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America Needs Honest Elections Congress This Week Can Make It Clear
Dear
,
The whole world now knows what went on in Ohio and other states on Election Day, and we simply can't let it happen anymore.
We know that many Americans in inner cities were prevented from voting by eight-hour lines. We know that local officials changed the rules on which votes they counted. We know that technicians from computerized voting companies were allowed to tamper
with balloting machines unsupervised.
Elections with those sorts of problems are not honest.
The winners of these tainted elections assert that their outcomes didn't depend on the fraud. But in sports, referees don't wait until the outcome of the game is in jeopardy before calling penalties and enforcing the rules. Nowhere in the Constitution does it describe some acceptable level of denying Americans their votes. When Congress meets this Thursday, January 6, we'll have a good opportunity to make it clear that Americans want every vote counted, period!
That same Constitution also directs Congress to ratify the result of the presidential election in order to make it official. This Thursday, Representative John Conyers (D-Michigan) plans to challenge the voting tally from his state, and if even one senator joins him, Congress will be compelled to debate the widespread problems that have been exposed. This Congress isn't going to overturn the election, but it would be forced into a
debate that would serve as a national teach-in on voting rights, computer voting that can't be audited and the continued suppression of minority votes. In short - Honest Elections or not?
If you received this email as a member of TrueMajority, you can simply click "Reply" and "Send" in your email program to send the message below to your senators. If you wish to edit the message, or if this email was forwarded to you from someone else, click here to send a message to your senators:
http://truemajority.kintera.org/conyers
Ask that they join Rep. Conyers in forcing this important debate toward Honest elections.
After you've sent your message, forward this email to everyone you know who supports the idea of honest elections.
Toward true democracy,
Matt Holland
Honest Elections Coordinator
Here's the message we'll deliver to your senators:
Dear :
I am disturbed by the widespread reports of irregularities in this past election-not enough
voting machines in inner-city precincts, causing hours-long lines; computerized ballot machines that can't be audited; corporate technicians monkeying around with the public's machines; local officials making up rules on the fly about which votes to actually count.
The key to elections is that all, especially the losers, agree that the elections were fair and
honest. America doesn't have that now, and it's got to change.
Rep. John Conyers will use the occasion of the ratification of the election results to challenge this system; I ask that you do the same. I understand that the results won't be overturned, but the debate resulting from this challenge would expose these irregularities and get America on the path to truly Honest Elections.
Please tell me that you will join Mr. Conyers in sparking this important debate.
Sincerely,
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