Reply #30: There are people who have put together extraordinary material.

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These include the litigants in Ohio and New Mexico. Did you know that in Lopatiguii et al Plaintiffs vs. Rebecca Vigil-Giron in her capacity as Secretary of State in New Mexico, a suit has progressed to the point of real discovery on election systems, election systems vendors, state and local boards of elections? This suit is by voters who "wish to have (their) vote(s) properly counted and weighted in any forthcoming election." This is not the recount case but a demand for free and fair elections in the future. This could blow open the horrible record of election irregularities that were unique to Hispanic-American and Native American precincts (some of which had no recorded votes for votes for Kerry, many of which had "undervote" rates 3-4 times the rate of non Hispanic precincts). The attorneys involved are doing this on limited funds and succeeding. Why won't DUNC step in? (Maybe because Ms. Vigil-Grin is a Richardson cohort--the Gov who wanted 1.5 million for the 2004 recount and who then blew off the request when a legally required deposit was proffered for the recount.)

This stinks! They have enough information from a variety of sources to know that the election was trashed and that irregularities exist all over. South Florida Democrats had a great year in 2004 on registrations, money, activism, yet Bush did much better than expected with out any sign of successful organizing on the part of Republicans there. DNC knows this.

I respect Eric Holder, who heads up the Dean created election fraud group, but it's 12 months before election day 2006 and nobody is raising a ruckus. Holder's group has been together for 5-6 months. I don't think they're capable of action institutionally.

I am optimistic, however, about the ability of grass roots and concerned professionals to get the issue out front. At that point, it becomes a broad based movement capable of real change and DNC and our other "leaders" who do little to lead and much to avoid following an angry and activated voter base.