The BIGGEST TWO WEEKS since the election! Blast the media about it please!

[tommcintyre]

KEEP KICKED: Blast the media to:

Cover the BREAKING ELECTION FRAUD/REFORM STORIES

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As you read below, you will see that the last two weeks have been unprecedented! We are making some real inroads into exposing (and getting coverage of) THE ELECTION FRAUD, AND NEEDED ELECTION REFORM.

So take positive action now! Let's keep the momentum going!

Send the following message to the National Media, and then tell everyone you know to do the same!

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In just four mouse clicks, (and a little copying/pasting) tell 391 national media contacts to Cover the NATIONAL ELECTION REFORM CONFERENCE. (It takes less than two minutes to make a difference!)

You will send the following message:

http://www.independentmediasource.com/voteintegrity.htm
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The last two weeks have seen an unprecedented series of events and articles regarding election reform, and the investigation of the 2004 election irregularities. As you can see below, many media venues (and highly respected statesmen/politicians) are now investigating and speaking out on these issues. Isn’t it time you do it too?

Please investigate and report on these important stories:
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The Carter/Baker commission (first hearing scheduled for Monday, April, 18th):

Press release:
Jimmy Carter to Chair Election Reform Commission
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=8000837&src=rss/politicsNews

Commission on Federal Election Reform (website):
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/

Congressman John Conyers, the ranking minority member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, letter former-President Jimmy Carter
http://www.conyersblog.us/archives/ltrtopotuscarter.pdf
http://www.conyersblog.us/

Related story:
“Conyers to Carter: James Baker 'Inappropriate' for Blue-Ribbon Election Commission!
Ranking Minority House Judiciary Comm. Member Calls for True Voting Rights Advocates to Be Included on Commission
ALSO: American Center for Voting Rights GOP Front Group Confirmed as 'Academic Advisor' to Panel!

In a letter sent yesterday by Congressman John Conyers, the ranking minority member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, to former-President Jimmy Carter, Conyers has expressed his "strong opposition" to the "conflicting interest" of having Bush/Cheney loyalist, James A. Baker, III serve as the Co-Chair of a recently seated blue-ribbon commission set to investigate Election 2004!

Carter has been named as Co-Chair, along with Baker, on the secretly convened and recently announced commission to investigate problems in Election 2004 and to make recommendations on changes needed to improve accuracy, confidence, transparency and inclusion in the American Electoral System.”
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001316.htm
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MSNBC/REUTERS: Washington state suit wants vote machines opened
SEATTLE, April 12 - “An electronic voting machine maker is battling a voter rights advocate in Washington State who wants to force the company to reveal the machines' software blueprint.”
http://famulus.msnbc.com/famulusgen/reuters04-12-165037.asp?t=renew&vts=41220051903
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Miami Herald Discusses Clint Curtis, Calls for a Return to Paper Ballots!
Condemns E-Voting, Outlines a Litany of What Went Wrong in 2004 Election Fiasco!

“The drumbeat of the pro-democracy movement in America (who could have ever imagined there'd be a need for one in this country?!) seems to be growing louder as more and more Mainstream Media folks get into the game!

Following on the heels of yesterday's Miami Herald piece about Miami-Dade's possible return to paper ballots, Herald columnist, Robert Steinback jumps in with a damning condemnation of Electronic Voting today pointing out that, "Nothing is more important, for the world's pre-eminent democracy, than assuring the sanctity of each vote."
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001318.htm

Summary of the Clint Curtis story:
“In his (Curtis) affidavit and videotaped sworn testimony presented before members of the U.S. House Judiciary committee, Curtis claims to have been asked by U.S. Congressman Tom Feeney (R-FL) to design a "vote-rigging software prototype".
http://www.bradblog.com/ClintCurtisSummary.htm

Related story:
CLINT CURTIS PASSES POLYGRAPH EXAM!
Story Broken in Florida's St. Petersburg Times by Pulitzer Prize Winning Reporter!

“The lie-detector test, administered to Curtis by Tim Robinson, the retired chief polygraph operator for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, found that the Florida whistleblowing software designer who has charged in a sworn affidavit that he was asked by U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) to create an electronic vote-rigging software prototype in 2000, was indeed found to be truthful in all of his responses!”
http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00001313.htm
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(Chicago) Tribune Media Services syndicate – (Story to be published April 14th) - The
THE SILENT SCREAM OF NUMBERS by Robert C. Koehler - Tribune Media Services

“As they slowly hack democracy to death, we're as alone - we citizens - as we've ever been, protected only by the dust-covered cliches of the nation's founding: "Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."

It's time to blow off the dust and start paying the price.

The media are not on our side. The politicians are not on our side. It's just us, connecting the dots, fitting the fragments together, crunching the numbers, wanting to know why there were so many irregularities in the last election and why these glitches and dirty tricks and wacko numbers had not just an anti-Kerry but a racist tinge. This is not about partisan politics. It's more like: "Oh no, this can't be true."

I just got back from what was officially called the National Election Reform Conference, in Nashville, Tenn., an extraordinary pulling together of disparate voting-rights activists - 30 states were represented, 15 red and 15 blue - sponsored by a Nashville group called Gathering to Save Our Democracy. It had the feel of 1775: citizen patriots taking matters into their own hands to reclaim the republic. This was the level of its urgency.”
The complete article is posted here:
http://www.gnn.tv/headlines/2172/The_Silent_Scream_of_Numbers
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x356725
Background info on the National Election Reform Conference here:
http://www.freepress.org/conf.php
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April 1st - Analysis of the 2004 Presidential Election Exit Poll Discrepancies

The report concludes: “ We believe that the absence of any statistically-plausible explanation for the discrepancy between Edison/Mitofsky’s exit poll data and the official presidential vote tally is an unanswered question of vital national importance that needs thorough investigation.”

Complete report:
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/Exit_Polls_2004_Edison-Mitofsky.pdf

An executive summary of the report by is available at:
http://electionarchive.org/ucvAnalysis/US/Exit_Polls_summary.pdf

Press release:
Scientific Analysis Suggests Presidential Vote Counts May Have Been Altered

“Officially, President Bush won November's election by 2.5%, yet exit polls showed Kerry winning by 3% <1>. According to a report to be released today by a group of university statisticians, the odds of a discrepancy this large between the national exit poll and election results happening by accident are close to 1 in a million.

In other words, by random chance alone, it could not have happened. But it did.”
http://www.uscountvotes.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=85&Itemid=41

Related stories:
Group says chance of exit polls being so wrong in '04 vote is one-in-959,000
By Stephen Dyer - Beacon Journal staff writer

“There's a one-in-959,000 chance that exit polls could have been so wrong in predicting the outcome of the 2004 presidential election, according to a statistical analysis released Thursday.”

“The explanation for the discrepancy that was offered by the exit polling firm -- that Kerry voters were more likely to participate in the exit polling -- is an ``implausible theory,'' according to the report issued Thursday by US Count Votes, a group that claims it's made up of about two dozen statisticians.”
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/11284237.htm

Analysis - Vote Counts May Have Been Altered

“The consortium that conducted the presidential exit polls, Edison/Mitofsky, issued a report in January suggesting that the discrepancy between election results and exit polls occurred because Bush voters were more reticent than Kerry voters in response to pollsters.

The authors of this newly released scientific study "Analysis of the 2004 Presidential Election Poll Discrepancies" considers this "reluctant Bush responder" hypothesis to be highly implausible, based on extensive analysis of Edison/Mitofsky's exit poll data. They conclude, /“The required pattern of exit poll participation by Kerry and Bush voters to satisfy the exit poll data defies empirical experience and common sense under any assumed scenario.”

A state-by-state analysis of the discrepancy between exit polls and official election results shows highly improbable skewing of the election results, overwhelmingly biased towards the President.”

“Ph.D. statisticians in America who have seen this group's preliminary exit poll study have not refuted it. This new study is a much more comprehensive an analysis of the exit poll discrepancies.”
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00001.htm

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FIGHT BACK! DO IT NOW! MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

http://www.independentmediasource.com/voteintegrity.htm

[LynzM]

1. Excellent

Posting so I can find it again to do from home! Thank you!

[pacalo]

2. Conyers is The Man!

Conyers has expressed his "strong opposition" to the "conflicting interest" of having Bush/Cheney loyalist, James A. Baker, III serve as the Co-Chair of a recently seated blue-ribbon commission set to investigate Election 2004!

Of course, this would have an impact only in a democracy, not a regime, but kudos to Conyers for making noise about it.

[Jo March]

3. Kick and nominated!

Great tool and it's FREE!

[gkhouston]

4. ooh, now this is defintely worth

a nomination. :-)

[kster]

5. KICK............n/t

[In Truth We Trust]

6. Kick and vote to nominate for greatest

[gordianot]

7. Absolutely the best today next to the heat Delay is taking.

Nominated

[LatePeriduct]

40. kicked

nt

[MelissaB]

8. Done!

[Kip Humphrey]

9. MAXIMIZE the cracks in the Wall of Silence - Kick this and BLAST AWAY!

I have to wait til I get home... But then, watch out! My ISP's email server will be smokin'!

Recommendations for email blasting:

Less than 500 words
Plain text only
Use an original subject line
20% or greater original text
(last two are to prevent being treated like spam)

Also, some ISP's identify you as a spammer if you send out to 50 or more email addresses per message. Do small batches (I recommend 24 per blast to play it safe), otherwise your ISP may shut your email account down for 24 hours or more (its happened to me).

[keepthemhonest]

10. I blasted I blasted!

It is so liberating.

[clem_c_rock]

11. Great post - keep these election posts coming!

The more we can get on this site the more chances of people waking up and realizing we have bigger problems on our hand than the problems in the Democratic party.

[autorank]

12. The pot is simmering...this is incredible.

In post: "The authors of this newly released scientific study "Analysis of the 2004 Presidential Election Poll Discrepancies" considers this "reluctant Bush responder" hypothesis to be highly implausible, based on extensive analysis of Edison/Mitofsky's exit poll data."

Well, well. What could this mean. Thank you so much for this post!

:kick: :kick:

[Kip Humphrey]

13. Kick, kick, kick - Make our voices heard & spread the word!

[keepthemhonest]

14. kick

[oasis]

15. Kick for a job well done.

[tommcintyre]

16. Thanks for all the response! Over 10,000 individual emails sent so far!

We are off to a terrific start! Keep it up!

[tommcintyre]

17. The Raw Story article will be added to the blaster letter today

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=357014&mesg_id=357014

We need to let th media know that Buchco is trying to "roll us" at this hearing.

[tommcintyre]

31. A slight delay... awaiting info on what a "visible presence" is

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x357438

If I can say it's a demonstration or protest, the MSM may be more likely to cover it (they love conflict ;) ).

[Carolab]

18. Done!! n/t

[New Earth]

19. wowowowowowow

i've missed out on a lot. that is some good news. :bounce:

[tommcintyre]

20. Things are really starting to hop!

:bounce:
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[Wilms]

21. .

[rumpel]

22. Thanks & kick

[Jo March]

23. Kick - keep sending this out

They can't ignore us if we create enough waves.

[oasis]

24. Kick

[keepthemhonest]

25. Tom says

10,000 have already emailed.I love it keeep up the good work everyone and maybe email the link to anyone who you think may want their vote counted.

[tommcintyre]

26. Now, over 17,000 individual emails sent so far

FYI - How I know (requested in the GD thread):

I can easily estimate the minimum sent. In each blast, a tracking email is sent back to me (unless someone chooses to optionally remove it). So I just have to count the number of emails that are sent to the tracking alias, times the number of media sent to, and voila! I have a conservative estimate (since I'm sure some do remove the tracking em).

[keepthemhonest]

27. What are you kidding me we are motoringn Tom

it is working everyone ,keep sending and send the link to all your friends and encourage them to get involved .

[tommcintyre]

29. Yes, after you send, click this button to ask your friends to do it too

Ask the people you know to:

Tell the National Media to Cover the BREAKING ELECTION FRAUD/REFORM STORIES

http://www.independentmediasource.com/voteintegrity_emailothers.htm

[keepthemhonest]

30. he is a genious that Tom! n/t

[keepthemhonest]

28. by the way

I like the idea of BCC'ing instead of just sending the regular way this way they will think they are the only recipient.
Very effective.

[oasis]

32. kick

[oasis]

33. kick

:dem:

[tommcintyre]

34. Kick for the weekend warriors - will update today n/t

[Wilms]

35. kick n/t

[tommcintyre]

36. UPDATE: Over 22,000 individual emails sent out so far!

Congratulations DU!

The record (post- Jan 6th) is just over 30,000 (for the Bradblog/Clint Curtis Blogcall2 in early march).

We just passed the 19,000+ sent out for the National Election Conference last weekend!).

Will we set a new record??? Stay tuned...

[Wilms]

37. n/t

[tommcintyre]

38. ADDED: RAW STORY - Carter Election Reform Commission

Questions surface regarding legitimacy of Baker-Carter election reform commission. By Larisa Alexandrovna

"Serious questions of conservative partisanship have surfaced surrounding an electoral reform commission co-chaired by former President Jimmy Carter and erstwhile Secretary of State James Baker, RAW STORY has learned."

“Perhaps most significant, however, is the partisan makeup of those on the Commission's panels. In a situation reminiscent of GOPUSA and Gannongate, a recent election reform group has seemingly sprouted from nowhere and in short order landed a seat at the table."

"After seeing the full map (which will be published this evening), Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), who held Congressional hearings on Ohio’s election irregularities and fueled the effort for the Ohio electoral challenge, issued the following statement Thursday.
“These connections truly are astounding,” Conyers said. “It apparently wasn't enough that Republican officials helped sway the election in favor of Bush—now they've even created a phony voting rights group to combat the real work that progressives are doing to make sure that every vote is counted.”
http://rawstory.com/exclusives/alexandrovna/carter_baker_electoral_reform_controversy_414.htm
(Map: ) http://rawstory.com/exclusives/map_conservative_ties_raw_story_415.htm

NEWS RELEASE: APRIL 15, 2005 COALITION OF ELECTORAL REFORM GROUPS CALL FOR JAMES BAKER'S RESIGNATION FROM ELECTORAL REFORM COMMISSION
Also Call for Baker Cronies and Voting Machine Representatives To Step Down as Well
PLAN PRESENCE AT APRIL 18TH "PUBLIC HEARING"
http://www.velvetrevolution.us/content/electoralreform/BakerCarterComm_PressRelease_041505.php

[satya]

39. Kicked and blasted. You Rock!!! n/t

[tommcintyre]

41. In a few minutes the Raw Story reporter will talk about the Commission

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x357887

[Wilms]

42. kick n/t

[Wilms]

43. kicked n/t

[tommcintyre]

44. OK... one mo' fo' da mornin' crowd

Hmm... looks like I need some sleep. ;)

[keepthemhonest]

45. get some sleep

Lot's of babysitters don't worry.:)

[tommcintyre]

46. One last shout-out for the weekend warriors! n/t

[tommcintyre]

47. Please keep this out of the SCOTUS! Tied at 30,000+

Just did a count... we are actually tied with just over 30,000

Shoot! And I don't have paper records to do a recount.

So please would a few more of you "DU Warriors" send the blast so this doesn't wind up in the SCOTUS - cuz I ain't conceding early! ;)

[Melissa G]

48. Kickin for the Record! Go Tom Go! n/t

[LatePeriduct]

49. Kick

[LatePeriduct]

50. kick

[Coloradan4Truth]

51. Blasted and Kicked! n/t

[LatePeriduct]

52. kick

[LatePeriduct]

53. kick