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pat_k Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 03:36 AM
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20. This must be challenged if we are to create the .....
Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 03:36 AM by pat_k
>and I think it would have to be
>shown that the activities in question
>would possibly change the election results.

Thinking like this must be challenged if we are to create the context required to win the fight for the integrity of Election 2004 (and any future election).

From this talking points document:

Notion to Challenge
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If the results declare a winner by a large margin, discrimination and other problems are "outside the zone of litigation."

Simple Truth; Moral Position
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If you accept the notion that a large margin of victory puts the election "outside the zone of litigation," then you accept the notion that such a state is completely free to discriminate with no risk of consequence. This is an absurd position. No matter what the margin of victory, the results of a discriminatory election are unacceptable. We cannot continue to tolerate the intolerable. We cannot continue to tolerate the toleration of the intolerable.


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