Daily Update
![]() David Cobb (Photo: AP) |
We have dozens of trainings taking place this weekend, and we expect supporters from Oregon, California, Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, Kentucky, West Virginia to start flooding into the state for protest activities on Sunday and Monday. We are still looking for donations to pay for recount expenses, such as renting halls for training and printing up volunteer manuals, so please give what you can.
"It is outrageous and irresponsible for the Ohio and New Mexico presidential electors to cast their Electoral College votes on December 13th when the outcome of recounts are still unknown," says Cobb. |
December 11, 12, 13: Protests
To see a list of protest activities taking place in your state, check with your local Green Party organization, or these sites: www.51capitalmarch.com, www.denvervoice.org, or www.Nov3.US.
David Cobb will address the crowd at the Ohio State Capitol on Monday around 12:15 pm with a message he released as a public statement yesterday: "It is absolutely outrageous and irresponsible for the Ohio and New Mexico presidential electors to cast their Electoral College votes on December 13th when the outcome of recounts are still unknown. Just as in Florida in 2000, we have to question the integrity of our voting system and those partisan officials who are in charge of it. With allegations of voter intimidation and suppression looming, an impending Congressional investigation, and recounts just beginning, the presidential electors will cast their votes under a cloud of suspicion."
Today's protest in Denver: will you be there? photos |
December 13: Hearings
Monday, December 13th also brings lots of activity to Columbus, Ohio. Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones along with Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Reps. Maxine Waters and Ted Strickland, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson will hold a forum addressing Voting Irregularities in Ohio. This will take place at Columbus City Hall, Columbus City Council Chambers, 90 West Broad Street, Columbus.
Recounting...With No Paper Trail
Tuesday, December 14th is the big day for DRE (Direct Recording Electronic) voting machines, with Franklin County (515, 472 votes) and Mahoning County (131, 938 votes) as well as Pickaway and Ross Counties starting recounts of ....what exactly? DREs have no voter-verified paper trail. For more information on DRE voting machines, see the Frequently Asked Questions page of the VerifiedVoting.org website.
Keeping It All In Perspective
Green Presidential Candidate to Address Public Rally Monday at Ohio Statehouse
December 11, 2004: "It is absolutely outrageous and irresponsible for the Ohio and New Mexico presidential electors to cast their votes when the outcome of recounts are still unknown. Just as in Florida in 2000, we have to question the integrity of our voting system and those partisan officials who are in charge of it. With allegations of voter intimidation and suppression looming, an impending Congressional investigation and the recounts just beginning, the presidential electors will cast their votes under a cloud of suspicion," said Cobb. more![](/web/20041211223724im_/http://votecobb.org/lib/i/shared/dot.gif)
Members of Congress Take Testimony on Voting Irregularities
December 7, 2004: On Wednesday December 8, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) and other Members of Congress will hold a "Members Briefing" to investigate the voting irregularities in Ohio during Campaign 2004. It will take place on December 8 starting at 10 AM in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. Although this is not a fomal "Hearing" because the Republican head of the Judiciary Committee has not given it his blessing it will nevertheless take sworn testimony about issues that deserve public scrutiny. Plan to attend, urge your Representatives to attend, and demand C-SPAN coverage! more![](/web/20041211223724im_/http://votecobb.org/lib/i/shared/dot.gif)
Federal Judge Rules That Ohio Recount Will Go Forward in All Counties
December 3, 2004: Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb today expressed his satisfaction with a ruling by a federal judge taking jurisdiction over a Delaware County, Ohio lawsuit and denying the county's attempt to stop the recount of presidential ballots in that county. The judge also provisionally granted the motion by the Kerry-Edwards campaign to intervene in the lawsuit in defense of the position of Cobb and Libertarian Michael Badnarik. more![](/web/20041211223724im_/http://votecobb.org/lib/i/shared/dot.gif)
Electoral College Set to Certify Election
Excerpt: ""What we really need is a federal standard for elections, and we need a constitutional, individual, federally protected right to vote," said Jackson, president of the Chicago-based Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Grassroots activists say politicians who refuse to discuss voting concerns will lose respect and votes. Ohio's Republican Secretary of State, Kenneth Blackwell, has conceded that a recount would likely alter the vote tally somewhat. But he adamantly dismisses allegations of fraud." more![](/web/20041211223724im_/http://votecobb.org/lib/i/shared/dot.gif)
By Theodore D. Graves
Election Fraud or Just Suspicions?
Excerpt: "If this were an election taking place in a Third World dictatorship, or a former part of the Soviet Union (Georgia and Ukraine, for recent examples) people would be in the streets screaming "fraud" and demanding the president's resignation. Democratic pundits have been wringing their hands, trying to figure out the best tactics for future victory. The answer is simple: Make sure every eligible voter gets a chance to vote, and that every vote gets recorded, counted and accurately reported and that a secure paper trail exists to ensure the validity of any required recount." more![](/web/20041211223724im_/http://votecobb.org/lib/i/shared/dot.gif)
By Opinion by Luc Schuster
Stand up for Your Democracy!
Excerpt: "Fast forward to 2004 and it's deja vu all over again. This time, illegal voter disenfranchisement may not have changed the final result of the election but, again, the Democrats have been largely silent in the fight to have every vote counted... it's third-party presidential candidates David Cobb (Green Party) and Michael Badnarik (Libertarian Party) who are standing up for democracy by formally demanding a recount of presidential ballots in Ohio." more![](/web/20041211223724im_/http://votecobb.org/lib/i/shared/dot.gif)
I've just returned from my training session... I'm the recount coordinator for Cobb in one of the smaller S.E. Ohio counties
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The View From the End of the Witness Table at the Conyers Hearing
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Voting While Black:
Cuyahoga County African American Voting Patterns
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Why We Must Not "Get Over It"
Excerpt: "The Democrats too readily forget that 2004 was "next time." Why believe that 2006 and 2008 will be different? If in fact GOP control of the mechanisms of the election allowed them to steal this election, they will do so next time, and the time after that. Issues, messages, tactics, attractive candidates will all be unavailing. Republican control of all branches of the government and of the media will be permanent, and independent of the consent of the governed. [There are those who] insist that we "get over it" and "move on," and who dismiss these investigations... This dismissal disregards an essential point: forensic investigation does not begin with proof. Its objective is to end either with proof of a crime and apprehension of the criminal, or with exoneration. Forensic investigation properly begins with probable cause. And probable cause of a stolen election is, I submit, inescapably before us." more![](/web/20041211223724im_/http://votecobb.org/lib/i/shared/dot.gif)