Rallies Across California Jan. 3

[mslux]

Rallies across California at Sen. Boxer's field offices MONDAY, JAN. 3 at noon

Calling California Democrats:

Despite documented evidence of egregious voter suppression, unauditable "blackbox" vote counts defying the exit polls, and illegal obstruction of the Ohio recount, the Ohio slate of electors are about to be counted in Congress, handing the presidency to George Bush in a second stolen election.

Now is the time to stand up for our Democracy if ever there was one.

Today (12/30) Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) has announced he and other members of the House will stand in opposition to the electors from Ohio when Congress convenes January 6 to count the Electoral College and determine the presidential election results. For a news link to John Conyers' letter to all Senators and Congressmembers requesting a debate of the Ohio election results, click here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/

By law, members of the House need one Senator to stand with them to challenge. Don't let this be a repeat of the stolen election of 2004
when not one Senator would answer the call to oppose the illegitimate electors of Florida.

Join the "We need one Senator" campaign by organizing a press conference or rally at the office of Senator Barbara Boxer in your area. (See Locations below)

Rallies are being planned in San Francisco and other cities at noon on Monday 1/3 in conjunction with the Ohio rally, "We The People Demand Democracy: Count Every Vote, Every Vote Counts," hosted by a coalition led by Rev. Jesse Jackson which includes:

Rainbow Push, MoveOn.org, Cobb/LaMarch Green Party campaign, Progressive Democrats of America, United for Peace and Justice, Code Pink, ReDefeatBush, Silicon Valley Dean Democrats, Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club, Defend the Commons, and numerous other organizations.

Congressmembers Rep. Barbara Lee and Maxine Waters have been contacted to launch the day with morning press conferences in their respective cities. We will keep you informed of these events as they develop.

Monday morning, January 3 will launch a week of actions culminating in Washington DC before the actual vote count at 1:00 pm.

Local contacts to date:
San Francisco: Dan Ashby, 415 595 1289 [email protected]
Los Angeles: Lora O'Connor, 310-841-2115 [email protected]
San Diego: Candace, [email protected]
Sacramento:
San Bernardino:
Fresno: Diane Scott Corbin, 559-222-6135, [email protected]
(Further contacts will be announced)

If you or your organization can help arrange or attend these demonstrations, please contact the regional coordinators above.

DEMONSTRATION LOCATIONS: Senator Boxer's California Field Offices

San Diego
600 B Street, Suite 2240
San Diego, CA 92101
[phone]
[phone] fax

Inland Empire
201 North E Street, Suite 210
San Bernardino, CA 92401
[phone]
[phone] fax

Los Angeles
312 N. Spring Street, Suite 1748
Los Angeles, CA 90012
[phone]
[phone] fax

Fresno
1130 O Street, Suite 2450
Fresno, CA 93721
[phone]
[phone] fax

San Francisco
1700 Montgomery Street, Suite 240
San Francisco, CA 94111
[phone]
[phone] fax

If you cannot be present at the demonstrations, please flood Sen. Boxer's offices with phone calls and faxes daily from now until Jan. 6 (see numbers above)

Please see http://www.rainbowpush.org/ http://www.51capitalmarch.org http://www.pdamerica.org and http://www.redeatbush.com for details and downloadable flyers about the Save Our Votes March Jan. 4 - 6 and Rally for the Republic in Washington DC on Jan. 6th.

[Wilms]

1. Note to self: Go to rally at 12 Noon Monday, Jan. 3rd.

[Peggy Day]

2. I like that

[Peggy Day]

3. Maybe we should protest!

[Peggy Day]

5. I'm reallly just a virgin to all this

ut, it's nice to meet othr people that aren't going along with the Bush theme !00% of the time.

[Wilms]

6. About 00.00% support for Bush around here.

And Rove can recount it if he'd like.

New here, as well. Quite a place, eh?

And, Welcome :hi:

[kerrygoddess]

4. www.ContestTheVote.org

Today, we surpassed the 27,000 mark with our online petition. The hand signed version of the petition has over 1,500, and more are rolling in hourly. We are nearing the conclusion of our petition campaign. There are still more than 30 hours to get the word out! Please go to www.ContestTheVote.org right now and click on 'Tell Others'. Then dump your entire address book. Dig deep! We can make 50,000 signatures by the deadline, which is 8:00 AM, PST on Jan 1, 2005.

This is crunch time.

Hand delivering the petitions to the senators by constituents will have an additional impact. We still need volunteers to print and deliver the petitions to senators in many states. If you are interested in volunteering, please let us know. Send us an email with “Volunteer” in the subject line and your contact information (name, address, phone, email address) in the body of the email.

We are continuing our efforts to coordinate with other groups. If you are organizing a rally or related event, please let us know. We will list it on our web site and send out a mailing to people in your area.

Contest the Vote is turning up all over. Grassroots participation has been strong, with people collecting signatures at rallies and events around the country. We’ve gotten lots of coverage, including airtime on Air America. Much thanks to all who have helped get our site listed on hundreds of sites and blogs online. We are now listed on over 500 different web pages, including the front page of Michael Moore’s site. Not bad for 3 weeks’ work!

Thank you for your support in keeping kitchen table activism alive.

Sincerely,

Maegan Prentice
www.ContestTheVote.org
[email protected]

[Helga Scow Stern]

7. Yes! Something I can participate in!

I will tell the locals tomorrow.