ASsman
12-10-2004, 06:34 PM
The answer is no Mister Trebek.
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Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee host a public hearing on the 2004 elections addressing allegations of widespread problems, irregularities and, possibly, tampering with the voting process, in the key state of Ohio. We speak with one John Bonifaz of the National Voting Institute who testified at the hearing. [includes rush transcript] While the Democratic and Republican parties seem to have moved on from the controversial November presidential elections, there is a group of Americans that have not. They have held rallies and hearings in Ohio. They have launched email and letter writing campaigns, they have filed lawsuits and challenges. And this week, they took their case to Capitol Hill. On Wednesday, Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee hosted a public hearing on the 2004 elections. At issue were the allegations that there were widespread problems, irregularities and, possibly, tampering with the voting process, particularly in the key state of Ohio. On Monday, President Bush was reported to have officially secured his election after Ohio's Republican secretary of state Kenneth Blackwell certified the victory by a margin of some 119,000 votes. Blackwell is also chair of the Bush-Cheney campaign in Ohio.
Next Monday, the Electoral College is scheduled to meet, despite the recount sought by third party candidates, David Cobb of the Green Party and Michael Badnarik of the Libertarian Party. Those efforts could begin as early as next week. On January 6, the electoral college will officially convene to certify the election results nationwide. Meanwhile, John Kerry has been strikingly silent on the controversy in Ohio and has refused to spend any of the $51 million still in his campaign war chest that could be used to fund recount efforts. On Wednesday, he issued a statement responding to the hearing in Washington DC, saying he supports an investigation into reported problems "not because it would change the outcome of the election but because Americans have to believe that their votes are counted in our democracy."
* Excerpt of hearing on Ohio voting irregularities hearing, December 8, 2004.
* John Bonifaz, General Counsel of the National Voting Institute and counsel for the Green Party recount efforts in Ohio. He was one of the witnesses who testified at the hearing on voting irregularities in Ohio on Wednesday. He joins us on the line from Boston.
RUSH TRANSCRIPT (http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/10/1450216)
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Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee host a public hearing on the 2004 elections addressing allegations of widespread problems, irregularities and, possibly, tampering with the voting process, in the key state of Ohio. We speak with one John Bonifaz of the National Voting Institute who testified at the hearing. [includes rush transcript] While the Democratic and Republican parties seem to have moved on from the controversial November presidential elections, there is a group of Americans that have not. They have held rallies and hearings in Ohio. They have launched email and letter writing campaigns, they have filed lawsuits and challenges. And this week, they took their case to Capitol Hill. On Wednesday, Democrats in the House Judiciary Committee hosted a public hearing on the 2004 elections. At issue were the allegations that there were widespread problems, irregularities and, possibly, tampering with the voting process, particularly in the key state of Ohio. On Monday, President Bush was reported to have officially secured his election after Ohio's Republican secretary of state Kenneth Blackwell certified the victory by a margin of some 119,000 votes. Blackwell is also chair of the Bush-Cheney campaign in Ohio.
Next Monday, the Electoral College is scheduled to meet, despite the recount sought by third party candidates, David Cobb of the Green Party and Michael Badnarik of the Libertarian Party. Those efforts could begin as early as next week. On January 6, the electoral college will officially convene to certify the election results nationwide. Meanwhile, John Kerry has been strikingly silent on the controversy in Ohio and has refused to spend any of the $51 million still in his campaign war chest that could be used to fund recount efforts. On Wednesday, he issued a statement responding to the hearing in Washington DC, saying he supports an investigation into reported problems "not because it would change the outcome of the election but because Americans have to believe that their votes are counted in our democracy."
* Excerpt of hearing on Ohio voting irregularities hearing, December 8, 2004.
* John Bonifaz, General Counsel of the National Voting Institute and counsel for the Green Party recount efforts in Ohio. He was one of the witnesses who testified at the hearing on voting irregularities in Ohio on Wednesday. He joins us on the line from Boston.
RUSH TRANSCRIPT (http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/10/1450216)