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Six
prominent members of Congress have requested an investigation into the
integrity of the vote. The decision could come as soon as Monday. Sign our petition
demanding a full investigation into whether the election was conducted
honestly or not. Also, share your personal story if you have one --
members of Congress will use it in their call for an investigation.
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Dear MoveOn member,
Questions are swirling around whether the election was conducted
honestly or not. We need to know -- was it or wasn't it?
If people were wrongly prevented from voting, or if legitimate votes
were mis-counted or not counted at all, we need to know so the
wrongdoers can be held accountable, and so we can prevent this from
happening again.
Members of Congress are demanding an investigation to answer this
question. The decision on whether or not there will be an investigation
could come as soon as Monday. Join us in supporting the call for one
now, at:
http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote/
Then please invite your friends and colleagues to sign, as well. We
need to show Congress that hundreds of thousands of Americans are
serious about protecting the integrity of the vote.
We're all hearing
the stories and wondering what's true and what isn't. But at least two
cases of serious problems are accepted beyond doubt:
- In Broward
County, Florida, electronic voting machines counted backwards: as more
people voted, the official vote count went down. [1]
- In one Columbus, Ohio suburb, election officials have
acknowledged that electronic voting machines credited Bush with winning
4,258 votes, even though only 638 people voted there. [2]
These are just cases
where we know something went wrong. There were also lots of reports of
people being denied ballots on Election Day. So far, these reports
remain anecdotal, but they must be compiled and examined. And the
Internet is abuzz with theories about why the official counts were so
different from the exit polls.
Do you have a story? Were you prevented from voting? Tell us, at:
http://www.moveon.org/investigatethevote/
Six prominent members of Congress have called for an investigation.
Representatives Conyers (D-MI), Holt (D-NJ), Nadler (D-NY), Scott
(D-VA), Watt (D-NC) and Wexler (D-FL), have demanded that the U.S.
General Accounting Office:
immediately
undertake an investigation of the efficacy of voting machines and new
technologies used in the 2004 election, how election officials
responded to difficulties they encountered, and what we can do in the
future to improve our election systems and administration. [3]
We've got to
support their call by asking our own Representatives and Senators to
join them.
If you have a personal story of disenfranchisement, tell us. These
members of Congress have agreed to include our stories and comments in
their call for an investigation. Please sign now -- we'll deliver our
compiled statements to them on Friday.
Even if you don't have a personal story, your signature on our petition
will still help build support for an investigation.
To keep our faith in democracy, we need to know the facts. Your
signature, and your story if you have one, will help.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
--Carrie, Joan, Lee, Marika, Noah, Peter, Rosalyn, and Wes
The MoveOn.org Team
November 11th, 2004
Footnotes:
1. Broward Machines Count Backward, Palm Beach Post, November 5, 2004
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/news/epaper/2004/11/05/a29a_BROWVOTE_1105.html
2. Glitch Gave Bush Extra Votes in Ohio, AP carried on CNN, November 5,
2004
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/05/voting.problems.ap/
3. Letters from members of Congress to David Walker, Comptroller
General of the United States, demanding an investigation of the
election: November 5th, 2004 & November 8th, 2004
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/gaoinvestvote2004ltr11804.pdf
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/gaoinvestvote2004ltr11804.pdf