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Monday, January 03, 2005

Politicians protest certifying of vote

Mark Naymik
Plain Dealer Politics Writer


With Congress set to certify the presidential vote this week, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones and the Rev. Jesse Jackson tried Sunday to keep Ohio's election in the spotlight.

Standing in the gymnasium that adjoins Cleveland's Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, the popular East Side congresswoman and the famed civil rights activist called on Congress to protest certifying the election. They claimed that voting irregularities in Ohio on Nov. 2 deserve more scrutiny.

Congress is expected to certify the results in a joint session on Thursday.

Before "George Bush can be named president, we must bring attention of the American people to the irregularities in Ohio," Tubbs Jones said.


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