January 6, 2005
Barbara Boxer: The Second Millennium's John Hancock
Washington, D.C.--Senator Barbara Boxer announced on the Senate floor this morning that she and a coalition of nine other senators have found, reasonable suspicion, the legal grounds sufficient to call for investigation of the 2004 Presidential Election.
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Senator Boxer announced, "[A]after reviewing the mountains of evidence provided by computer scientists, statisticians, poll watchers, and a compendium of over 100,000 complaints by ordinary citizens, I and other concerned senators, find it imperative, as guardians of a democracy admired around the world, to lead by example and prove that our system is above reproach. In the spirit of this great land, let it be known that on this day a full investigation will begin forthwith, and as the letter of the law of our United States instructs us, the confirmation of the pending Presidency must await the outcome of this investigation."
We can make this real. Here's how:
1. 2nd Millennium John Hancocks Needed: While it may not necessarily be Barbara Boxer, it could be any of our champion Congress people who are emboldened by a true mandate of the people, that would be us, to do the right thing in this regard and make America stronger for it.
If we approached this with the same conviction that we used on the Sinclair Broadcasting unfairness issue, CAN do it. That is, if each of us who believe we cannot wait yet another 4 wars to bring a stop to these massive election shenanigans that have jeopardized the core of our democracy, then make a commitment to spend a day, or at least devote 20 minutes every day between now and January 6th, contacting Congress and asking if they will be OUR Second Millennium John Hancock.
To write Senators:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
To write the House of Representatives:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
Congress telephone numbers website:
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/directory/directory.dbq?command=congdir
- Money: Donate money to organized groups working on this cause, such as Moveon.org. The only group I personally know of that is singularly devoted to the Voting Irregularity Project ("VIP") is USVIP.org and their address is: http://www.usvip.org/
- Petition: Sign Moveon.org's petition for Congress to look into election irregularities at:
http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote/
- Specialist Verifications: If you are a concerned computer scientist, statistician, pollster, please prepare a press release to address to Congress that outlines your non-partisan science-based findings. For instance, you might affirm that in a sound electoral policy that auditibility is the only way to prove legitimacy, or ?
- Compendium of Election Complaints: I made up the "100,000 complaints made by ordinary citizens." The number may in fact exceed that--I don't know. Here are the links to the voting irregularity compendiums that I am aware of so that someone can attain the actual number thus far:
Verified Voting
http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
Voter's Unite:
http://www.votersunite.org/electionproblems.asp
Daily Kos Dkosopedia (Ohio)
http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php/2004_Ohio_Irregularities_-_Details
Democratic Underground ("Fraud Compendiums")
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=201&topic_id=616
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Democratic Underground (Compendium of voting problem "Hotlines")
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=201x252
- Inform the Media: Describe what real leadership can look like when our Second Millennium John Hancocks take on the Voting Integrity Project ("VIP") mandate: http://www.rumormillnews.com/MEDIA_EMAIL_ADDRESSES.htm
- Legal Grounds: We do have legal grounds for "reasonable suspicion." For an excellent legal opinion and historical precedent for the democrats to find their conviction, see:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/30/185532/75
8. Jan. 6th Action: I am informed that all it takes is ONE Congress person to call for investigation of the accuracy of the Presidential election on January 6th to delay the confirmation of the Presidency. While that may be true, of course, a coalition would be preferable.
We cannot wait four more wars to clean up our electoral process. If you are deeply suspicious that this election was once AGAIN stolen, then the time is NOW, before it is too late, to explore every legal option available to us, because to do otherwise is unconscionable.