I’m just reading this stuff today myself guys, but I’ve got a lot of information to post, and the Pete recorded 8 hours of CSPAN today that I’ll be receiving Fed Ex on Saturday. I’ll figure out the highlights and try to have them ready for you over the weekend sometime.
For now, read William Rivers Pitt’s excellent notes from his new blog. I’ve cut and pasted the whole thing below. (click on “more”)
Here’s a quote from Pitt’s blog:

Today was a good day
Thursday 06 January 2005 @ 06:05
I can’t recall a day in the last several years when the efforts of citizens yielded fruit in the Senate. Didn’t work with the Patriot Act vote. Didn’t work with the Homeland Security Act vote. Sure as hell didn’t work with the Iraq war vote.
It worked today. Voices were heard, and something we haven’t seen since 1877 took place today. This is what Congress exists for, and for once, they responded.

Here are some highlights from Boxer’s statement:

We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice.
Now we must add a new fight

According to RAW STORY, this is straight from Conyers’ Office:

December 30, 2004
Dear Senator,
As you know, on January 6, 2005, at 1:00 P.M, the electoral votes for the election of the president are to be opened and counted in a joint session of Congress, commencing at 1:00 P.M. I and a number of House Members are planning to object to the counting of the Ohio votes, due to numerous unexplained irregularities in the Ohio presidential vote, many of which appear to violate both federal and state law. I am hoping that you will consider joining us in this important effort to debate and highlight the problems in Ohio which disenfranchised innumerable voters. I will shortly forward you a draft report itemizing and analyzing the many irregularities we have come across as part of our hearings and investigation into the Ohio presidential election…

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Representative John Conyers has announced that he’ll be filing an official Objection to the Ohio Electoral votes on January 6, 2005. We need to mobilize and get our Senators to support him. (article underneath senator information below)
Here’s the same list of historically-progressive Senators I cite in my report on the Ohio Situation from yesterday:

Note that Russ Feingold is the one senator that voted against the Patriot Act, so he’s got the guts to do this kind of thing, and I put him at the top of the list.
When the Senate offices reopen after January 2, 2005, you can call their offices directly:
Senator Russ Feingold, (202) 224-5323, russ_feingold@feingold.senate.gov
Senator Tom Harkin, (202) 224-3254, tom_harkin@harkin.senate.gov
Senator Jim Jeffords, (202) 224-5141, Vermont@jeffords.senate.gov
Senator Edward Kennedy, 202/224-4543, senator@kennedy.senate.gov
Senator Patrick Leahy, (202) 224-4242, senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov
Senator Barbara Boxer, (202) 224-3553, senator@boxer.senate.gov
Senator Dick Durbin, (202) 224-2152, dick@durbin.senate.gov

Conyers to Object to Ohio Electors, Requests Senate Allies
By William Rivers Pitt for Truthout.

Representative John Conyers, ranking minority member of the House Judiciary Committee, will object to the counting of the Ohio Electors from the 2004 Presidential election when Congress convenes to ratify those votes on January 6th. In a letter dispatched to every Senator, which will be officially published by his office shortly, Conyers declares that he will be joined in this by several other members of the House. Rep. Conyers is taking this dramatic step because he believes the allegations and evidence of election tampering and fraud render the current slate of Ohio Electors illegitimate.
“As you know,” writes Rep. Conyers in his letter, “on January 6, 2005, at 1:00 P.M, the electoral votes for the election of the president are to be opened and counted in a joint session of Congress. I and a number of House Members are planning to object to the counting of the Ohio votes, due to numerous unexplained irregularities in the Ohio presidential vote, many of which appear to violate both federal and state law.”
The letter goes on to ask the Senators who receive this letter to join Conyers in objecting to the Ohio Electors. “I am hoping that you will consider joining us in this important effort,” writes Conyers, “to debate and highlight the problems in Ohio which disenfranchised innumerable voters. I will shortly forward you a draft report itemizing and analyzing the many irregularities we have come across as part of our hearings and investigation into the Ohio presidential election.”

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Well it took a few days, but here’s my Roundup Of The Recent Events Surrounding Election 2004’s Ohio Recount and Voting Machine Fraud Situation:

It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
Including a bunch of
Resources organized by subject and a
What You Can Do section.
I’ve made all of the evidence — Congressional letters, videos, affidavits, etc. available in multiple formats (HTML, PDF, Text, etc.), and stored them locally.
I hope you will find it useful. Please spread the word!
Here’s the Index:

* Video and Affidavits Confirm Tampering of Recount Machines
* Rep. John Conyers Gets Involved
* Specific Laws That Were Allegedly Violated
* Kerry Surfaces
* Electors Of Several States Pass Resolutions and Call For Congressional Investigation
* Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell’s Role In Obstructing The Ohio Recount
* What You Can Do
* Resources

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This is from the December 27, 2004 program of MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
There’s the one with the latest from Kerry’s Ohio lawyer, an analysis by Howard Fineman of the Kerry situation, more about Washington State, Feinstein pushing the popular vote, one big clip of everything – 18 MB, and MP3s of everything.
Here’s a mirror for it all.

Ohio Official Refuses Interview Over Vote
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins for the AP.

Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell has requested a protective order to prevent him from being interviewed as part of an unusual court challenge of the presidential vote.
Blackwell, in a court filing, says he’s not required to be interviewed by lawyers as a high-ranking public official, and accused the voters challenging the results of “frivolous conduct” and abusive and unnecessary requests of elections officials around the state.
Citing fraud, 37 people who voted for president Nov. 2 have challenged the election results with the Ohio Supreme Court. The voters refer to irregularities including long lines, a shortage of voting machines in minority precincts and problems with computer equipment…
Petro said the voters “are again engaging in frivolous conduct” after a Dec. 20 request to interview elections board officials in 10 counties was denied.
Petro also argued that the state Supreme Court does not have jurisdiction over a federal election. Even if the court did, the attorneys for the voters aren’t following the proper timelines for collecting evidence.

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This just in on the Bloggermann website.
(His permalink-generator isn’t working right now, but you can hit the homepage for the time being.)
Keith Olbermann got Kerry’s lawyer to clarify his statement from last week.
He practically said “I take it all back. The new information doesn’t change anything. We still give up.”
Daniel Hoffheimer to Keith Olbermann:

“I would caution the media not to read more into what the Kerry-Edwards campaign has said,” Mr. Hoffheimer advised us by e-mail, “than what you hear in the plain meaning of our comments. There are many conspiracy theorists opining these days. There are many allegations of fraud. But this presidential election is over. The Bush-Cheney ticket has won. The Kerry-Edwards campaign has found no conspiracy and no fraud in Ohio, though there have been many irregularities that cry out to be fixed for future elections. Senator Kerry and we in Ohio intend to fix them. When all of the problems in Ohio are added together, however bad they are, they do not add up to a victory for Kerry-Edwards. Senator Kerry’s fully-informed and extremely careful assessment the day after the election and before he conceded remains accurate today, notwithstanding all the details we have since learned.”

Ug. What does it all mean?
Well I’m still going to finish up my little report and post it tomorrow.
This election will be challenged on January 6th with or without John Kerry.
Although.. I guess I was getting hopeful that Kerry might actually come through in the end. (Like Spiderman! And he had this great plan, see? All along. And he was just waiting for the timing to be just right, so he could spring into action…[echo and fade] in action….action…. )
Anyway, glad I snapped out of my fantasy long enough to go check out what happened in the real world today and read Keith Olbermann’s blog.
I’m taping his show from tonight right now, and then I’ll put it right up.

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