Reply #15: Here is my letter to Conyers/House Judiciary [View All]

[Peace Patriot]

Feel free to use it, or any part of it. I'll try to track down the DU site of previous discussion this morning--to see if there is an action plan. Meanwhile, I'd say, go for it. Do it yourself. Send out to everyone you know. Re: Internet Explorer--just try again. Mine sometimes crashes, too--especially when it's been loaded for a long time and I've opened a lot of pages.

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Sent at:
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/contact.html

Dear Congressman Conyers and Members of the House Judiciary Committee:

There is no more important issue facing our country than whether or not the 2004 election was honest, aboveboard and transparent, and whether or not the results of that election are correct.

There is overwhelming evidence of grave irregularities in the 2004 election, including extensive vote suppression against minority voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, non-transparency in electronic voting, misbehavior or illegal acts by partisan Republican voting officials, and numerous expert analyses of various sets of data pointing to widespread vote stealing. (These studies include, for instance, electronic vs. paper voting, Exit Polls vs. official results, and top of the ticket vs. lower ticket, and conclude with astronomical odds against the official outcomes.)

The House Judiciary Committee should undertake a full investigation of the 2004 Election. Congress should not allow the Ohio Electors for President Bush to be certified until a full investigation of all election irregularities has been conducted.

Further, a particular issue that must be addressed is partisan Republican control over the secret source code that runs central electronic vote tabulation across the country, and over particular voting machines, and the lack of a paper trail. These conditions are made to order for fraud, and at the very least are inspiring widespread questioning of the legitimacy of our government, already under a cloud from the 2000 Election.

Both Democrats and Republicans, and all Americans, have a vital interest in the transparency of our elections and the legitimacy of our government. Power that is wrongfully achieved is brittle and vulnerable. The power of consensus is far sturdier, as the Founders of our Republic understood. The consent of the governed, and a balance of power, are the bedrocks of our democracy. Without them, our country will fail. Please act to restore those bedrocks: consent and balance!