Something we can do NOW: contact state electors to follow VT's example

[eowyn_of_rohan]

This is a great opportunity to make a potentially big impact before January 6. Contact all "blue state" electors and ask them to follow Vermont's example:

pointsoflight posted this thread on Dec 23:
"VT electors call for contest of OH electoral votes"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=203&topic_id=191854
"Vermont Electors Request Senators and Congressperson to Refuse to Certify Ohio Electors
Dec. 15 (EIRNS)--VERMONT ELECTORS DENOUNCE UNCONSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTION OF RIGHT TO VOTE; CALL FOR CONGRESS TO TAKE UP VALIDITY OF OHIO VOTE."

I’ve posted contact info for the Wisconsin electors on the Wisconsin board, and will continue with the rest of the Blue states, but it might take awhile...Here is contact info I have found for the 55 California electors. I can't guarantee it all, but if any of these #'s or emails don't work, you can contact electors through the California Democratic Party
Sacramento Office:
1401 21st Street, Suite 100, Sacramento CA 95814
Sacramento, California 95814
[phone] phone
[phone] fax

Los Angeles Office
888 S. Figueroa Street, 4th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90017
[phone] phone
[phone] fax

online: http://www.cadem.org/site/apps/fc/form.asp?c=fvLRK7O3E&b=34877

Contact Info for Individual Electors.......

1 Franklin A. Acevedo
LOS ANGELES, CA; [e-mail]

2 Joe Baca Jr.
Assemblyman- District 62. Capitol Office: P.O. Box 942849, Sacramento, CA 94249-0062
[phone], [phone] fax

3 Paul Batterson
8824 Bold Ruler Way, FairOaks, CA 95828, [phone].

4 Andrew Benjamin
[phone], Spring Valley, CA 91977

5 Adele Bihn
(business) 160 E VIRGINIA ST, SAN JOSE, CA 95112-5857, 408-275-8300 EXT 0000

6 Moreen Blum
SHERMAN OAKS CA, DEMOCRATIC CLUB President
[phone] [e-mail]

7 James G. Bohm
(business: Bohm, Francis, Kegel & Aguilera LLP)
2603 Main St., Suite 1000, Irvine, CA 92614 , 949/ 253-0000, 949/ 794-5930 fax
[e-mail]

8 Pedro Carillo
[phone], 844 S Westlake Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90057

9 Michael Carpenter
President: Greater L.A. Driving Society
9845 Foothill Place, Lake View Terrace, CA 91342, 818-890-6844
email: [e-mail]

10 Kenneth Costa
[phone], Fresno, CA 93650

11 Joseph Cotchett
(Democratic activist and lawyer with Cotchett, Pitre, Simon & McCarthy)
office: 840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200
Burlingame, California 94010
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

12 Darrell Darling
[phone], 314 W Cliff Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
[e-mail]

13 Rocco Davis
[phone], Roseville, CA 95661

14 Amarjit Dhaliwal
1401Spanos Court # 205, Modesto , CA 95350, Phone: [phone]

15 Chloe Drew
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 510-663-1207, (?still valid> [e-mail] )

16 Yolanda Dyer
NORWALK, CA
daughter of Congresswoman GRACE F. NAPOLITANO
http://www.house.gov/napolitano/

17 James T. Ewing
32745 Texas Drive Yucaipa, CA 92399, [phone]
President of Riverside County Democratic Central Committee , 328 North State Street, Hemet, CA
[phone], www.democratswriverside.com

18 Louise Giacoppe
wife of George Giacoppe of the Democratic Party of Orange County - [e-mail]
[phone] HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA

19 Paul L Goldenberg
"big-money contributor to the Democratic Party"
Owner: Paul’s TV & Video-500 N. Harbor Blvd.,LA HABRA HEIGHTS, CA
[phone] or [phone]

20 Grant Gruber
ran for state senator, 31st district.
opinions editor, Highlander newspaper, University of California, RIVERSIDE
[e-mail]

21 Douglas E. Hitchcock
Candidate for Governing Board Member; Garden Grove Unified School District
[phone], 11382 Fredrick Dr, Garden Grove, CA 92840
[e-mail]

22 Mark Hsu
97 Isabella Avenue, Atherton, CA, 94027

23 C. Paul Johnson
Chairman of the Board, Napa Community Bank,
(can only find bank info: 600 Trancas Street,NAPA, CA, 707-227-9300)

24 David Johnson
LOS ANGELES, CA (can't find contact info)

25 Barbara Kerr
Life-long Republican, recently became "Democrat", delegate at the Democratic National Convention...
RIVERSIDE, CA; president of the California Teachers Association
California Teachers Association -1705 Murchison Drive, P. O. Box 921, Burlingame, CA 94011-0921
Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] e-mail: [e-mail]

26 Susan Koehler
[phone], Carlsbad, CA 92009

27 Marvin Kropke
BUSINESS MANAGER International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
297 NORTH MARENGO AVE., PASADENA 91101
P.O. BOX 2500, PASADENA 91102-2500
[phone] FAX [phone]

28 N. Mark Lam
attorney, [phone], 10362 Calle Madero, Fountain Valley, CA 92708

29 Margaret Lawrence
SAN DIEGO, CA
[e-mail] (I THINK this is her)

30 Ted Lieu
City Councilman, TORRANCE, CA
[e-mail]
http://www.ci.torrance.ca.us/city/lieu_bio.htm

31 Donald Linker M.D.
415-677-5909 • 415-331-3563 (fax)
909 Montgomery Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94133
[e-mail]

32 Chuck Lowery
[phone], , Oceanside, CA 92054
President of PACIFIC BAKERY, OCEANSIDE, CA
[e-mail]
secretary of the state delegation to the Electoral College
From Dailykos: (At the 51 state protest) "...most charismatic speaker was Chuck Lowery. Lowery is a California member of the Electoral College who flew up from Oceanside. He said that the election officials know about tomorrow's planned march and protest, and have changed the time for the electors to arrive to 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Since tomorrow's permit doesn't begin until 11:00, the electors won't even see the demonstrators."

33 Diana Madoshi
ROCKLIN, CA
Placer County Democratic Committee member
[phone] [e-mail]
http://www.placerdemocrats.com/contact.htm

34 Robert H. Manley
Director, Region. 14 Cal. Dem. Party
HIM??? [phone], 1264 1/2 S Cloverdale Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90019

35 George Marcus
"Chairman of Marcus and Millichap Co., a real estate brokerage and development company was named by California Gov. Gray Davis to the University of California Board of Regents. He is a prominent contributor to Democratic politics. "
LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA
email contact here: http://www.marcusmillichap.com/AboutUs/Executives/Bios.asp?EID=14

36 Valerie McDonald
LONG BEACH, CA
daughter of Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald: 21839 S. AVALON BLVD., STE. 174
CARSON, CA 90745, BUSINESS: [phone]

37 Randy Monroe
RUNNING SPRINGS, CA (???)

38 Gwen Moore
LOS ANGELES, CA - Gwen Moore [phone], 1641 E 114th St, Los Angeles, CA 90059
Business: GEM Communications,4201 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 615, Los Angeles, California
323-954-3777 ; [e-mail]

39 Mitch O'Farrell
Field Deputy and Public Works Deputy -13th District. City Hall Office (213)-473-7013,200 N. Spring Street, Rm 470,Los Angeles, CA 90012
[e-mail] - Put in Subject line: Mitch_O'Farrell

40 Gary Prost
LIVERMORE, CA
campaign manager for Democratic congressional candidate Jerry McNerney
[phone]
member Alameda County Democratic Party

41 Barbara Pyle
5138 E. Ashlan Avenue, #125, Fresno, CA
Democratic Committee-Vice Chair- [phone]
[e-mail]

42 Mary Salas
Chula Vista Councilmember
Chula Vista Mayor and Council Office
276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910
[phone]
[phone] Fax
contact online: http://www.chulavistaca.gov/City_Services/Mayor_Council/seat4Contact.asp

43 Salvador Sanchez
LOS ANGELES, CA (???)

44 Paula Sandusky
VACAVILLE, CA
[phone], 617 Cordelia Cir, Vacaville, CA 95687

45 Barbara Schraeger -US Senate
SAUSALITO, CA
Democratic Party- Women's Leadership Forum
Northern California Vice Chair -Barbara Schraeger
Women's Leadership Forum
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

46 Lane M. Sherman
Lane Sherman, [phone], 20426 Via Medici, Northridge, CA 91326

47 Andrew M. Siegel
SANTA BARBARA, CA
(?) Andrew Siegel, [phone], Santa Barbara, CA 93101

48 Gary Simmons
CHICO, CA
(???)

49 Karl Slifer
SAN RAMON, CA
(???)

50 John Smith
FREMONT, CA
(???)

51 Kyriakos Tsakopoulos
GRANITE BAY, CA
Board of Trustees, Sutter Roseville Medical Center Foundation
KT Development Corporation, 2251 Douglas Blvd., Suite 110, Roseville, CA 95661
[phone]

52 Lynda Von Husen
PALMDALE, CA
Antelope Valley Democratic HQ
837 Ave. Q-9, Palmdale, CA 93550
Demo Party of the San Fernando Valley
661.267.0314
661.267.0416
www.dpsfv.com
www.democrats-hd.org

53 Karen Waters
INGLEWOOD, CA
Daughter of U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters
http://www.house.gov/waters/

54 Lenore Wax
LOS ANGELES, CA
Lenore K Wax, [phone], 341 N Poinsettia Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Campaign committee president for Rep. Henry Waxman
www.henrywaxman.house.gov

55 Adam Woo
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Age 18, a senior at George Washington High School in San Francisco, chosen by his classmates to serve as an elector at the behest of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco.
http://www.house.gov/pelosi/

[eowyn_of_rohan]

1. "Electoral College can shine through for the first time in our history"

In the process of researching, I found this -
www.morningsedition.com/archives/2004/11/wednesday_to_yo.html

...and a post from ‘Don’ who is working with MoveOn.org, to try to start a national appeal to our Electoral College to “save us from a stolen election”. He says, “Our Constitution (the closest thing to a perfect document we'll ever know) gives us the mechanism to deal with the outrage of a blatantly stolen election, only no one has yet had the guts and the opportunity to use it! The College has always been seen as an impediment to a true expression of the popular will here is the perfect and obvious way to make it work as it should work, as a counter-force against an arrogant, incompetent, fascistic and ruthless group of ideologues who would have us believe that, if they can steal it, God wants them to have it!!”

And further, “Here is where the wisdom of the Electoral College can shine through for the first time in our history. An unscrupulous state Attorney General can obstruct a re-count, and a doubtful, intimidated Supreme Court can indeed fail us as well. But a thoughtful, conscientious Electoral College can look upon all this and say, "Sorry, boys, not this time." And thereby make history.”

He gives a sample letter that was written to the Democratic Party and Electors, and invites us to use any part of it in communicating with newspapers, Electors, Congressional reps, etc.

Here is the letter:

(This was written before the December 13 electoral vote, but there is some good material here that could be re-written for our purposes).

I am appalled at the apparent fraud involved in the 2004 elections. I have been actively involved with the campaign, as have friends and family members across the country. Therefore I have first hand experience and have heard from those who have had first hand experience with the vote suppression and voting irregularities involving both the touch-screen and the opti-scan voting machines.

Now that the hand counted numbers are coming in, it is a little hard to call these irregularities "isolated," "sporadic" or "human
error." There is clear evidence from more than one investigating body, of fraud. For a brief synopsis of litigation already in progress as of yesterday, please see the attached. This vote fraud should be investigated as criminal. Information is now readily available to show that enough fraud has been involved in both Ohio and Florida to compromise the validity of George Bush's "election" to office.

I choose to live in the United States because I BELIEVE in the inherent worth of democracy. Fraudulent elections are not democracy, and I demand that all processes to certify this election be halted until the fraud is fully disclosed, the parties involved criminally prosecuted, and the correctly elected individuals placed to the offices they have rightfully gained.

According to black-letter election law, Bush does not officially get a second term until the electors from the Electoral College go to Washington D.C on December 12th (sic). A block should be put on Bush's second term until a full investigation and correction is done. I, for one, do not believe he has legitimately gained his seat. I, as an American, deserve to have my faith in our electoral system restored--not with platitudes for "reconciliation" and denial, but with a full investigation of the fraud allegations that do not die, but become larger each day. The strength of a democracy is measured by its ability to deliver a credible candidate to its
offices, not by complicity to keep fraudulent vote tampering quiet.

There is enough hard evidence now to justify calling a halt to the process and investigating each and every one of the discrepancies.
I want you to not only withhold your own votes, but contact other electors nationally and refuse to cast your electoral votes until this matter is taken up by a multi-partisan commission which holds hearings and subpoena's information from Diebold and the other companies involved in the optical scan and touch screen voting machines, as well as the ample information nationwide that certain categories of Americans had their votes suppressed or discarded. I want a full disclosure of the contributions to Bush's re-election campaign by those businesses involved in the votingbox schemes,
as well as those individuals engineering vote suppression. Those
individuals have committed acts of treason against our democracy, and we deserve better.

Sincerely, Rev. Dr. B

[eowyn_of_rohan]

2. Does anyone care to do something constructive today?

:kick:

[s-cubed]

3. kick

[keepthemhonest]

4. sure

did some constructive stuff this morning. I am ready for round two.

[keepthemhonest]

5. do you have a form letter

or example of what you would like us to say. I will be able to email some of them but not call ,ot today anyway.

[keepthemhonest]

6. OK done

I emailed all the ones that had email. thanks for your hard work.

We can change the world.