{news} 51 Capital "You Stole My Vote" March - a nationwide citizens' protest this Sunday

[Jean de Smet]

Pls spread the word.  As members of VOTER, perhpas we should be
participating.

Jean

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From: "Meg Scata" <megscata at mindspring.com>
To: <chainmailcount at 51capitalmarch.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 12:13 AM
Subject: FW: Chain-Mail-News #3: 51 Capital "You Stole My Vote" March - a
nationwide citizens' protest this Sunday




To: <chainmailcount at 51capitalmarch.com>
Subject: Chain-Mail-News #3: 51 Capital "You Stole My Vote" March - a
nationwide citizens' protest this Sunday

Hello everyone,
Things are moving forward rapidly.  Groups are organizing all over the
country.   If your state doesn't yet have an organized group up and
running, don't be deterred by uncertainty.  There are literally millions
of Americans who feel as you do.  Find them.  Email or IM them. Tell
them how important it is to come out and demand an end to this theft of
our power.  It really is that simple and straight forward.  The
preservation of our constitutional power to  vote is too important to be
neglected or ignored.  Make a sign and show up on Sunday.

Visit our web site: http://www.51capitalmarch.com  Learn how our voting
systems are so vulnerable in our Blackbox Voting page.  Check out what's
happening in your state and locate your state capitol in Protest
Logistics..   Email your elected representatives from our Email Congress
page.  Tell them about Sunday's protest and ask them to show up.  Tell
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and purchase some protest gear.  Want to make a sign? Get our graphics

Fellow citizen,

In the 2004 election 80% of votes were counted on tabulator PCs that are
entirely vulnerable to surreptitious, undetectable vote count
manipulation. Vote manipulation exploits can easily circumvent state
election oversight and go undetected.  Because of this vulnerability,
our voting systems and vote counts can NOT be trusted.  With our votes
susceptible to violation and our voting systems untrustworthy, as
citizens, we have a duty to stand up and demand the return of power to
our votes and safeguards to our voting systems.  This Sunday, December
12th at noon local time, ALL American citizens are called to converge on
their State Capitol or Federal Capitol to protest the loss of our voting
power and the lost security of our voting systems in the 2004 elections.
Demands put forth by the December 12th protest include:


    <>To state electors:  Do NOT cast your ballots for president and
    vice-president until state election officials provide a complete,
    fair, accurate, and verified manual vote recount

    To state elected officials; Immediately act to restore integrity to
    our voting systems by adopting state provisions of the Voter's Bill
    of Rights and eliminate unsecured vote tabulation PCs and software.

    To federal elected representatives: Investigate vote fraud and vote
    count manipulation in the 2004 elections with the intent of
    developing and enacting federal guarantees protecting our voting
    power and the integrity of our voting systems.

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The December 12th nationwide protest is a citizen's uprising. With
little support and no backing from organizations, citizen groups are
forming across the country. They are organizing and mobilizing fellow
citizens in their states to: "Make a Sign and Show Up" at their state
capitols on December 12th.  Millions of American citizens, upset by how
our votes and voting systems have been compromised, value their voting
power and will respond by showing up this Sunday if they hear of the
protest.  Because our press is largely ignoring the theft of our voting
power, it is incumbent on we citizens to tell everyone we know to make a
sign and show up.

In the last election, I went to the polls with my family. We voted on
e-voting machines rigged with an exploit to deny Kerry Democratic votes.
When I returned home, I thought of my three young adult children, two
who voted in their first election, and I wept.  I realized they faced
futures without the guarantees of freedom and democracy that I have
enjoyed. I could not sit by and watch their votes be stripped of their
power and security without doing something.  I now ask you to do something:


1.  Send this email to everyone you know, and ask them to do the same.

2. Make a sign and show up at your state capitol building or the Federal
Capitol at noon this Sunday, December 12th

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For details and to get involved, please visit http://www.51capitalmarch.com


When your children ask you, "What did you do to save our democracy?"
Will you be able to tell them, "I showed up"?


Thank you for your commitment to our country,
<>
Kip Humphrey
www.51capitalmarch.com
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The exploit mentioned above occurred on Hart inter Civic eSlate voting
machines.  The exploit was as follow: if a voter selected "Vote
Democratic Slate", no vote would register for John Kerry. To complete
the exploit, the vote review screen opened at the very bottom of the
ballot. A voter had to scroll through pages of ballot showing democratic
votes registered one after another.  Only those diligent voters who
paged back to the top of their ballot would notice no vote registered
for Kerry. Those not as vigilant, unknowingly lost the power of their
votes.


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