{news} Fw: [usgp-media] Ohio recount: update, financial report, timetable (from the Cobb campaign)

[Tom Sevigny]

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Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 6:16 PM
Subject: [usgp-media] Ohio recount: update, financial report, timetable
(from the Cobb campaign)


> (From Lynne Serpe, Cobb campaign manager)
>
> Dear Friends,
>
> The Ohio Recount is moving forward!
>
> Here are updates on:
>
> 1. Volunteering opportunities
> 2. Our financial situation
> 3. A timetable of what's to come and what's
> already happened
>
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> 1. Mobilizing Thousands of Volunteers
>
> We'll be mobilizing thousands of volunteers in
> December to observe the hand recount in all 88
> counties in Ohio. A recount without Cobb-Badnarik
> volunteer observers providing truly independent
> oversight of the process will not provide
> meaningful feedback on the problems or do much to
> improve public confidence in the integrity of the
> voting system. Please join us by completing our
> volunteer form at http://www.votecobb.org
>
>
>  2. Giving Thanks for Democracy
>
> Thanks to the generosity of thousands of small
> donors coast-to-coast, the Green Party's
> Cobb/LaMarche campaign has already raised
> $250,000 toward the costs of the recount.
> $113,600 has gone out the door already to pay the
> State of Ohio's recount filing fee.
>
> We have been raising the money in phases, since
> we didn't want to raise more until we were
> certain the minimum needed was raised.  Now that
> we have completed our grassroots operation
> planning, we estimate that the recount will cost
> an additional $88,000 for training and staffing
> costs (approximately $1000 needed in each of the
> 88 Ohio counties).
>
> If you value democracy, and the attention that
> this recount will bring to the many ways that
> voting processes need to be improved in this
> country, then please make a donation today by
> going to http://www.votecobb.org
>
>
> 3. Ohio Recount Timeline
>
> To keep you in the loop, here are past and future
> dates related to the recount process:
>
> 11/10 Green Party Presidential candidate David
> Cobb announces on KPFK radio that he and Michael
> Badnarik of the Libertarian Party are considering
> filing for a recount in Ohio.  Hundreds of emails
> pour in, encouraging the Green Party to take a
> stand.
>
> 11/11 The Cobb/LaMarche campaign confirms their
> intention to file for a recount in a public
> statement and press release, and requests
> donations to pay for the effort.
>
> 11/15 Common Cause, the National Voting Rights
> Institute, Demos, the Fannie Lou Hamer Project
> and People for the American Way Foundation issue
> a joint statement in support of the Cobb-Badnarik
> demand for an Ohio recount.
>
> 11/15 The Cobb/LaMarche campaign meets initial
> fundraising goal of $150,000 (including the
> $113,600 recount fee needed to file).
>
> 11/17 Attorneys on behalf of David Cobb and
> Michael Badnarik deliver letters to each Ohio
> county election director, asking them to prepare
> for the recount.
>
> 11/18 Congressman Dennis Kucinich publicly
> endorses recount efforts.
>
> 11/19 Cobb-Badnarik representatives deliver bond
> to guarantee $113,600 recount fee to each of the
> 88 Ohio county election directors.
>
> 11/20 Two Cobb/LaMarche campaign staff relocate
> to Columbus, Ohio to work with volunteers on the
> ground.
>
> 11/21 Cobb/LaMarche team meets second fundraising
> goal, reaching $250,000 in eleven days.
>
> 11/21 Cobb-Badnarik lawyers file a request for an
> expedited recount in federal district court in
> Toledo, Ohio, so that a "meaningful recount" can
> take place prior to the December 7th "safe
> harbor" certification and December 13th meeting
> of Ohio presidential electors
>
> 11/22 The Delaware County, Ohio Board of
> Elections seeks a temporary restraining order to
> block Green and Libertarian presidential
> candidates from forcing a recount of the Nov. 2
> election results prior to December 1st.  Their
> request is granted by the judge.
>
> 11/22 Federal district court judge denies
> Cobb-Badnarik request to expedite recount, saying
> that Cobb and Badnarik do not face "irreparable
> harm" if the recount doesn't take place until
> after the December 7 date to certify presidential
> electors, since they will not have any electors
> anyway.
>
> 11/24 Over 1,000 volunteers have already signed
> up to help on website at http://www.votecobb.org
> but many more still needed.
>
> 11/28 The Reverend Jesse Jackson to hold rally in
> support of recount and other efforts to
> investigate and litigate voting irregularities in
> Ohio.
>
> 12/01 Date by which most Ohio counties will have
> certified their initial vote totals.
>
> 12/04 Citizen electoral reform groups organize a
> rally to "Investigate all 88."
>
> 12/06 Date that Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth
> Blackwell currently (as of 11/25) says he will
> finally certify the vote. Then, as detailed in
> Ohio Election law procedures, Cobb and Badnarik
> will formally request a recount and Secretary
> Blackwell will notify other candidates of their
> right to have observers at the recount.  Under
> law, other candidates must have 5 days of notice
> before the recount can start.
>
> 12/07 The "safe harbor" date by which
> presidential electors in all 50 states must be
> conclusively determined.
>
> 12/11 Earliest possible start date for the Ohio
> recount, based on recent judicial ruling and
> Blackwell's current timeline for certification of
> the state vote.
>
> 12/13 Date by which, pursuant to Constitutional
> mandates, Electoral College electors must meet to
> cast their votes.  This applies to Ohio and all
> other states.
>
>
> Again, we thank you sincerely for your interest
> and participation in the Ohio Recount.  With your
> help, democracy will be served.
>
> Please be sure to volunteer, donate, and
> circulate this email to your friends and family!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Lynne Serpe
> Campaign Manager
> Cobb/LaMarche Ohio Recount
> P.O. Box 693
> Eureka, CA 95502
> http://www.votecobb.org
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