See the extensive email below my comments, calling up a campaign
to draft Howard Dean to the e-voting cause.
Here's the scenario for people to consider:
Dean, Nader, Coble and Badnarik (are there other candidates?) all
have the audacity to act on an issue like this.
Think about: Dean supporting Badnarik, Coble, and Nader in a
joint motion to investigate the election and determine what
has to be done.
The third party candidates all have a great advantage for us over
the controlling Democrats: attempts to characterize them as
"complaining" will have to fall away because it's obvious they're
not just trying to win -- they are standing on principle.
Nader has come out on this issue (in NH), and aside from the
right reasons, he has to be interested due to the symbolic points
he would gain by the nature of the issue. He is marginalized
politically right now. Dean would be a way to make the bridge to
other interests such as the controlling Democrats, a way to "ramp
up" the issue so others could follow on and support could expand.
The main media blast against the cause would be about "whining
and complaining," but the issue in its own nature can withstand
that. It needs to be helped along, but having any of the third
party candidates on the cause is not deficit.
The other candidates represent an advantage over Kerry pursuing
the issue. If the issue were characterized as Kerry trying to
contest the election, then it would be more susceptible to
trouble. Taken up with the appropriate sense of gravity, the
pure motives would be self-evident, the moreso as the issue gets
examined further.
Seth
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Subject: [People-v-Ohio-n-Florida] Draft Dean for our cause
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:15:24 -0700 (Mountain Standard Time)
From: "Clarity Sanderson-Jonker" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
As you know, Dean hosted a show Topic A with Tina Brown on CNBC
( see www udpc.org/evote.htm for video clip) with Bev Harris of
blackboxvoting.org demonstrating how to hack an election in under
2 minutes by changing numbers at the central tabulator.
I just got the following article and I've sent it on to the
co-chair of the Utah Democratic Progressive Caucus who knows
Peter Corroon, who just won Utah County Mayor and happens to be
Howard Dean's first cousin. Craig Axford know's Peter, and knows
Peter's twin brother Chris fairly well. Craig has also been in
contact with Michael Moore's staff when MMoore came to Utah to
speak and our group, the Utah Democratic Progressive Caucus, did
voter registration at the event.
All that said, I just received the following and I think perhaps
we can get Dean on this - and Dean is known worldwide - could get
the international press we need.
Take a look:
Forward freely...
Draft Dean
By Stephen Dinan
www.stephendinan.com
Permanent link:
http://www.stephendinan.com/2004/11/draft-dean.html
As evidence mounts that this election was likely stolen, it
becomes imperative that the unleashed outrage is channeled into
effective political action. I submit that the most important
next step for this work is to unify around a
nationally-recognized and credible spokesperson who also has
access to elite Democratic circles. We owe a great deal to
people like Bev Harris of Black Box Voting, who have led the
charge to this point. She will be a key player as this scandal
unfolds. But for the full power of the outrage to be harnessed,
we need a political leader who is already established on the
national stage, especially one with an organizational
infrastructure that can be activated. I believe that person is
Howard Dean. I say this not because I supported him in the
primaries (I backed Kucinich) but because he has exactly the
right assets to turn the undirected outrage of the moment into an
unstoppable movement. He ran as an outsider to the Washington
establishment but he has access and respect within the halls of
power. He effectively channeled the anti-war sentiment into a
political force. He has a fighting spirit and balls of steel. He
had the courage to air a national special on electronic voting
with Bev Harris, so he knows how easily fraud can be
accomplished. And he has a loyal base of support that can be
re-activated. Right now, the Democratic establishment is
playing this issue very conservatively and that is unlikely to
change until the movement reaches a certain level of power. That
means the Kerry campaign structures and DNC are effectively out
of play. They will be brought online once the movement reaches
critical mass, but until that moment, we can’t utilize the vast
infrastructure or money the Kerry campaign has at its disposal.
We need to build momentum with an “outsider’s” structure until
the “insider’s” structure feels safe enough to activate. That’s
why we need to focus energy on drafting Dean – he’s the best
bridge between the outsiders and the insiders. Dean himself may
start out resistant to the process, but that’s ok. Looking back,
it as if the anti-war movement drafted Dean rather than Dean
harnessing the anti-war movement. The massive sense of unrest
about the war needed to find a focal point within the Democratic
Party, a way to exert leverage. And, despite all the other ways
that he didn’t carry a strongly progressive message, Dean was
drafted for that duty, surprising everyone with the power of his
run. I believe that if we start a strong national movement to
re-activate the Dean networks and put positive pressure on Dean
himself, the election stealing issue will quickly become
front-page news. It takes time to develop relationships of trust
and accountability, which is why it is best to mobilize people
who have already worked together and learned to become
efficient. We don’t have time to cobble together a whole new
infrastructure
Other political leaders will play a role, of course.
Representatives John Conyers of Michigan, Jerrold Nadler of New
York and Robert Wexler of Florida have all started an
investigation into irregularities, although they say they are not
seeking to overturn the election results (http://www.wired
com/news/evote/0,2645,65623,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2) Ralph
Nader has come out as a vociferous critic but his credibility is
at a lifetime low. As momentum builds, many others will take a
stand. A few thoughts on effectively coalescing a movement:
Evidence gathering - We should channel our support for the legal
groundwork to Bev Harris of Black Box Voting, which is doing the
largest filing for information under the Freedom of Information
Act ever, demanding the computer logs from over 3,000 voting
machines around the country. That effort can serve as an
important legal wing of operations (www blackboxvoting.org) as
momentum builds State Focus - We should focalize our energy on
Ohio and Florida, because those two states are the key to
overturning the election results and have some of the strongest
evidence of vote stealing and manipulation. There is evidence
emerging in many other states but Ohio and Florida are key to
overturning the election itself.
Language – George Lakoff has written about how masterfully the
right wing has used the framing of issues, a lesson we need to
learn. Every time you refer to the election, I encourage you to
use the word “stealing.” Stealing is more personal than fraud
and hits people on a visceral level. It takes time for ideas to
penetrate the dominant culture, so hammering away with the same
terms is good strategy. Think of how the Bush campaign smeared
Kerry with the term “flip-flopper” No one could escape it.
Ideally, every time you refer to the election, refer to it as
the “stolen election.” If you’re less sure, then phrase it as a
question, as in, “Do you think the election could have been
stolen?” Fraud is vague and impersonal; stealing is very
personal.
Repetition – To build an idea in the public consciousness takes
many, many exposures. The more times that people get information
in their inbox and the more sources they hear something from,
the more credible it becomes. Don’t be shy about sharing your
suspicions and forwarding the best material
Foreign media – One of the best ways that our allies in other
countries can help is to put heavy pressure on their own media to
cover the evidence that America’s election was likely stolen. As
news reports build around the world, it will force American
media to start covering. Right now, the American media is so
compromised that I don’t think we should focus on it first.
England might be the best place to start.
If people in this country rise up powerfully on this, we can
create a historic victory. I want to make my prediction right
now: this election’s results will not stand and Bush will not
serve out four years.
Here are some resources to get you going. At the bottom, I’ve
included an analysis by esteemed sociologist Paul Ray of how to
go about building an airtight scientific case for fraud that I
don’t believe is published anywhere:
Best 30-minute introduction: www.votergate.tv
<http://www.votergate.tv/>
Other good orgs: www.verifiedvotring.org
<http://www.verifiedvotring.org/> ,
www.votewatch.us <http://www.votewatch.us/>
Key articles:
Evidence Mounts that Vote was Hacked, by Thom Hartmann
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1106-30.htm
The Ultimate Felony Against Democracy, by Thom Hartmann
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1104-38.htm
Kerry Won by Greg Palast
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1104-36.htm
More In-depth Article List – Thanks to Prof. Hugh Urbana from
Ohio State
University for this list.
Pre-Nov. 2 articles warning of the possibility of Electronic
voting fraud
and other problems:
Computer Voting is Open to Easy Fraud, Experts Say (New York
Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/24/technology/24VOTE.html
Black Box Voting Blues (Newsweek)
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3339650/
How They Could Steal the Election this Time (The Nation)
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040816&s=dugger
More Problems Arise with Black Box Voting (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/andrewkantor/2004-06-04-kantor_x.htm
Charges of Fraud and Voter Suppression Already Flying
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/01/politics/campaign/01voting.html
Twelve Ways Bush is Now Stealing the Ohio Vote
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/810
Voter Fraud and Disenfranchisement
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/31/192155/73
See also http://blackboxvoting.org/
Evidence of Voting problems in the Nov. 2 Election
Massive Voter Suppression and Corruption in Ohio (Global
Research, Canada)
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/SOL411A.html
Russian Observer Shocked by U.S. Election Procedures
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/11/03/russianobserver.shtml
Signs of Voter Fraud Appear (LA Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/2004/la-navotefraud27oct27,0,1877750
story?coll=la-home-headlines
Black Box Voting declares 2004 Election a Fraud
http://blackboxvoting.org/
Voting Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes (NBC)
http://www.nbc4i.com/politics/3894867/detail.html
Michael Moore's Election Watch, 2004, with reports of fraud from
every state
http://www.michaelmoore.com/electionwatch/
Ohio Voting Fraud reports
http://www.michaelmoore.com/electionwatch/state.php?state=OH
Evidence Mounts that Vote was Hacked
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1106-30.htm
Florida Rigged the Optical Scanners
http://blog.democrats.com/florida
Votes Lost and Extras Counted in E-voting Errors
http://www.thestandard.com/internetnews/000563.php
Kerry margins: Exit Poll vs. Actual Vote
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
Was the Ohio Election Honest and Fair?
http://www.rense.com/general59/wastheohioelectionhonest.htm
2004 Election Vote Fraud
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2004/031104votefraud.htm
Exit Polls and Actual Polls Don't Match
http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=388
Fixed: The Stealing of Another Election
http://www.rense.com/general59/steI.HTM
Voting Machine Controversy
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0828-08.htm
Electronic Voting Machine Woes Reported (ABC News)
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041103
gtvotenov3/BNStory/Technology/
More Evidence of Voting Machine Errors
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2004/031104machineerrors.htm
Lists of other articles on the subject:
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/archives/cat_vote_fraud.html
(Paul Ray Cmments snipped and transferred to another email. --
Seth)
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