Message from Cam Kerry

[HPLeft]

Dick Bell, the person who ran the Kerry blog and the Kerry Online Forum, just forwarded me this message. This is authentic. Dick doesn't have an active DU account, so he asked me to post it. I worked with Dick on the online campaign.

*****

I am grateful to the many people who have contacted me to express their deep concern about questions of miscounting, fraud, vote suppression, and other problems on election day, especially in Florida and Ohio. Their concern reflects how much people care about the outcome of this election.

I want to you to know we are not ignoring it. Election protection lawyers are still on the job in Ohio and Florida and in DC making sure all the votes are counted accurately. I have been conferring with lawyers involved and have made them aware of the information and concerns people have given me. Even if the facts don't provide a basis to change the outcome, the information will inform the continuing effort to protect the integrity of our elections.

If you have specific factual information about voting problems that could be helpful to the lawyers doing their job, please send it to [email protected] rather than to me.

The election protection effort has been important to me personally, and I am proud of the 17,000 lawyers around the country who helped. It's obvious that we have a way to go still, but their efforts helped make a difference. Their work goes on.

Thank you,

Cam Kerry

[papau]

1. seems we are part of "media"

We are part of "media" - DU was also sent the AFL/CIO Ohio vote theft article with permission to post the entire article.

Seems we made the cut as to being one of many places that one posts communications to the liberal faithful!

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Will get this added to my civic alert, thanks!

--------------------------------------
Would Jesus love a liberal? You bet!
http://geocities.com/greenpartyvoter/

[wicket]

3. Great news!

Thanks for posting this :)

[rabid_nerd]

4. Familiar Acronym... Voter Rights Insitute...

Email from when I was kept from voting in 2000...

Donna Brazille's neck of the woods...

[hlthe2b]

5. Well, this is something, I guess to suggest continued involvement

Somewhat heartening...

[OneBlueSky]

6. "Even if the facts don't provide a basis to change the outcome" . . .

uh oh . . . that doesn't sound promising . . .

[noamnety]

7. It sounds politically correct

which right now is a good thing. under the radar is a good thing.

and, it's true. even if it doesn't change this election, it WILL help change the system.

[roseBudd]

23. And even if it changes nothing it taints the so-called Bush win

Loke Sammy Sosa Bush used a corked bat

[Helga Scow Stern]

9. All the more reason to work harder...

to get the truth out!!! It may well be up to us.

[mzmolly]

8. Thank YOU.

:toast:

[Tinksrival]

10. crap

This is what we were told in 2000. Same old crap. Looks like four more years of that smirking ass. Sorry

[Eloriel]

11. Here's something that could be helpful for Cam

Here's my compendium of (not quite all) DU links on the election. It contains gold, and it contains some coal. It could be very useful if someone could go through and pick out the good stuff for sending the links to Cam:

VOTE FRAUD Links - a DU Compendium
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=201&topic_id=1984#

I myself want to continue collecting the links, which is time-consuming enough.

Is anyone willing to do this?

[BQueen]

16. I may be able to...

I just volunteered to coordinate info for my county in the Ohio efforts. I have no idea how much of a time comittment that will end up being, and I may have to drive to other counties to collect info not available online if no one else in the area volunteers. So, that is a priority since I'm able to on-the-ground stuff in a swing state.

I'm going to a meeting tonight (hopefully) with Ohio's League of Pissed off Voters and others, so I should know more later. Just didn't want to see you hanging there and wasn't sure I'd remember to check back when I got home. PM me and let me know if you got any other offers of assistance -- maybe I could split tasks with others? (How many threads are we talking now, anyway?)

Thanks for collecting all the threads, I know I have that one bookmarked.
BQ

[wiggs]

12. Wet blanket post.

I don't read much fight, inspiration, hope, calls for patience, or anything else into the memo that would lead me to believe there are behind the scenes effort to do something significant.

[Sideways]

13. Take Your Wet Blanket Home And Shove It

Thanks for playing. The sand box doesn't need you.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

14. "Election protection" lives!

sad that we need such an effort here in the supposed seat of democracy.

[AmyCrat]

15. At least it's something

Better than nothing. I hope they are finding the real evidence that becomes breaking news -- but until then, seems "quiet" so they don't get labeled "sore loser".

[Bozos for Bush]

17. lunchtime kick

[merh]

18. Thank you for this post!

I am glad that lawyers are still working on this!

[molly]

19. Tell them we love them!

:grouphug:

[ClassWarrior]

20. FWIW, I sent the text of this post to Cam Kerry's email this morning...

...asking if it's authentic. I just got an email back with the same - albeit form - message. It's authentic.

NGU.

[wicket]

21. Thanks Classwarrior!

Thanks for the update :D

[BayStateBoy]

22. We Get Fraud from Bush & B.S. From Our Own Leaders. No Hope