Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:40:32 -0500
From: "D. Cinelli" <d.cinelli@verizon.net>
Subject: Message from California Grassroots for Kerry/Some useful links

This is Your Call to Action
----- Original Message -----
From: Jennifer Hodges
To: Jennifer Hodges
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 3:57 PM
Subject: This is Your Call to Action


Hello John Kerry supporters!


  You have worked  tirelessly for over a year to elect John Kerry and other Democratic candidates. 
You've donated money, phone banked, registered voters, wrote letters to the editor, put up lawn signs, knocked on doors and monitored polls. You were there when they needed you.  They still need you, perhaps now more than ever.

  But more, your Democracy needs you.

  We have been extremely cautious with respect to calling you to action because we are mindful of  accusations of sour grapes or wild conspiracy theories.  This caution has helped us as we now feel confident enough to reach out and share what we have learned:

   We believe there were irregularities in crucial voting precincts that may have influenced the outcome of the election in George Bush's favor on November 2nd.  We believe the only way to restore faith in the integrity of the electoral process is to investigate these irregularities. We believe this strongly enough that we ask you to investigate for yourself by reading the articles below.  Then, we ask you to devote a few more days before you take your holiday vacation to call for an investigation.

  You will be joining a growing chorus of Democrats who suspect that the message of a fair shake for the middle class did, in fact, resonate with Middle America.  That Americans really do vote rationally, the way they always have, and that exit polls tell the truth, the way they always have.

  Already, six congress people have filed for an investigation and John Kerry's team of lawyers has been doing an independent investigation.  We have been calling for electronic voting machines with a paper ballot for years because we know the alternative is an invitation for fraud.  We need to know that fraud did not occur.

  The mainstream media is beginning to follow this story, led by Keith Olbermann at MSNBC, whose blog has frequent updates on the state of the election and the irregularities. Please send him a note at: KOlbermann@msnbc.com thanking him for his journalistic enthusiasm and for staying on the story.

  This is no substitute for the work that needs to happen over the next years.  Work on communicating our message, work on building a deep bench of qualified candidates, work reviving Democratic appeal to all, regardless of region or culture.  But without these investigations, it is possible that no matter how much work we invest, we will never win.

  This is your call to action.  Pass this on.

  Articles

  Evidence Mounts that the Vote Was Hacked   http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/110804Z.shtml

  Worse Than 2000: Tuesday's Electoral Disaster   http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/110804A.shtml

  Kerry Won. . .   http://www.tompaine.com/articles/kerry_won_.php

  Ohio Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Votes  

  Broward machines count backward
 

  Sites to visit and support

Black Box Voting
 
Votergate

 Verified Voting

Election Protection

Voters Unite


  People and media to contact

  A quick guide to each state's democratic party.
  http://www.democrats.org/states/

  Find contact info for all senators, representatives and Secretaries of State
  http://www.firstgov.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

  The People's Email Network
  http://www.thepen.us/e-fraud.html

  Contact info for state election directors
  http://cadca.org/CoalitionResources/ElectionGuide/EG-Appendix3.asp

  Great Congressional guide to local media by state.
  http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media

  Also these journalists: (Aaron Brown's is wrong, so is one CBS one, I can't figure out which)
  ftn@cbsnews.com ; evening@cbsnews.com
  hardball@msnbc.com ; nightly@nbc.com ; MTP@NBC.com ;today@nbc.com ;
  niteline@abc.com ; ETAUDR@abc.com ;wnn@abcnews.com ; letters@msnbc.com ;
  2020@abc.com ; 60ll@cbsnews.com ; aaronbrown@cnn.com ; am@cnn.com
  cnn@cnn.com ; Colmes@foxnews.com ; Fox@foxnews.com ;imus@msnbc.com ;
  Jack.Cafferty@turner.com ;jconason@observer.com ; wolf@cnn.com ;
  Joe@msnbc.com ;LarryKingLive@turner.com ; Lateedition@cnn.com
  ;letters@charleskrauthammer.com ; liberties@nytimes.com; LouDobbs@cnn.com ;
  Norville@msnbc.com ;nytnews@nytimes.com;PeterJennings@abcnews.com
  ;Public@nytimes.com ; sidney_blumenthal@yahoo.com ;Ted.Koppel@abc.com ;
  greg.ip@wsj.com ; editor@usatoday.com


  Sample Letter to Media  (tailor this letter for election officials and congress people):

  Every journalist and news organization has a vested interest in investigating and exposing any possible fraud that may have damaged our   democracy on November 2nd. Whether it is the kind of fraud that happened in
2000 or tampering with the vulnerable and republican-owned electronic voting machines that evidence suggests occurred.

  The House Judiciary Committee has asked the GAO to investigate numerous problems with the election process, and stories continue to point to irregularities that can no longer be ignored.

  The press declared a mea culpa one year after passively reporting  the misinformation fed to it in the lead up to the Iraq invasion. You can restore your reputation by helping Americans restore our faith in the integrity of the election system and to declare that "There are certain things that should never be privatized.  Democracy is one of them."

  If you have any doubt that what happened November 2nd was anything but a fair and square victory for the George Bush administration, it is your duty as a journalist to follow your instinct.  You will be rewarded.  You will
  have half the country rooting for you, and grassroots groups eager to support you as you call for an investigation.

  Please, step up to the plate!


Jennifer Hodges
California Grassroots for Kerry
Director, Speakers Bureau & Constituent Groups
p 310.289.5438
c 323.646.0632

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See Also Related Links:
INSIDE THE ELECTION FRAUD BATTLE
Did Bush Steal the 2000 and 2004 Elections?
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