| RECOUNT
IN OHIO A SURE THING
Nov. 16, 2004 - Green Party Campaign
Raises $150,000 in 4 days, Shifts Gears to Phase II.
There will be a recount of the
presidential vote in Ohio.
On Thursday, David Cobb, the Green
Party’s 2004 presidential candidate, announced his intention
to seek a recount of the vote in Ohio. Since the required
fee for a statewide recount is $113,600, the only question
was whether that money could be raised in time to meet the
filing deadline. That question has been answered.
“Thanks to the thousands
of people who have contributed to this effort, we can say
with certainty that there will be a recount in Ohio,”
said Blair Bobier, Media Director for the Cobb-LaMarche campaign.
“The grassroots support
for the recount has been astounding. The donations have come
in fast and furiously, with the vast majority in the $10-$50
range, allowing us to meet our goal for the first phase of
the recount effort in only four days,” said Bobier.
Bobier said the campaign is still
raising money for the next phase of the recount effort which
will be recruiting, training and mobilizing volunteers to
monitor the actual recount.
Numerous press and independent
reports of mis-marked and discarded ballots, problems with
electronic voting machines and the targeted disenfranchisement
of African American voters marred the Ohio presidential election.
A number of citizens’ groups and voting rights organizations
are holding the second of two hearings today in Columbus,
Ohio, to take testimony from voters, poll watchers and election
experts about problems with the Ohio vote. The hearing, from
6-9 p.m., will be held at the Courthouse, meeting room A,
373 S. High St., in Columbus. Campaign manager Lynne Serpe
will represent the Cobb-LaMarche campaign at the hearing.
A demand for a recount in Ohio
can only be filed by a presidential candidate who was either
a certified write-in candidate or on the ballot in that state.
Both Green Party candidate David Cobb and Libertarian candidate
Michael Badnarik will be demanding a recount. No other candidate
has stated an intention to seek a recount and no other citizen
or organization would have legal standing to do so in Ohio.
The Cobb-LaMarche campaign is still exploring the possibility
of seeking recounts in other states but no decision has been
made yet.
The Cobb-LaMarche website is http://www.votecobb.org.
The website for the national Green
Party is http://www.gp.org.
The Ohio Green Party Website is
http://www.ohiogreens.org.
To see an investigative report
by Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy,
which asserts that the Ohio vote was improperly decided, see
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/kerry_won.php.
For an article detailing a dozen
ways in which the Ohio vote was potentially manipulated, see
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/810.
(From Nov.
11) GREEN & LIBERTARIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO
DEMAND OHIO RECOUNT
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