Conyers to Object to Ohio Electors, Requests Senate Allies

[eaprez]

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/123104W.shtml

Conyers to Object to Ohio Electors, Requests Senate Allies
By William Rivers Pitt
t r u t h o u t | Report

Thursday 30 December 2004

Representative John Conyers, ranking minority member of the House Judiciary Committee, will object to the counting of the Ohio Electors from the 2004 Presidential election when Congress convenes to ratify those votes on January 6th. In a letter dispatched to every Senator, which will be officially published by his office shortly, Conyers declares that he will be joined in this by several other members of the House. Rep. Conyers is taking this dramatic step because he believes the allegations and evidence of election tampering and fraud render the current slate of Ohio Electors illegitimate.

"As you know," writes Rep. Conyers in his letter, "on January 6, 2005, at 1:00 P.M, the electoral votes for the election of the president are to be opened and counted in a joint session of Congress. I and a number of House Members are planning to object to the counting of the Ohio votes, due to numerous unexplained irregularities in the Ohio presidential vote, many of which appear to violate both federal and state law."

The letter goes on to ask the Senators who receive this letter to join Conyers in objecting to the Ohio Electors. "I am hoping that you will consider joining us in this important effort," writes Conyers, "to debate and highlight the problems in Ohio which disenfranchised innumerable voters. I will shortly forward you a draft report itemizing and analyzing the many irregularities we have come across as part of our hearings and investigation into the Ohio presidential election."

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[karlrschneider]

1. I'm not real hopeful any senator will join.

:grr:

[Egalitariat]

5. Well, luckily for him, there's a Senator from Massachusetts

with a dog in the race. If that guy's not interested in helping, neither should anyone else.

[bemildred]

2. Sounds like deja vu all over again. nt

[proud patriot]

3. Damn Boxer's D.C. office is closed until after the holiday

Everyone needs to call her office on Jan. 2

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[sasquatch]

4. Too bad Kerry is too much of a coward to take a stand for us!!

:(

[Qutzupalotl]

7. He'll be in Iraq.

Besides, that would be bad form. Smacks of self-interest. Patriotic senators doing the right thing on his behalf, now that's good form.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. Yes isn't it?

:-(

[SpiralHawk]

6. Go Johnny, Go Johnny, Go Johnny Go !

Take it to the limit.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. John Edwards will be a Senator on January 6

I see no reason he couldn't do it.