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Michigan Congressman John Conyers, the leading Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, conducted a hearing into voting irregularities in Ohio. The house GOP leadership refused to sanction or recognize the hearing.
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Pandora's box has been opened and the media is ignoring and laughing at the audacity of a growing group of concerned citizens and representatives who are challenging the legality of the 2004 election ~ particularly in Ohio.
On Thursday 02 December, Democratic Representative
The factual data in that letter, combined with information
that has since been brought to light, is the subject of a hearing Conyers and fellow Judiciary Democrats held on Wednesday 08 December.
Truthout's William Rivers Pitt was there to cover the event, and here is his on the scene report ;
Susan Truitt just said, "We have privatized public elections and this must stop. This election is not over. I saw a man come to the polls with an IV in his arm from the hospital because he could not get an absentee ballot in Ohio."
Wednesday 08 December 2004
11:25AM
" Almost all of these panelists are bringing lawsuits against the election in Ohio. I guess they are correct when they say this election is not over. I think maybe it has just begun. "
Wednesday 08 December 2004
11:35AM
"John Bonifaz is on fire. He is not merely waxing poetic about the value of voting. He has Blackwell bracketed and braced. This man has no quit in him, and is bringing yet another lawsuit in Ohio. If I were Blackwell, and I saw Bonifaz coming, I'd run like hell. "
Wednesday 08 December 2004
11:40AM
"There is such a volume of data being presented here that I am able only to take frantic notes. I will have a more complete report later tonight. This is historic ! "
Wednesday 08 December 2004
11:50AM
" Shawnta Walcott of Zogby International reports that her crew has seen an unprecedented level of suspicion over the results of this election. Zogby Inc wants a blue-ribbon panel to investigate the claims made in this hearing. "
Wednesday 08 December 2004
12:00PM
Rev. Jackson demands a constitutional right to vote. "If some can argue that the right to bear arms is explicit in the constitution, how can we tolerate our right to vote being described as 'implicit' in the constitution?"
Wednesday 08 December 2004
12:10PM
Rev. Jackson: "We cannot vent and then have Congress not act. If these reports are not investigated, we have all wasted our time. This cannot simply be an academic venting session. Take this struggle to the streets and legitimize it there, as they did in Selma."
Wednesday 08 December 2004
12:20PM
"An interesting exchange. Nadler asked how fraud can be proven on electronic machines. Cliff Arnebeck said his lawsuit would employ the best experts in court to make the case. One such expert, Bob Fitrakis, is on the panel, and reeled off a slew of specific problems with specific machines. Nadler's eyes got real big. "
" Conyers then hinted that he might officially object to seating the Ohio Electors. Wow ! "
Wednesday 08 December 2004
12:35PM
" These Democratic congressmen just raised a collective plea to everyone: Please help us push the GOP majority to address these issues officially. The invitation was extended to GOP members to come to this hearing. None came. "
Wednesday 08 December 2004
12:40PM
" And of course the wheels come off as soon as the floor is opened to questions. Everyone wants to make their speech, absent a question, and Conyers has to push people along, and the speechifiers get pissy, and we all look like fools. Progressives are uniquely gifted at this, and it never gets any less frustrating to watch."
