Posted on 11/11/2004 10:48:55 AM PST by ambrose
Presidential Candidates To Demand Ohio Recount
Press Release
David Cobb and Michael Badnarik, the 2004 Green and Libertarian presidential candidates, today announced their joint intent to secure a recount of presidential ballots cast in Ohio.
"Due to widespread reports of irregularities in Ohio's voting process, we are compelled to demand a recount of the Ohio presidential vote," the two candidates said in a joint statement. "Voting is at the heart of the American political process and its integrity must be preserved. When Americans stand in line for hours to exercise their right to vote, they need to know that their votes will be counted fairly and accurately. We are acting to protect the rights of the people of Ohio, and the rights of all Americans. Public trust in the democratic process is at stake."
The candidates also demanded that Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, a Republican who chaired the Ohio Bush campaign, recuse himself from the recount process.
Ohio's election proceedings were marred by numerous press and independent reports of voter intimidation, mis-marked and discarded ballots, problems with electronic voting machines and disenfranchisement -- apparently by design -- of African-American voters. A number of citizen and voting rights organizations will hold hearings this Saturday in Columbus, Ohio to give an airing to, and investigate, these claims. The hearings will be held from 1-4 p.m. at the New Faith Baptist Church, 955 Oak Street. Voters, poll workers, journalists and voting experts are invited to testify. A second hearing will be held on Monday at a location to be announced, from 6-9 p.m.
The Badnarik and Cobb campaigns are in the process of raising the required fee, estimated at $110,000, for securing a complete recount. The campaigns are accepting contributions through their web sites. The Badnarik-Campagna website is http://www.badnarik.org. The Cobb-LaMarche website is http://www.votecobb.org.
Throughout this election cycle, the Cobb and Badnarik campaigns have worked together in a spirit of cooperation and civility rarely found in electoral politics. The campaigns jointly participated in and/or sponsored a series of independent debates, and the two candidates were arrested together in St. Louis protesting their exclusion from the restricted, two-party corporate-sponsored "debates." Now, as the election results remain in question, Michael Badnarik and David Cobb are proud to once again act together on behalf of the rights and interests of the American people in reaching the truth.
I've got a proposal - UP YOURS.
If their desire is to manufacture votes for Kerry by examining "spoiled" ballots, a recount won't do that. All a recount does is... well, recount the votes. I believe that is already being done in the official canvassing process.
Go ahead, recount the votes. Bush will still win and the left will still be a bunch of pathetic losers.
He was elected to be the Secretary of State -- the guy who handles voting. It's his job. Also, he ran as a Republican. AND HE WON.
That's like asking the president to recuse himself from being commander in chief in a controversial war.
GIMMEABREAK! Are these people stupid!
Isn't is strange they don't want to investigate the vote totals in Pennsylvania or Wisconsin...?! Or Michigan!
Doesn't the vote count in Ohio have to be within 0.25% in order for there to be a recount?
or New Mexico ?
This can't be from a legitimate news service (assuming there are any left).
The bias in this sentence is flashing in red.
And to think some folks on this very web site voted for these losers.
Yep, we sure don't want anyone who actually supports a free republic on a forum named Freerepublic.
The new motto: "Freerepublic.com, where expedience trumps principle."
That's for an automatic recount. They're free to demand a recount - if they pay for the cost of doing it.
A recount, by itself, doesn't change anything. They just stick the ballots back in the machines and run the numbers again.
The hand recount fiasco in Florida 2000 came as a result of election lawsuits by Gore.
What embezzles! What Ultra-Maroons!
Losertarians hard at work
move on, borg.
LOL!
Hey, Don King said Bush won fair and square, he lives in Ashtabula and he wasn't dis-enfranchised. So that does it for me.
:O)
P
They had visions of there NEVER being a Republican as
President again, and promises of Bill Clintonesque
escapades in the White House once more, the aura of the
"rich" Teresa as - finally - a First Lady who was
classy - total freedom so that Hollywood could pursue
the goal of making every production a tour through the
DU Language Encyclopedia - Nirvana - and they are sad
because they are puzzled their knight in shining armor,
Kerry, has not once again "rup-ported fer dooty" to
forcibly remove the evil * from the job.
What is that noise I hear, the sound of harmonizing - - -
THUMB SUCKING?!! Is that what it is?!
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