Could someone summarize where we are at?

[bmoney07]

I have been away for few days and it seems like there is a lot going and may have a lot more going on by the days end.

Sorry if I have missed a thread or two.

[Stephanie]

1. Kerry's in, Arnebeck filed, Conyers forum on now

The big story of the moment is the testimony still ongoing at the Conyers forum in OH. Testimony that Triad workers tampered with the machines after the vote, prior to the recount, in front of witnesses.


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Kerry Lawyer Seeks Ohio Ballot Inspection

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By MARK WILLIAMS, Associated Press Writer

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) is asking county elections officials to allow his witnesses to inspect the 92,000 ballots cast in Ohio in which no vote for president was recorded, a Kerry lawyer said Sunday night.

The request is one of 11 the Kerry campaign made in a letter sent over the weekend to Ohio's 88 county boards of election, which will begin recounting presidential ballots this week.

"We're trying to increase the transparency of the election process," said Donald McTigue, the lawyer handling the recount for the Kerry campaign. But he added that several requests — such as using independent experts to check election equipment, "are trying to push the edge of envelope."

Two minor presidential candidates who received 0.30 percent of the votes in last month's election requested and paid for the recount, claiming that the election was full of irregularities that need to be addressed.

President Bush (news - web sites), a Republican, beat the Massachusetts senator by about 119,000 votes in Ohio on Election Day. Ohio's 20 electoral votes, which will be cast on Monday, put Bush over the top in the race.

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PRESS ADVISORY
Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
Fourteenth District, Michigan
Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary
Dean, Congressional Black Caucus
http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/index.html

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:
December 10, 2004 Dena Graziano [phone]

REP. CONYERS, WATERS, TUBBS JONES, STRICKLAND, ALONG
WITH REV. JACKSON AND OHIO STATE SENATOR RAY
MILLER, TO HOLD 2004 ELECTION FORUM

Rep. John Conyers, Jr, and other Representatives along with Rev. Jesse Jackson will be holding a congressional forum in Columbus concerning new evidence of election irregularities and fraud in Ohio, the issue of Ohio electors meeting while recounts and litigation are pending,
and to discuss legislative and other responses to the problems.

WHAT: “2004 Election Forum”

WHEN: Monday, December 13th @ 10:30am

WHERE: Columbus City Hall, Columbus City Council Chambers
90 West Broad Street, Columbus, OH

WHO: Rep. John Conyers, Jr.
Rep. Maxine Waters
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones
Rep. Ted Strickland
Ohio State Senator Ray Miller
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Founder Rainbow Push Coalition
Prof. Robert Fitrakis, Editor, The Free Press
Cliff Arnebeck, Arnebeck Associates
John Bonifaz, General Counsel, National Voting Rights Institute
Gregory Moore, Executive Director, NAACP National Voter Fund
Councilwoman Charleta Tavares

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http://www.nbc4i.com/politics/3992559/detail.html

Challenge Filed Hours Before Electoral College Ohio Vote
Court Could Decide To Hear Challenge

POSTED: 11:05 am EST December 13, 2004

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Challengers of the state's presidential election results asked the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday to review the outcome hours before the Ohio delegation to the Electoral College was to cast ballots for president and vice president.

If the court decides to hear the challenge, it can declare a new winner or throw out the results. The challengers said they also plan to ask the court to stop the Electoral College delegation's vote until their case can be decided.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Cliff Arnebeck, a Columbus lawyer working for the Massachusetts-based Alliance for Democracy, accused President Bush's campaign of "high-tech vote stealing."

Jackson said the challengers noticed Bush generally received more votes in counties that use optical-scan voting machines and questioned whether the machines were calibrated to record votes for Bush.
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