NOT ONE, FOUR CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS FILED IN FLA!!

[flyarm]

I HAVE EDITED PHONE NUMBERS AND EMAIL ADDRESSES..FLY

NOT ONE, FOUR CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS FILED IN FLA!!


Hey everyone! This opportunity has come very fast...so while we push this out to all our groups and blogs, (you are receiveing this before we release it later tonight to the MSM), let's make sure to contact Rep. Rush Holt, and thank him for all his hard work on election reform, for proposing a "voter-verified paper ballot", and for letting America know, that these candidates are contesting their races here in Florida, as well as Dist.13. Way to go Rush! Thank you! Don't forget to call:
Matt Dennis at XXXXXXXXXXX

*************
For Immediate Release
For Further Information Contact:

Ms. Marty Ward, Media Relations Coordinator

(954) xxxxxxxxxx Cell

marty@XXXXXXXXXX

MEDIA ALERT

ATTENTION ASSIGNMENT EDITORS

ANNOUNCEMENT ON CONTESTED FLORIDA ELECTIONS

On January 4, 2007, Congressman Rush Holt will address the issue of the outstanding election contests on the floor of the House of Representatives. Congressman Holt will point out that the seating of the new Congress does not indicate that the House has decided the elections which are being contested before it pursuant to 2 USC § 381 et seq., the Federal Contested Elections Act.

Congressman Holt is expected to call for bipartisan support for the investigation into the wide-spread problems of under-votes and over-votes in precincts throughout Florida and for election law reforms to ensure that criteria are established to guarantee fair and verifiable elections in the future so that our country remains a representative democracy where our leaders are actually elected by the voters instead of possibly being elected by machine error or illegal manipulation of the vote count. For more information on Congressman Holt’s position on this important issue, please contact Matt Dennis at 202-225-5801.

The results of four of Florida’s Congressional elections are being contested before the House of Representatives, and five Congressional elections are being contested in Florida state court. John Russell is contesting the results of the 2006 General Election for U.S. Representative for District 5 of the State of Florida and the election of Ginny Brown-Waite. Frank Gonzalez is contesting the results of the election for U.S. Rep. for District 21 of Florida and the election of Lincoln Diaz-Balart. Clint Curtis is contesting the results of the election for U.S. Rep. for District 24 of Florida and the election of Tom Feeney. Mr. Russell, Mr. Gonzalez, and Mr. Curtis are represented by Mark A. Adams, Esquire of Tampa, and they are also contesting these elections in Florida state court. Mr. Curtis is also represented before Congress by Cynthia Butler, Esquire of Washington D.C. Gus Bilirakis’ election in District 9 is also contested in Florida state court.

Christine Jennings is contesting the results of the election for U.S. Rep. for District 13 of Florida before the House of Representatives and in Florida state court. For more information regarding Ms. Jennings’ contests, please contact Coffey and Wright at 305-XXXXXXXXX.( POSTER EDITED & REMOVED ##)

[Stevepol]

1. K&R. n/t

[endarkenment]

2. For six years something rotten in florida

What could it be? Hmmmm....


You think the residents of that state would get tired of the smell.

[flyarm]

3. WE ARE BUT WE HAD WHAT NO OTHER STATE HAD..

jeb..and our hands were tied no matter what we did!!

fly

[philb]

4. Its about time & there were even more problems in 2004 not contested- some documentation

2006 Florida irregularities- touch screen manipulation, minority voter suppression, systematic illegal dirty tricks,etc.

www.flcv.com/Florida6.html

www.flcv.com/sarasot6.html

more later

similar problems in 2004
www.flcv.com/fraudpat.html
www.flcv.com/fla04EAS.html

[philb]

6. Why haven't candidates in other states with documented irregularities filed challenges??

It was documented that Kilroy got the majority of legal voters votes in her Congressional race, and that there were
large amounts of irregularities and malfeasance/misfeasance of officials
why didn't she file??

same for Congressional district 7 in New Jersey that had large numbers of disappearing votes and undervotes like in Sarasota.

and about 10 more races that I'm aware of with evidence of major manipulation.

[bullimiami]

5. five. read....

FL 5, 21, 24, 9, 13

[StrictlyRockers]

7. K&R

[emlev]

8. Do you have sources for info on Congressional Challenges from Dists 5 and 21?

[philb]

32. high undervotes and other irregularities in Dade, too many Dems & Inp votes counted Repub in 5

and the Dems claim they all voted Dem. in several precincts and majority of the Independents.

some info on Dade, not specific to the D21 race
www.flcv.com/dade6.html

[emlev]

9. Any word of challenges from these additional candidates?

Barry Kissel NC-08
Gary Trauner WY
Betsy Madrid NM-01
Victoria Wulsin OH-2
Mary Jo Kilroy OH-15

I'd like to see all of these races challenged.

Any others to add to the list?

[philb]

11. New Jersey 7th, disappearing votes, high undervotes, other irregularities

New Jersey's 7th congressional district— Hunterdon, Middelsex, Sommerset, Union
Ferguson narrowly won, barely, edging Stender by 49% to 48%.

see previous thread on close Congressional races
and

www.flcv.com/NJersey6.html

documentation on the 2 Ohio Cong. races you suggest- I second

www.flcv.com/hamiltn6.html Wuslin

www.flcv.com/frankln6.html Kilroy

www.flcv.com/NCaroli6.html North Carolina

[philb]

14. More very close races with irregularities reported

Ariz 1 Simon
Calif 50 Busby www.flcv.com/califor6.html
Ill 6 Duckworth
Mich 7 Reiner
Nevada 3 Hafen
New Mex 1 Madrid
New York 25 & 26 Mafei & Davis www.flcv.com/NewYork6.html
Virginia 2 Kellum www.flcv.com/virgini6.html
Washington 8 Burner

all decided by less than 3% and with lots of irregularities reported

documentation on rest
www.flcv.com/eirstss6.html
www.flcv.com/eirsppp6.html
www.flcv.com/eirsdt6.html

[emlev]

15. Not all races worthy of inspection were close

Curtis and Feeney (FL-24) were running about even in pre-election polls but Feeney's supposed margin of victory is about 18%, as I recall.

[Stevepol]

19. But of course we can't trust the polls.

We have these relentless Reluctant Republican Responders.

I'll admit that 18% sounds a l ittle high, but hey the machines must be right. Look at how well they print out our bank statements.

Oh wait, scratch that. I forgot there's no paper or verification when you vote.

I suggest if we are going to have machines counting our votes in secret, we should run machines for office.

Of course some would argue we're already doing that.

[emlev]

20. ;-)

[emlev]

10. If these are press releases, why did you remove the contact info? eom

[eomer]

16. Regarding contact info

The author of the press release is Marty Ward, Clint Curtis' campaign manager, so her contact info (email and phone) is available at these two websites:
http://www.clintcurtis.com/
http://clint-curtis.blogspot.com/

I called her and she confirmed that contests in the House have been filed by four candidates: Jennings, Curtis, Russell and Gonzalez.

She also told me that they would like people to call their representatives (and not to call Rep. Holt). My representative is one of the contested winners so I don't think I'll call mine but I'll pass it along so others can call theirs.

[emlev]

17. Thanks, eomer.

[flyarm]

23. because it wasn't going to be released till tonight to the press..

i think that was made clear in the opening of my post.

and i have a mother in law dying and i didn't have time today to dick around calling all the contacts asking if it was ok to release their numbers..

sorry i j8st did not have the time..and it was and is very emotional in my home today..i was asked to get this out..and i did..

it was sent to all the proper people in fla ..and it was a bonus i posted it here..

what can i tell you..i gotta go

fly

[emlev]

12. Here's a little more info on what Holt will be doing tomorrow

According to Rush Holt's office, Holt will be making a parliamentary inquiry that will apply to all races, not just a defined list of districts that may be in question.

[bleever]

13. Thank you, fly.

You Floridians are way, way overdue for some relief from corrupt elections. As are we all, but you folks get front row seats, along with the Ohioans.

:thumbsup:

[flyarm]

22. georgia and fla were ground zero!!

fortunately or unfortunately ..i live in two states ..fla and nj..but i know Holt and i love the man!!

he knows more than anyone gives him credit for..i would trust him with my first born grand child!! ( that i don't have yet!! heck, i don't have the daughter in law yet...)

by joe ..i think this time we may have lift off though!!


oh and sorry but i won't be able to answer any questions..because i am flying out to west coast..and won't be on computer...just awaiting a call..and i will be off...my hubby needs me right now...

gotta go..fly

[In Truth We Trust]

18. Hand Counted Paper Ballots NOW! Nothing more and Nothing less!

[flyarm]

21. sorry i haven't responded all day ..but mother in law taken off life support today

i was asked to send this to all my activists in fla ..and i did ..but my mother in law was taken off life support today..and i have to fly from east coast to calif ..so very busy to say the least..and pretty broken up...

so please just consider me the conduit to get this info out right now..i can't do much more under the circumstances..

ohhh and reason i edited the phone numbers..was i didn't have time to find out if i could post this here on du..but i wanted to get this info to you all..asap...but it was for the florida dem voting activist email lists basically..and i run a huge list as a dem delegate..and mentor to many of the voting machine activists...

and i just didn't have time to mess around today with calling..i was awaiting calls from hubby on his mom coming off ventilator..and all machines...

gotta go..

fly

[OnTheOtherHand]

24. ouch -- best wishes to you and yours n/t

[emlev]

29. Take care, fly. Be good to each other in this difficult time. eom

[philb]

25. At least 1698 "Phantom votes" in Brevard County in Florida CD24

At least 1698 "Phantom votes" in Brevard County in Florida CD24
based on comparison of official voter file to official votes by precinct

[philb]

26. At least 2296 missing votes in 3 close Orange County Congressional races

Missing Votes
from Orange County Official Precinct final counts on their website

Precnct voters CD8 CD24 CD7 CD3

102 635 247
107 773 678
139 966 485
201 857 838
203 610 506
204 448 0 0 0 0(all precincts vote in some Cong. Race)
206 762 604
213 804 155
214 819 0 0 0 0
215 745 0 0 0 0(all precincts vote in some Cong. Race)
216 898 0 0 0 0(") which Cong. Race??
220 815 425
225 586 259
226 543 0 0 0
229 991 836
231 1126 597
232 1056 0 0 0
234 966 0 0 0
320 737 115
326 676 216
435 786 773
501 697 696
508 1035 850
515 1201
601 581 0 0 0
602 713
603 609 0 0 0
604 636 0 0 0
605 626 0 0 0
606 336 0 0 0
607 630 0 0 0
608 609 0 0 0
609 404 58
610 576 8
611 714 0 0 0
612 831 0 0 0
613 731 0 0 0
614 732 0 0 0
615 678 0 0 0
616 728 0 0 0
617 664 0 0 0
618 707 0 0 0
619 680 0 0 0
620 782 0 0 0
621 734 0 0 0
622 330 0 0 0
623 630 0 0 0
624 396 0 0 0
625 656 0 0 0
627 449 0 0 0
628 770 122
629 838 0 0 0
630 448 164

37750 4732 3900 0

missing 29,118 4,157 1,697
+ ? + ? + ?
It appears that most of these missing votes were in CD3, which did not have an announced apponent, only writeins
but at least 2296 of the missing votes were not in CD3- most were in Clint Curtis CD24 race

[philb]

30. Survey of voters in Volusia indicates official list of who voted in Volusia inaccurate

A precinct survey of voters regarding who voted and who didn't had large discrepiencies with the
official Volusia county voter file listing who voted.
This is a rather interesting state of affairs.
If the county says people who didn't vote did in fact vote, how did those votes happen?

And for Dem voters who said they voted but who aren't on the list of voters whose votes were counted,
what happened to their votes?

[philb]

27. These campaigns could use some volunteers helping find/compile irregularities in their races

[Faryn Balyncd]

28. Without transparency in elections there will be no democracy

The future is as simple as that.

[emlev]

31. So does anyone know, did Holt do what he planned?

[kster]

33. Email from Christine Jennings, Dist #13, Florida

This Thursday, my opponent will be sworn in as the representative for Florida's 13th District, in what I believe is an important, but temporary, measure to ensure that our district has representation in Washington while our challenge to the election results continues. But before that happens, Congressman Rush Holt of New Jersey will stand on the House floor and confirm for the record that this step will not in any way impede the important investigation we believe is critical to restoring the confidence every American voter should be able to have in our voting system.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3040884

[emlev]

35. Here's more of an answer to your question, emlev

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3986

Look in the right column of the page for an option to read dark-on-light version of this and all BRAD BLOG stories.

[troubleinwinter]

34. Thank you for this, fly.

Best to your family.

[philb]

36. CD5 race had 5 times higher undervotes in touch screen county than opti-scan

and 5 times higher undervotes in Congressional race than Governor's race
which wasn't true in the opti-scan county

Pasco(TS) vs Hernando(OS)

[philb]

37. Sumter County in CD5 had 95% of precincts with over 15% UV in Attny General race

6 other counties had undervotes in the Attorney General's Race of similar magnitudes

Distribution of Undervotes in Attorney General Race
-----------------------------------Cumulative Percent UV
--------Election Day-Early Voting-- greater than x%
over 50%----------------1
over 40%----------------1
over 30%--------1
over 25%--------7 10------- 20.51% 30.77%
over 20%--------21 17------- 74.36% 74.36%
over 15%--------8 6-------- 94.87% 89.74%
over 10%--------2 2
less than 10%---0 2
less than 5%----0 0

----------------39 39
----------------23% 24.60%