MoveOn ON TASK in WA, NM, OH, FL, NV and elsewhere!

Helga Scow Stern

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Thu Dec-02-04 01:23 PM
Original message

MoveOn ON TASK in WA, NM, OH, FL, NV and elsewhere!

Check it out, and didn't someone just post that Kerry campaign is also giving funds to WA? I gave too. I don't want another Grand Dragon in KKKarl's Republican Governor's Klavern!

Dear MoveOn member,
Out of the 2.8 million votes cast for Governor of Washington State, the final margin was razor-thin. Dino Rossi, a conservative former state Senator, was ahead by only 261 votes. Then a recount brought the margin down to 42 votes. Now, Christine Gregoire, the Democratic candidate, is calling for a hand recount � which could easily make her the victor, since recounts typically favor the candidate who is behind.

The catch: a recount costs at least $750,000, and Gregoire needs to raise that money by tonight to pay for it. Can you help? We are 42 votes from an important progressive victory. To support the Washington recount, click here:

http://www.moveonpac.org/donate/recount.html

A machine recount brought the margin down to 42 votes after a number of counties found votes that had been previously uncounted. But there are still irregularities: counties that can't explain where they found additional votes, precincts with more votes recorded than there are registered voters, and voters who were inexplicably purged from the rolls. And with only 42 votes in the balance, the error rate for voting machines is 1,000 times the vote difference.

MoveOn PAC is supporting recounts and investigations in Ohio, New Mexico, Nevada, Florida, and elsewhere with volunteers and in other ways. And any funds MoveOn members donate beyond what is needed in Washington will be directed to make sure all votes are counted and election anomalies are uncovered in these other states. But nowhere else is victory so close at hand.

As Washington's attorney general, Christine Gregoire led the national effort to negotiate the tobacco settlement and has been a leader in the effort to protect privacy and combat identity theft. By contrast, her opponent, Dino Rossi, had an unbroken conservative voting record in his last year in the state Senate. Gregoire is a candidate worth fighting for.

The Republican spin machine is in high gear, trying to paint Gregoire as selfish or a sore loser for exercising her right to a recount. But until all the ballots have been fairly tallied, this election is not over, no matter how much the Republicans wish it were so. We simply must count every vote. And Christine Gregoire is determined to make sure that happens.

But, she needs our help. The total cost of the recount is likely to exceed $1 million, and without a $750,000 deposit, a statewide recount cannot proceed. The Democratic party has contributed and Democracy for America and other groups have raised money from their members for the effort. Our goal is to contribute $250,000 of the total cost. The deadline is today, so please contribute right now and we'll transmit the money to the recount fund immediately.

http://www.moveonpac.org/donate/recount.html
Then, please forward this message to a friend who also wants to see every vote counted.

We are 42 votes from an important progressive victory, and once all the votes are counted, our odds are good. Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

--Adam, Eli, Hannah, James, Justin, Laura, and the whole MoveOn PAC Team
December 2, 2004