Recount the Votes

[connecticut yankee]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WESTPORT – November 21, 2004: Recount The Votes, a group of non-
partisan voters from Fairfield, Westport, Redding, Bridgeport and
other towns in lower Fairfield County, met on Thursday, November 18th
at the Westport Public Library to discuss their concern about the
integrity of the recent vote. Reports coming out of Ohio and
Florida, as well as several other states, have confirmed
irregularities in the registration process, election day
malfunctions, and the totaling of votes at precinct, county and state
levels.

Many Fairfield County residents have expressed concern that
mainstream media have done little to cover the issues of voting
irregularities and the question of recounts in critical swing-states,
such as Ohio. A spokesperson for the group noted that most Fairfield
County residents are not aware that requests for recounts have
already been submitted in Ohio and New Hampshire.

The Internet has provided an effective medium for rapidly
communicating these issues, and a number of petitions have been
circulating urging Congress to authorize a recount and groups such
as the Green and Libertarian parties have raised funds to support a
recount. In the absence of coverage in local and national media,
Recount the Votes is committed to providing Fairfield County
residents with timely and accurate information about voter
irregularities and the status of any recounts.

In addition to anecdotal reports of irregularities with voting
machines, experts from the University of California at Berkeley, the
University of Pennsylvania, and John Hopkins University have all
examined the election results. They are in agreement that the final
election results in key states were statistically improbable.

The most comprehensive report to date comes from the University of
California, Berkeley, where graduate students did a research project
under the direction of a professor and
" … found intriguing evidence that electronic-voting counties
Florida] could have mistakenly awarded up to 260,000 votes to
President Bush." Further on the report states: "… the UC
Berkeley
team found that Bush received tens of thousands more votes in
electronic-voting Democratic counties than past voting patterns would
have suggested. No such pattern turned up in counties using optical
scanning machines."

On Saturday, November 20th, Recount The Votes held a rally at the
Saugatuck River bridge in Westport to heighten local awareness about
irregularities and recounts. A representative of the group announced
that more events are planned in the coming weeks.

Recount the Votes is one of many grassroots organizations forming
nationwide to support efforts to ensure fair and transparent
elections. It is a non-partisan group, whose members belong to the
Republican, Democratic, Green and other parties.

[pacalo]

1. Could you provide a link, please?

[connecticut yankee]

2. There isn't any

This is a news release that was sent to me by email.

Sorry.

[KaryninMiami]

3. Any idea where they send this press release?

I googled "recount the votes" thinking they might have a website but found nothing. Would love to know who they are and where they are sending this. Sound like a small local group however- but every press release helps!