Lando 
Posted on 01/27/2005 8:35:30 AM PST by republican4ever
January 26, 2005
Mrs. XXXX XXXXX XXXXX XXXXXX Avenue Pacoima, California 91331-1421
Dear Mrs. XXXXX:
Thank you for writing to express your concerns about the electoral process.
I thought that you would be interested in the following statement, which I made on the floor of the United States Senate on January 6:
For most of us in the Senate and the House, we have spent our lives fighting for things we believe in always fighting to make our nation better.
We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice.
Now we must add a new fight the fight for electoral justice.
Every citizen of this country who is registered to vote should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth of theircommunity, their vote has as much weight as the vote ofany Senator, any Congressperson, any President, any cabinet member, or any CEO of any Fortune 500 corporation.
I am sure that every one of my colleagues Democrat, Republican, and Independent agrees with that statement. That in the voting booth, every one is equal.
So now it seems to me that under the Constitution of the United States, which guarantees the right to note, we must ask:
Why did voters in Ohio wait hours in the rain to vote? Why were voters at Kenyon College, for example, made to wait in line until nearly 4 a.m. to vote because there were only two machines for 1300 voters?
Why did poor and predominantly African-American communities have disproportionately long waits?
Why in Franklin County did election officials only use 2,798 machines when they said they needed 5,000? Why did they hold back 68 machines in warehouses? Why were 42 of those machines in predominantly African- American districts?
Why did, in the Columbus area alone, an estimated 5,000 to 10,000 voters leave polling places, out of frustration,without having voted? How many more never bothered to vote after they heard about this?
Why is it when 638 people voted at a precinct in Franklin County, a voting machine awarded 4,258 extra votes to George Bush? Thankfully, they fixed it but how many other votes did the computers get wrong?
Why did Franklin County officials reduce the number of electronic voting machines in downtown precincts, while adding them in the suburbs? This also led to long lines.
In Cleveland, why were there thousands of provisional ballots disqualified after poll workers gave faulty instructions to voters?
Because of this, and voting irregularities in so many other places, I am joining with Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones to cast the light of truth on a flawed system which must be fixed now.
Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.
As we try to do that, and as we are shedding the blood of our military to this end, we must realize that we lose so much credibility when our own electoral system needs so much improvement.
Yet, in the past four years, this Congress has not done everything it should to give confidence to all of our people their votes matter.
After passing the Help America Vote Act, nothing more was done.
A year ago, Senators Graham, Clinton and I introduced legislation that would have required that electronic voting systems provide a paper record to verify a vote. That paper trail would be stored in a secure ballot box and invaluable in case of a recount.
There is no reason why the Senate should not have taken up and passed that bill. At the very least, a hearing should have been held. But it never happened.
Before I close, I want to thank my colleague from the House, Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones.
Her letter to me asking for my intervention was substantive and compelling.
As I wrote to her, I was particularly moved by her point that it is virtually impossible to get official House consideration of the whole issue of election reform, including these irregularities.
The Congresswoman has tremendous respect in her state of Ohio, which is at the center of this fight.
Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones was a judge for 10 years. She was a prosecutor for 8 years. She was inducted into the Women's Hall of Fame in 2002.
I am proud to stand with her in filing this objection.
Sincerely,
Barbara Boxer United States Senator
Yesterday I got this reply from her but I have no idea how to reply or if it is worth doing it.
What do my fellow FReepers think?
Eat lots and lots of beans and you will be on your way to formulating the perfect reply to Senator Boxer.
Barbara,
Canada is just across the border. Do us all a big favor.
BBAAAAAWWWAAAAAAAAAA....I just read the first few sentences.....ask her why the Democrats are NOT fighting for justice in WASHINGTON, the STATE, where the DEMS are trying to STEAL the governership?
I think she's giving credence to ghostly rumors that help raise funds from a small segment of the population that has more money than brains.
Bottom of the birdcage with her reply, don't waste any more time speaking into the vaccuum of her intellect.
You should wholeheartedly voice your support that she look into voter fraud, and then give her details on where to start: Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and the Washington state gubernatorial race.
We have enough lunatic left fanatics up here already.
Lando
Ask Boxer about her outrage over fraud in places like Milwaulkee where felons voted.
If I told you what I *really think*, I'd get suspended or banned.
The Constitution guarantees the right to vote.....it does NOT guarantee that you will/can exercise that right in 20 minutes or less.
When you reply to the Cu*# ask her why the votes of thousands of service men and women were discarded.....
WHAT A CROCK OF LEFTIST POLITICAL DOUBLE SPEAK!
Tell her that cherry picking Ohio and ignoring these other problems proves she is not "fighting" for all voters rights, just Democratic voters rights in one state.
This proves she is doing it for publicity, for ego, and for the Democratic party, NOT for all American voters. Therefore her entire statement above is, well, a lie!
Senator Boxhead Funnies PING!
I'm sure we can think of some proper ansers that don end in ---- YOU!, or -- YOURS! Be Nice...to a point.
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