Jan. 1 deadline and it WILL happen -- if you help, of course!

[BernieBear]

Dear :you rock:,

Today, we surpassed the 27,000 mark with our online petition. The hand signed version of the petition has over 1,500, and more are rolling in hourly. We are nearing the conclusion of our petition campaign. There are still more than 30 hours to get the word out! Please go to www.ContestTheVote.org right now and click on 'Tell Others'. Then dump your entire address book. Dig deep! We can make 50,000 signatures by the deadline, which is 8:00 AM, PST on Jan 1, 2005.

This is crunch time.

Hand delivering the petitions to the senators by constituents will have an additional impact. We still need volunteers to print and deliver the petitions to senators in many states. If you are interested in volunteering, please let us know. Send us an email with “Volunteer” in the subject line and your contact information (name, address, phone, email address) in the body of the email.

We are continuing our efforts to coordinate with other groups. If you are organizing a rally or related event, please let us know. We will list it on our web site and send out a mailing to people in your area.

Contest the Vote is turning up all over. Grassroots participation has been strong, with people collecting signatures at rallies and events around the country. We’ve gotten lots of coverage, including airtime on Air America. Much thanks to all who have helped get our site listed on hundreds of sites and blogs online. We are now listed on over 500 different web pages, including the front page of Michael Moore’s site. Not bad for 3 weeks’ work!

Thank you for your support in keeping kitchen table activism alive.

Sincerely,

Maegan Prentice
www.ContestTheVote.org
[e-mail]

:love ya:

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1. kick! n/t

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2. Dolores Huerta...

Call for Boxer to Challenge the Vote!
Press Conference and Rally at 12 noon
Senator Boxer's Office
1700 Montgomery St.,
San Francisco, CA

Join Dolores Huerta and other labor, civil rights and peace leaders as we
petition Senator Boxer to stand up and challenge the Electoral College vote
that comes before Congress on Jan. 6. While Jesse Jackson leads a Jan. 3
rally in Columbus, Ohio, calling attention to the misdeeds of Secretary of
State Blackwell, the voting machine companies that "fixed" the recount, and
the concerted effort there to deny African Americans and students the right
to vote, here in California we'll let Barbara Boxer know that we, her
constituents, expect her to step out and represent us. As chronicled in
Fahrenheit 9/11, it was a shameful day in America when no Senator would join
with the Black Caucus representatives to challenge the results of the 2000
election. That must not happen again.

At the Monday Press Conference we will be presenting thousands of signatures
on locally circulated petitions calling on Senator Boxer to do the right
thing. In addition, we'll inform the media of the 27,000+ on line signatures
that Contest the Vote has gathered on Boxer petitions nationally.

Bay Area concerned citizens: join us to impress upon Senator Boxer our
conviction that this election is not over!

In addition, at 11 am a group will meet at the Embarcadero BART station and
walk over to Boxer's office together, handing out Electiongate fliers to
passers-by.

Sponsored by (partial list): Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club's Voting
Rights Task Force; United for Peace and Justice-Bay Area; East Bay Votes;
Dean Club of Silicon Valley; Reclaim the Commons; ReDefeat Bush.

For more information, call Wellstone representatives at [phone].
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peace!

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3. kick

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4. it's spreading fast because of the easy "tell others" program. n/t

[magellan]

5. Done and kick (nim)

[BernieBear]

6. Thanks to all. The more signatures the better as these folks will be hand

delivering them to Senator Boxer!!!!! Sign and forward :)