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Yes, in fact, I do drive a Volvo.
by KTinOhio on Mon Nov 15, 2004 at 11:39:32 AM PDT
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(2) Donate toward the costs of food and shelter for volunteers and other mobilization expenses.
(3) If you live in Ohio, Volunteer to offer food and shelter to the Ohio Recount volunteers. That helps stretch out the money.
More information about how the recount is going is on the home page of the Green candidate, David Cobb. You may also be able to find info on the website of the Libertarian candidate, Michael Badnarik.
Thanks to the thousands of people who have already donated toward the initial filing fees and expenses, they have already met that goal and can now move forward with the actual mobilization:
by Sycamore on Mon Nov 15, 2004 at 12:07:43 PM PDT
I've felt completely useless and angry ever since 11-3. I live in Knox County, OH, where all the Kenyon students got screwed and were forced to stand in line til 4:00 am to vote. Somehow, I feel like if I'm able to participate in the recount, that will be my own little bit of revenge. :)
Bush/Cheney - in your guts, you know they're nuts.
by Lufah on Mon Nov 15, 2004 at 01:38:34 PM PDT
I hated Bush before it was cool.
by daveriegel on Mon Nov 15, 2004 at 02:17:16 PM PDT
I found out about it the next day. Students waited in line until 4:00 am to vote. There was a crappy article in the local newspaper about how it was all just an unlucky confluence of events, blah blah blah - they said they had 2 polling stations open, but one worked very slow for about 3 hours until it was fixed. It was a whole bunch of "Not our fault!! This happens!"
Except Gambier (where Kenyon is located) is pretty much the only reliably liberal area in this county, and they were the ones to have this problem? Also, in the months preceding, there was a scare campaign directed at the students to try and stop them from registering to vote in Ohio - telling them they could be committing a felony, etc. The local Dems did their best to correct this disinformation, but enough crap has happened directed at Kenyon that the whole thing feels wrong to me. Just like this whole election feels wrong to me. :)
by Lufah on Mon Nov 15, 2004 at 02:26:11 PM PDT
If it isnt already. Lots of complaints logged by states on the site.
And that goes for anyone else who knows of irregularites, fishy occurrences.
Might be worth checking it out.
Should a "progressive" Dem blog dwell in the safe zones of a tame party, or should it drive a tame party to break out?
by NYCee on Mon Nov 15, 2004 at 04:44:53 PM PDT
I've no doubt these stories are true (or that they effect impact of election), but this kind of thing, deplorable though it is does not constitute fraud. Its the way the party in power GAMES elections which should indicate to people that elections aren't a clear, direct reflection of the electorate's will. Like any information collection system (what else is an election?) it can be skewed, and often is.
The problem fraud folks have is that this kind of gaming isn't illegal.
Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds. --Elie Wiesel
by a gilas girl on Tue Nov 16, 2004 at 05:31:19 AM PDT
by white blitz on Tue Nov 16, 2004 at 05:53:53 AM PDT
Oyez, oyez!
Any efforts made to coerce, intimidate, discourage, or disenfrachise voters or otherwise interfere with the casting, counting or handling of ballots shall henceforth be considered a capital crime under federal law and those convicted shall be hanged by the neck until dead.
So say all of we!
by Disenfranshit on Tue Nov 16, 2004 at 10:09:34 AM PDT
by a gilas girl on Tue Nov 16, 2004 at 06:22:59 PM PDT
Much the same thing happened in Little Haiti during the early voting, when the polling place there had less machines than those in some other neighborhoods, despite lines that were at times longer than 4 hours (as compared with much shorter lines at polling places with more machines that just happened to be in heavily Republican areas).
"Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither liberty nor security." -Ben Franklin
by leevank on Mon Nov 15, 2004 at 04:05:35 PM PDT
This is a good site that has tons of complaints (irregularities, appearances of malfeasance, suppression) logged next to states.
Maybe yours has not been logged.
by NYCee on Mon Nov 15, 2004 at 04:48:33 PM PDT
Mamas and grandmamas love you, 'cause that's all they know how to do. But you never planned on the bombs in the sand, or sleepin' in your dress blues.
by Jello2028 on Mon Nov 15, 2004 at 07:20:32 PM PDT
"Doing My Best to Piss off the Conservative Right..."
by MelvinFrohike on Mon Nov 15, 2004 at 11:16:58 PM PDT
Victim of the *other* war America is waging.
by nephalim on Mon Nov 15, 2004 at 07:33:41 PM PDT
Havent we ponied up enough for the time being?
We paid for the total asked for. Let's not be excessive, ie, openended 24/7 ATMs.
We did our job moneywise. Now let's see some action.
(Skinflint student dying to see PERFORMANCE, not requests for more dough.;-)
by NYCee on Mon Nov 15, 2004 at 04:55:29 PM PDT
http://www.votersunite.org/
Here is an action center with alerts, contacts (relevant Congressional members, Jimmy Carter, media, etc) and info from Jonathan Simon of Verified Voting. In it he rebuts an argument made against the NC anomalies diaried yesterday.
http://www.donotconcede.com/
He is here, too, on Scoop.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/archive/scoop/stories/29/4c/200411111345.8ffc617c.html
Chart of Florida touch screen v scanner discrepancies by counties.
http://www.ecotalk.org/Florida2004.htm
by NYCee on Mon Nov 15, 2004 at 07:57:20 PM PDT
wide narrow
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