MSNBC also mentioned the 90,000 votes which are higher than registration levels in one Ohio county, probably using a source like the following:
http://pages.ivillage.com/americans4america/id20.html What more could one need? Kerry may or may not be a "hero" in killing Vietnamese, but certainly not in the fight for democracy. (He was even quite relaxed, smiling in conceding -- like 'got u'). Paul Z. ************************************************************************* Vol.21-Neoliberalism in Crisis, Accumulation, and Rosa Luxemburg's Legacy RESEARCH IN POLITICAL ECONOMY, Zarembka/Soederberg, eds, Elsevier Science ********************** http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PZarembka On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Paul Zarembka wrote: > Go for it! MSNBC 'Countdown' tonight was on election fraud. E.g., it > reported 29 elections results in Florida overwhelming reporting Bush votes > with overwhelming Democratic registrations! It gave 5 examples with > numbers on the screen. All 29 had used Diebold scanners! > > 'Countdown' also mentioned Ohio issues, altho not Diebold computers. I > think it will be continued tomorrow night (8 Eastern). > > Ranking House Minority Judiciary Committee Member Conyers stated on the > program that he could not say the results would not have been affected if > they counting were honest (but he also noted that his leader had already > conceded). > > Bottom line: the issue has gone mainstream, Kerry or no Kerry. > > Paul Z. > > ************************************************************************* > RESEARCH IN POLITICAL ECONOMY, Zarembka/Soederberg, eds, Elsevier Science > ********************** http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/PZarembka > > > On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote: > > > John Kerry and the Democratic Party elite abjectly conceded and want > > you to stand down in the interest of getting on with the bipartisan > > program of making Iraq safe for foreign investors and making the rich > > richer and the poor poorer in America -- but we shouldn't. If we > > cannot stand up for the most basic of democratic rights -- voting > > rights, especially of Black, Latino, and other working-class voters > > -- we are not capable of winning anything better, such as the end to > > the Iraq War and establishment of single-payer universal health care. > > > > Bob Fitrakis, the editor of the Free Press, writes: "[U]nofficial > > results showed Bush with 136,483 more votes than Kerry, although > > 155,428 provisional ballots, 92,672 'spoiled' ballots, additional > > overseas ballots, and some remaining absentee ballots remained > > uncounted. The day after his concession, Kerry drew 3,893 votes > > closer to Bush when a computerized voting machine 'glitch' was > > discovered in an Ohio precinct. A machine in ward 1B in the > > predominantly Republican Gahanna, Ohio, recorded 4,258 votes for > > George W. Bush when only 638 people cast votes at the New Life Church > > polling site" ("None Dare Call It Voter Suppression and Fraud," > > November 7, 2004, > > <http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2004/983> and > > <http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Nov2004/Fitrakis1108.htm>). > > > > Most importantly, "[s]poiled ballots will only be counted if someone > > with standing, such as five Kerry electors or the Ohio Democratic > > Party, demands and legally qualifies for a recount" (Fitrakis, > > <http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/3/2004/983> and > > <http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Nov2004/Fitrakis1108.htm>). > > > > Call upon the Ohio Democratic Party, Kerry electors, the Ohio Green > > Party, and David Cobb electors to demand a recount. Make them fight > > for voting rights! > > > > Make them do it, even if you think (as I do) that Kerry would be no > > better than Bush on big issues like the Iraq War and single-payer > > universal health care. Why? Because if the recount throws Ohio to > > Kerry, it makes the next President a man who won the electoral > > college but did not win the popular vote, which will weaken the > > executive branch by denying it the illusion of popular consent and > > legitimacy; and even if the recount doesn't change the outcome, your > > demand will send the Democrats and Republicans a message that you > > won't obey their order to keep quiet about the reign of plutocrats > > who continue to assign crappy voting machines to Black, Latino, and > > other working-class precincts that make more of working-class votes > > spoil than votes of the rich white voters. > > > > The Ohio Democratic Party Contact Information: > > > > Dennis White, Chair > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 614-221-6563 x128 (voice) > > > > Dan Trevas, Communications Director > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 614-221-6563 x129 (voice) > > > > Hanna Greer, Executive Director > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 614-221-6563 x100 (voice) > > > > Address: 271 E. State St. Columbus, Ohio 43215 > > Phone: 614-221-6563 (voice) > > 614-221-0721 (fax) > > <http://www.ohiodems.org> > > > > The Democratic National Committee Contact Information: > > <http://democrats.org/contact/> > > > > The Green Party of Ohio Contact Information: > > <http://www.ohiogreens.org/contactlist.html> > > > > The Green Party of the United States Contact Information: > > <http://www.gp.org/> > > > > Cobb/LaMarche '04 Contact Information: > > <http://www.votecobb.org/contact> > > > > Cf. Greg Palast, "An Election Spoiled Rotten," November 2, 2004: > > <http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1102-28.htm> > > "CNN Just Changed Their Ohio Exit Poll Page": > > <http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1293911> > > Thom Hartmann, "The Ultimate Felony Against Democracy," November 4, > > 2004: <http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1104-38.htm> > > Greg Palast, "Kerry Won," November 4, 2004: > > <http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1104-36.htm> > > > > Saturday, November 13, 2004, 1-4 PM > > Public Hearing on Election Irregularities and Voter Suppression > > > > We are calling on anyone who experienced or observed election > > irregularities or voter suppression this election season to come to > > give testimony at a public hearing before public officials, community > > representatives and the media. Your stories will be documented, > > recorded and put into a report and formal complaint to the Board of > > Elections. If you have any information about election irregularities > > please participate. New Faith Baptist Church, 955 Oak St., Columbus, > > Ohio, 43205. > > > > Contact: call 253-2571 or email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for more information. > > Sponsored by Citizen's Alliance for Secure Elections, the CICJ, > > League of Pissed Off Voters, Election Protection Coalition, Common > > Cause, WVKO Radio. > > -- > > Yoshie > > > > * Critical Montages: <http://montages.blogspot.com/> > > * Greens for Nader: <http://greensfornader.net/> > > * Bring Them Home Now! <http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/> > > * OSU-GESO: <http://www.osu-geso.org/> > > * Calendars of Events in Columbus: > > <http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/calendar.html>, > > <http://www.freepress.org/calendar.php>, & <http://www.cpanews.org/> > > * Student International Forum: <http://sif.org.ohio-state.edu/> > > * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osudivest.org/> > > * Al-Awda-Ohio: <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Al-Awda-Ohio> > > * Solidarity: <http://www.solidarity-us.org/> > > > > > > > > >
