(Edited to add - SORRY - Not until I clicked on the link did the date of this show up, and this was Cahill's Nov 3rd statement.)
This is MAJOR! Please read & circulate to others still hopeful democracy may exist in America....
Statement from Kerry Campaign Manager Mary Beth Cahill on Ohio
For Immediate Release
Boston, MA - Kerry-Edwards campaign manager Mary Beth Cahill released the following statement:
“The vote count in Ohio has not been completed. There are more than 250,000 remaining votes to be counted. We believe when they are, John Kerry will win Ohio.”
http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2004_1103.htmlStatement of Rep. John Conyers, Jr.
2004 Election Forum
Columbus, Ohio, December 13, 2004
At the outset of this hearing, I would like to announce that 10
Members of Congress, including myself, have written to Governor
Taft asking him to either delay or treat as provisional the vote of
Ohio’s presidential electors.
Secretary of State Blackwell’s actions have had the result of
unduly delaying the initial certification of votes so that
any recount and other litigation could not possibly be completed
by December 13. Under these circumstances, law and equity –-
not to mention the credibility of our democratic system –-
demand a delay.
The closer we get to Columbus and the Ohio presidential election,
the worse it looks.
Each and every day it becomes increasingly clear that the
Republican power structure in this state is acting as if
they have something to hide:
1) Why else would the Secretary of State abrogate Ohio law and lock
down public election records in Green County this weekend?
2) Why else would Mr. Blackwell -- who is also the co-chair of the
Bush-Cheney campaign in Ohio ! -- take position after position to prevent
citizens from registering, prevent registered voters from getting
ballots, and prevent lawful ballots from being counted?
3) Why else would Mr. Blackwell refuse to answer a single one of the
36 questions presented to him by 12 members of Congress?
4) Why else would Mr. Blackwell unnecessarily delay the certification
of the Ohio vote, making a recount impossible by the meeting of the
electoral college?
5) Why else would the exit polls, which showed a significant lead for
Kerry throughout the day, be so out of whack with the final returns?
6) Why else would there not be a single investigation by the state into
the huge Republican effort to disenfranchise minority voters?
No investigation into the unprecedented lock down on Warren County?
No investigation into the mysterious disappearance of 4,000 votes in
Franklin County?
There is no right more precious in our constitution than the
right to vote.
That is why I pledge that this investigation will not end and
we will not go away until these questions are answered.
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