Reply #43: Here's copy of my email to Okrent..

[Eye_on_prize]

I also sent similar copy to NYT national news desk and one to LATimes too.

To: "Daniel Okrent" <[email protected]>
From: [email protected]
Subject: Election Fraud Investigations

Dear Mr Okrent,
This is to demand -- yes, I said ‘demand’ -- fair and full coverage of the quickly mounting evidence indicating that the 2004 election was fraudulently rigged by supporters of George W. Bush. As the nation's 'newspaper of record', you no doubt know (but have you reported on it?), the House Judiciary Dems and the GAO have investigations well underway, and the more they look, the more evidence turns up that fraud indeed took place. The House Judiciary is holding its 2nd hearing on this in Ohio on Monday. Will you be there? Meanwhile...

THIS JUST IN - BREAKING NEWS IN OHIO WE WISH YOU WERE COVERING:
late last week, Ohio’s openly partisan GOP Secretary of State, Kenneth Blackwell continues to take full advantage of the national media’s virtual blackout, using his office to illegally obstruct the court-ordered recount in Ohio.

As of Friday Dec. 10, in violation of Ohio law, Ohio election records are now “locked down” and are “not public records”. It appears that Bush-Cheney Campaign Co-chair Ken Blackwell has determined that recount efforts may indeed make John Kerry the next US President, so he has ordered Secretary of State Ken Blackwell stop the analysis of the votes. If this is not news my fellow American, then please tell me what is? To see details of breaking story see:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x142934

Blackwell is transparently engaging in criminal behavior: Ohio Revised Code Title XXXV Elections, Sec. 3503.26 that requires all election records to be made available for public inspection and copying. ORC Sec. 3599.161 makes it a crime for any employee of the Board of Elections to knowingly prevent or prohibit any person from inspecting the public records filed in the office of the Board of Elections. Finally, ORC Sec. 3599.42 clearly states: “A violation of any provision of Title XXXV (35) of the Revised Code constitutes a prima facie case of election fraud within the purview of such Title.

You know that there are already millions of concerned US citizens who are closely watching this via the internet and the story is also being carried by some Ohio outlets. All we are asking, is for this issue be fully investigated and reported so that if there has been fraud, those responsible can be prosecuted and brought to justice. To do otherwise at this point, especially in light of Blackwell’s latest obstruction, and in light the now well-documented fraud that took place in 2000 in Florida, would appear to be passively assisting in covering up the fraud.

The voting electorate in this country is dependent on your accurate unbiased reporting of ‘irregularities’-- both during and after elections --to insure that fair and transparent elections do not become a thing of the past in this country -- the veracity of our democratic institutions hangs in the balance.

I sincerely hope your publication will begin taking its responsibility in this regard more seriously in the future.

Yours for a sound democracy at home,
John Hubbird
Portland, Oregon