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DESCRIPTION:EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION!  VOTERGATE!!!     Are you anguished and enraged 
 by the outcome of the Nov 2 election?  Are you  following the growing mass 
 of evidence of possible fraud and outright theft?  Lost  votes, missing 
 ballots, black-box machines with no paper trail, a clear pattern of  
 intimidation of voters based on racial profiling, do you suspect a scandal 
 bigger  than Watergate and far more meaningful than Monica is being 
 suppressed?     Was the 2004 election stolen?  Take action to defend 
 democracy and demand an  investigation into electoral fraud!     We can 
 stay home and grumble and swear at the T.V. as Bush claims a mandate.  We 
 can  go to work as usual, and pretend nothing is wrong.  Or we can come out 
 and take  action. Join us to protest the continuing disenfranchisement of 
 African-American,  Latino and student voters, to demand a suspension of the 
 electoral college vote  until there is a full and impartial investigation 
 of all the irregularities, and to  defend democracy.      Wednesday, 
 November 10,  Noon   San Francisco Federal Building,   450 Golden Gate, 
 plaza side  Rally and nonviolent civil disobedience.  --We demand a 
 thorough, impartial, and immediate investigation into electoral fraud,  
 racially based suppression of voters, and a full count of all provisional 
 and  absentee ballots and 'spoiled' votes.     --We demand that the 
 December 13 electoral college vote be suspended, if necessary,  until these 
 questions are resolved.  The legitimacy of our government is compromised  
 when the integrity of our electoral system is in question,      Free and 
 fair elections are the basis of a democratic government. When the integrity 
  of the electoral system is in question, the government loses its 
 legitimacy. No  recount could be as destabilizing as the widespread 
 suspicion that the Republicans  have stolen a second election.     Here are 
 just a few of the serious concerns that have arisen:      --Around the 
 world, exit polls are used to verify that elections are free from  fraud. 
 Here in the US, polls in precincts using computer voting machines with no  
 paper trail were consistently at odds with the reported outcome, while 
 polls in  precincts using paper ballots matched the outcome.  --In Ohio, 
 adequate numbers of voting machines were not provided in African American  
 and student neighborhoods, causing voters hours of waiting time at the 
 polls.  --1,074 instances of voter intimidation were reported to the 
 Election Protection  Coalition.  --In Franklin County, Ohio, voting 
 machines gave George Bush 3,893 votes in one  precinct alone, far more than 
 the number of registered voters. In Craven County,  North Carolina, a 
 software error gave Bush 11,283 extra votes,  In Broward County,  Florida, 
 voting machines were discovered to be counting backwards.  --In Ohio, the 
 number of provisional ballots may be far higher than Secretary of  State 
 Blackwell claims.  Absentee and 'spoiled' ballots have not been  
 counted-African American and Latino voters are far more likely to have 
 their ballots  discarded.  --Purging of supposed 'felons' in Florida and 
 Colorado disproportionately targets  communities of color and may violate 
 the Voting Rights Act of 1965.  --The Diebold machines and central computer 
 processors were never tested to assure  that they could not be hacked by 
 outsiders.  --And much, much more!     It's not too late!  The Watergate 
 Scandal brought Nixon down long after he took  office.  We can counter the 
 false perception of Bush's 'mandate', push the  mainstream media into 
 covering these serious issues, maybe even put some spine into  the 
 Democrats, stand in alliance with youth and communities of color, and 
 protect  the integrity of our vote.  Fighting for fair elections is 
 vital-for the present and  the future!     Reclaim the Commons  Democracy 
 Defense Committee  For more info on Beyond Voting 
 http://www.beyondvoting.org (more info on Nov. 10 coming  here soon)     
 For more information on election fraud, see:  http://www.blackboxvoting.org 
    http://www.tompaine.com/articles/kerry_won_.php  
 http://www.gregpalast.com    http://www.democracyunderground.com   
 http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/110804A.shtml  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/11/08/51583.php
SUMMARY:Votergate!: Emergency Action Against Election Fraud
LOCATION:San Francisco Federal Building  450 Golden Gate, plaza side
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/11/08/51583.php
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