new and minority voters. Excessive identity challenges were used, especially on minority voters, to force provisional voting. Inadequate number of provisional ballots were provided to polls in minority areas.

During the recount, resistance to the recount process was shown at all levels of Ohio government. "Random" 3% sample precincts to be counted were pre-chosen by officials in all but one or two counties. Some ballots in the above "random" samples appeared to be pre-sorted and pre-cleaned. In at least one county, a machine technician apparently instructed Board of Election officers how to make a "cheat sheet", and machines had strange new software installed by technicians or by modem (!) prior to the recount. Some recount observers were denied access to see pollbooks and other election materials as required by law. Some recount observers subject to intimidation.
The Recount discovered wide discrepancies in ballot storage, voting and tabulation machine security, etc.

This is not a partisan issue; it doesn't matter if you are a Republican, Democrat, non-partisan, or third-party member. Voting is the core of our Democracy for everyone. If we don't honor our national commitment to civil rights for all, if we no longer have our right to a fair and open vote for all of our own citizens, how can we remain the great world leader of Democracy that we claim to be?

When the Electoral Votes from Ohio are presented on January 6, I urge you to stand up and call for further investigation of these voting problems by contesting the Ohio electors. If you do not do so, I am sadly afraid you will not be honoring your duty to preserve our Constitution and the Democracy that goes with it.

If you have any questions about my experiences as a Pennsylvania pollworker or Ohio recount coordinator, please let me know and I will be happy to answer you to the best of my ability.

Thank you very much, and I look forward to your taking a stand to protect our voting rights on January 6 and beyond.

Sincerely,

Marybeth Kuznik
XXXX XXXXXXX XXXX
XXXXXX, PA XXXXX

XXX-XXX-XXXX

There will be 5 from the north side and 4 from the south side in Washington, DC January 4-6. We will hand deliver to our 2 senators, Dick Durbin and Barak Obama and to our 19 representatives as well as at least 80 other senators and representatives at the Capital building the following letter. We have endorsements form 7 organizations and 17 individuals for a total or 700 people. Our group of 9 will add to the crowd on January 6th. We'll also be at Kip Humphrey's on the other side of the Delaware and wherever the DU and Wm Pitt decide to meet on the 5th. Meanwhile - here's our letter:

Coalition of Concerned Illinois Citizens
Seeking to Contest the November 2, 2004 Election

January 5, 2004

Dear Senator and Representative of the 109th Congress,

As fair-minded citizens seeking justice, we urge you neither to accept nor to certify the votes cast by the Electoral College when these are submitted to the United States Congress on January 6, 2004. We will support your efforts in making this challenge.

We are convinced that the civil rights of African Americans and other people of color, college students, Democratic and Third Party members were violated on election day, November 2, 2004. Voter suppression and intimidation occurred. These acts constitute conspicuous election fraud. Based on eyewitness accounts, we believe fraud has occurred in many states including Ohio, Florida and New Mexico, with peak levels reported and exemplified in Ohio. We make this request citing ten verifiable factors outlined by The Redefeat Bush Campaign (http://www.redefeatbush.com/downloads/tenquestions.pdf) that must lead any fair-minded person to question the "official" tally and to challenge certification of the Electoral College results.

1. Systematic, widespread voting machine irregularities.
2. Highly irregular intervention by federal authorities.
3. Impossible vote totals: Franklin County, Ohio results gave Bush 4,258 votes to Kerry’s 260 votes in
Precinct 1B while records show only 638 voters cast ballots in that precinct.
(http://www.columbusdispatch.com/election/election-president.php?story=dispatch/2004/11/05/20041105-A6- .html)
4. Openly partisan election officials.
5. Openly partisan and untrustworthy vendors of election machinery.
6. According to Dr. Freeman, PhD, Univ. of Penn, the odds of all three of the statistical anomalies between the
exit polls and actual votes in Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania occurring together are 662,000-to-one.
http://www.appliedresearch.us/sf/Documents/ExitPoll.pdf
7. Unreliable, inadequate numbers of voting equipment in poor and working class (non-Republican) areas.
8. Anomalous and atypical voting pattern changes from 2000 to 2004.
9. Uncounted ballots, double un-matching sets of tally tapes and uncooperative officials in many areas.
10. Widespread illegal voter suppression activities.

Because of widespread complaints, public hearings were held in Columbus, Ohio, November 13, at the
New Faith Baptist Church, and November 15, at the Franklin County Courthouse. The hearings were convened by Bob Fitrakis, PhD, J.D., legal advisor for the Ohio Election Protection Coalition; panelists included Ohio State Rep. Larry Price and Columbus City Council Member, Charleta Tavares. Courageous Ohio citizens stepped forward to report their experiences as voters, election volunteers and judges. On December 8, in Washington, D.C. and December 10, in Columbus, Ohio, further testimony was heard by Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), and other invited panelists such as Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Many of us endorsing this letter witnessed these events in person, saw videotape or broadcasts from C-Span or read testimony on the internet. We saw and heard evidence of voter disenfranchisement that is in violation of constitutional guarantees afforded American citizens by Constitutional Amendments 14, 15, 19, 24 and 26.

We are aware of correspondence between Rep. Conyers and Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell and, between Rep. Conyers and the President and Field Representative of Triad GSI. We are aware of Rep. Conyers’ repeated requests for the raw data on exit polls conducted by Mitofsky International and Edison Media for ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, and the Associated Press. These media outlets refuse to release this data to Rep. Conyers citing a need to wait for final reports. What possible threat could there be by releasing raw data? Unless and until the outstanding questions posed by the democratic members of the House Committee on the Judiciary are addressed and answered, the Electoral Votes presented on January 6, 2004 must not and ought not be accepted or certified.

In addition to conspicuous acts of election fraud manifested by civil rights abuses, other acts of fraud were allowed to occur as a result of Congressional inaction and Presidential neglect.

On October 12, 2002 the Republican-controlled Congress ratified the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). This act was designed to correct the civil rights abuses that occurred during the 2000 presidential election. However, not only did this act not help America vote, in the end, it hindered Americans from casting votes and permitting votes that were cast not to be counted:

• The Bush Administration has nullified the Help America Vote Act by stalling the implementation of the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and cutting the funding to the EAC and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) from the 2004 Budget.
• Therefore, there is no operational organization to set any standards, evaluate or certify the plans which were proposed and implemented on the state level to replace punch cards and lever machines with electronic machines.
• Further, H.R. 2239, the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act, which would have required a voter-verified paper record for use in manual audits and recounts, has been tied up in a Republican-controlled committee for nineteen months.
• The rights of the voters in Florida and Ohio will not be defended by their own state governments. Widespread suppression of African American votes through racial profiling and other disenfranchisement techniques in 2000 and 2004 has been clearly documented. (Voting in 2004: Report to the Nation on America’s Election Process, Judith A. Browne, 12/7/04; http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/brownevotestmt12804.pdf).

It is important to raise the issue of civil rights and voter suppression in the context of the November 2, 2004 elections. In defense of civil rights in the country, we urge you, our Senators and Representatives, to challenge the Electoral College Votes presented to Congress on January 6, 2004. We assure you our unconditional and ongoing support in this endeavor, and will remember your courage to act with integrity at this crossroad in the history of our nation. The American People and the world will respond with gratitude, elation and political support of your efforts.

Thank you for your kind attention and dedicated service.

i haven't sent it yet. i am a true new yorker. and a bitchy one. i dont mince words - i borrowed all the nice statistics from the nice letters here. i will put my text in italics. please critique i am not good at putting my thoughts into words tactfully.

More than eight weeks have passed since the 2004 Presidential Election -- but every day, more and more information surfaces that call into question the 2004 election's integrity and accuracy.

Below i provide you with information pointing to the fraud and, the disenfranchisement and irregularities that occurred that day. Senator Clinton, you must stand up with Mr. Conyers on January 6th. for the sake of the constitution. For the sake of democracy and for the sake of African American and minorities and Democrats. It will be historic and will be remembered and will be noticed. Every Senator let the democrats down in 2001. Look how that turned out. Look at our country. We are all responsible for this phony election, for a congress filled with neo-cons who were not fairly elected. Now if this is the new America then I guess we are no longer a democracy. we no longer have real elections. So perhaps voting is not worth it anymore. There will be a coronation on Jan. 20 and you and the rest of the democratic party will not stand up on January 6th. That will be the message sent. We will know that it will be the peoples job to find new leaders to take our country back. Democracy is the first priority in this country. You and the rest of your coleuges have a responsibility to enforce and protect the constitution. Please do so. Things are only going to get worse if it inst stopped and addressed now. you must realize that. please be brave. All the Democrats, greens and libs are behind the senator who is brave enough to defend what America used to be.

Now that the Mitofsky exit polling data has been released on the internet for all to see http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/pdfs/Mitofsky4zonedata/ it has become clear that Senator Kerry was ahead nationally and also in Ohio by several percentage points by 8:00 PM on election night. Any manipulation of the numbers after that must be explained. So far it hasn't. This means it is statistically impossible that the discrepancies between the predicted and actual vote counts in the three critical battleground states could have been due to chance or random error.http://www.dakotatechnics.com/downloads/Exitpoll_discre...
along with the problems listed below scream stop and investigate!!

In Ohio, electronic voting machines stopped working, counted backwards, eliminated votes, and registered votes for the wrong candidate. African-American and college neighborhoods experienced by far the longest lines on Election Day, the most vote spoilage, the most elimination of provisional ballots, and the most victimization by precinct manipulation. It seems clear that the imbalanced allocation of voting machines between suburban and predominately African American precincts was designed to suppress black voting. This racist policy must be exposed and corrected immediately, not two years or four years or six years hence.

Nationwide, 400,000 callers phoned voter protection hotlines, with complaints ranging from absentee ballots lost in the mail, to outright voter intimidation and disenfranchisement. And partisan election officials with conflicts of interest undermined voting rights in states from Ohio to Florida to New Mexico. As you are likely aware, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, have questioned the election's legitimacy in a series of rigorous, painstakingly detailed hearings and letters documenting the unprecedented extent and scope of vote suppression, available at http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats /

Updated information regarding the recount and the follow-up investigation can be found at the Cobb-LaMarche web-site at http://www.votecobb.org /

January 3, 2005

VIA Fax:

Re: Challenging the Ohio Electors Votes on January 6th, 2005

Dear Senator Dodd:

I am a constituent of yours, and every day I've been reading about the election irregularities that occurred all around the country (but especially in Ohio) with increasing alarm and discomfort. It seems to me that, by accident or by design, we did NOT have a fair election in 2004.

Obviously, if we can’t guarantee the validity of our own elections, then we are a democracy in name only. And thus, it follows that our attempts to impose democracy in other lands are hypocritical at best. The prospects of these facts are almost too terrible to contemplate. The good news is, you can do something about it! As I’m sure you are aware, Representative John Conyers has distributed a report to Senators like yourself detailing the horrifying depth and pattern of these irregularities.

I urge you to please read the report and, more importantly, to stand with Congressman Conyers when he rightfully challenges the electoral votes on January 6th. Because, to me, the extent to which you join this fight is directly related to how much you still believe in our democracy. I have voted a straight democratic ticket in the last three elections. But if you fail to act, I don’t think I could believe in you as a representative of a true democracy anymore - because there will BE no democracy without a fair and transparent voting process.

And honestly, I feel like the whole of the democratic party stands to be rendered obsolete and irrelevant if you and your colleagues do not stand up now. Please don’t repeat the embarrassing silence of the 2000 elections (as depicted in Fahrenheit 9/11) – there is not only so much more evidence this time around, but so much more to lose.

In so many ways, to not act is to do so at (y)our own peril. We the people are watching, and waiting to see if we still have a voice in government.

Sincerely,

BC

Dear Senator McCain,

I am not from your state, but I am aware of you and your run for President. It was amazing that George Bush beat you in the primaries. Did you ever wonder why? It's as simple as vote manipulation. Take a look at what has happened around the country, George Bush really didn't win. Take a closer look into Ohio and Florida, and you can get a better idea of what happened. If you need more information, please let me know and I will he happy to provide it to you. Why is it important and why put a stop to it now? Very simply put, you will never have a chance to run for President, because you will never be allowed to win a primary. George Bush is not a Republican, you are. He has twisted the party into something that I can't even recognize. He and his group also have a strangle hold on the elections in this country. The same evidence that said that the election in the Ukraine was fraudulent, has also said that John Kerry won the election.

Please get involved, we are losing our democracy. We can no longer trust our elections, as the owners of the election machine companies have their allegiance to the far right wing of the Republican party. If it is not stopped now, every moderate Republican will be replaced with a Tom Delay or Karl Rove, and the Republican party or our democracy can not survive with those type of people wholly in charge.

I beg of you, please talk to Representative Conyers, support him and our country. It would be nice to see a moderate Republican shining bright as a leader of our country once again.

Sincerely,
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I decided to reach for the stars. :eyes:

zalinda

I canvassed, I phoned, I argued, I donated, I supported, I pled, I cajoled, I persuaded, I wrote, I stood, I registered, I voted. I believed.
Losing is easy. Losing the right to vote is not. If you and the Democratic Party do not step forward to protest the irregularities, conflicts of interest, and out-in-out fraud in this past election, I will never support you or any other democratic candidate again. In fact, I will do everything in my power--I will devote my time and energy and money--to persuade people NOT to vote for any Democrat.
Why? You belong to the party of the people. If you do not stand to defend them, to defend the right of every person to vote and to have that vote counted accurately, what is the purpose of voting? I pledge I will do everything in my power to lobby and argue everyone I can out of the notion they should ever vote for a party that doesn't value the vote.
Unless you remember what it means to be an American.

He is not my Senator, but I think he is THE senator that makes sense. Hopefully he can lead the charge for them all!




Dear Senator Ted Kennedy,

I am writing you today to implore you to stand next to your brothers, both John and Bobby, in spirit, on January 6, 2005 and object to the certification of the Ohio electoral votes. I believe with all my heart and soul that your brothers and my relative would be leading the charge to save our Democracy at this juncture in history.

I was born on November 22, 1966, three years to the day of your beloved brother’s death. Every year, while I celebrate my birth, I also mourn the death of a man my family loved and respected along with yours. I have always wished I could have lived in the world your brothers, both John and Bobby, could have created. I believe this country would have been a better place if either of them had had the opportunity to fulfill their goals.

I am also a descendant of Oliver Ellsworth. You will recall, I’m sure, that Ellsworth was one of the original framers of our constitution and the third Supreme Court Justice of the United States of America. Although I do not have any political aspirations of my own, I do feel a sense of duty to the country my relative helped create.


In the immortal words of your brother John, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country,” on January 6th. I have always felt you were destined to find a way to fulfill those words. This is your opportunity!



Most respectfully yours,

I don't want to set up a permanent account . Is there one that you can pay for each individual fax? I'd appreciate some help here, I have a very sick kid at home, I thought I'd be able to go out and fax my letter at Kinkos or something, but it seems I'm stuck at home!

just in case anyone could use it...

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Tweaking it for the others. I don't doubt you all can do better.:) I am re-writing this for Kohl, obviously;

Dear Senator Feingold,

Two years ago, you stood alone to vote against the Patriot Act, and earned the respect and gratitude of millions of Americans. We write to ask you to stand again, but this time, for one of the cornerstones of our democracy: Our right to vote, and for our votes to be counted accurately. We ask you to defend that right when Congress convenes this Thursday, January 6th, by standing with Representative Conyers to object to the certification of the vote.

We received a letter from you last week, in which you stated that while elections are generally administered at the state and municipal level, federal involvement is called for when there are allegations of civil rights violations or criminal vote fraud in a national election.

Well, Senator Feingold, there is already enough direct evidence of fraud in terms of civil rights violations to nullify the 2004 election in Ohio, but nothing is being done. Thousands of incidents of voter suppression and disenfranchisement were registered, mostly in predominately African-American neighborhoods. The mainstream media has all but silenced these voices, but this discrimination must be exposed and addressed immediately.

There is also an abundance of circumstantial evidence of criminal election fraud in this past election. Among many examples: Statistically impossible discrepancies between exit polls and final results, electronic voting machines that counted backwards, added or eliminated votes, or attributed votes to the wrong candidate (over 90% in favor of George Bush), and several known illegal lock-downs in voting places in Ohio, Florida and California.

Numerous election laws and First Amendment rights have also been blatanty violated by Ohio Sec. Of State Kenneth Blackwell, county election board officials, and electronic voting machine company officials, but none have been held accountable.

Every day, more and more information surfaces that challenges the integrity and legitimacy of the 2004 United States Presidential Election. With our democracy at stake, we cannot wait for the GAO to complete it’s study of voting problems 2 or 3 years from now.

Thank you for representing us, Senator Feingold. We remember the courageous position you took against the Patriot Act. The decision you make Thursday will also be long remembered.