Nov2Truth.org news update:

Guarantee the Right to Vote

12/08/2004
The Nation
John Nichols

As US Rep. John Conyers, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, chaired Tuesday's hearing on irregularities in the presidential voting in Ohio on November 2, the Rev. Jesse Jackson warned that the session must be more than merely an opportunity to "vent."

"We cannot vent and then have Congress not act. If these reports are not investigated, we have all wasted our time," the two-time candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination declared. "This cannot simply be an academic venting session. Take this struggle to the streets and legitimize it there, as they did in Selma."

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'Lowdown tricks' sap poll-watcher's faith in fair U.S. voting

November 23, 2004
Oregonian
Margie Boulé

America: land of the free. If we were taught anything as young Americans, we learned that in this nation we are free to live where we wish, express our opinion, worship in any faith we choose and vote for whomever we wish.

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Voting 2004: A Report to the Nation on America's Election Process

December 08, 2004
Common Cause

More than 500 concerned citizens, activists and voting advocates braved rain in Washington on Tuesday to attend a daylong event sponsored by Common Cause and our coalition partners, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and The Century Foundation. The event highlighted the many voting problems that citizens experienced on Election Day. It was standing room only for most of the nine-hour discussion, which featured Members of Congress from both parties and seven panels of experts and advocates who spoke in detail about registration and absentee ballot problems, voter suppression and intimidation tactics and electronic voting machine issues, to mention only a few issues. Common Cause President Chellie Pingree moderated the non-partisan event, along with Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.

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E-Voting in an Untrustworthy World

by Randall J. Omdahl

I attended the "E-Voting in an Untrustworthy World" presentation by Rebecca Mercuri, Ph.D. (Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University) this past Wednesday, December 8, at the University of Arizona (in Tucson, Arizona), and it was very interesting IMHO. She presented the data in a completely OBJECTIVE, professional manner, and did not take sides. She has been researching this subject since 1989, and is recognized as a leading authority on electronic voting. She has appeared before the House Science Committee, the Federal Election Committee, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, and UK Cabinet, and has been quoted in the U.S. Congressional Record and on the floor of the Irish Parliament.

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Stolen Election 2004: Thursday Update

Bob Fertik
December 9, 2004

I traveled to Washington for the House Judiciary Committee Democratic forum on Ohio election problems.

The event was broadcast by C-Span and Pacifica Radio, and there were a dozen more cameras capturing every word. Here are 30 minutes of video highlights and text highlights from William Rivers Pitt and Nero Fiddled.

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Democrats to press Ohio voting probe

Dec. 9, 2004
The Associated Press
But they won't call for delay in certification of Bush's victory

WASHINGTON - A Democratic congressman and Jesse Jackson said Wednesday they will continue to investigate complaints of election irregularities in Ohio, but they won’t call for a delay in the official certification process.

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Elections chief resigns, 4 staff are suspended - Shakeout follows election count

December 04, 2004
Toledo Blade
Fritz Wenzel

OHIO - An extensive housecleaning in the Lucas County elections office was announced yesterday with Elections Director Paula Hicks-Hudson resigning and four other officials suspended pending investigation into problems with the official count of the Nov. 2 election. The county, which certified its vote Wednesday, will have to amend its official certification with the state, in part because of an apparent failure of employees to properly do their jobs, board Chairman Bernadette Noe said.

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