Call to action for Illinois Dems!

January 02, 2005
Action Memo from Progressive Democrats of Illinois - Jan. 1st
Happy New Year!

Rep. John Conyers sent a letter to all Senators 12/30 calling for Congressional Debate on 2004 Elections on Jan. 6 and of the intent of House Members to challenge the Ohio electoral vote. Activists who are presenting the facts to Democratic Senators say that 10-15 senators are seriously considering signing on.

THIS IS HISTORIC! THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THE FACTS ARE BROUGHT OUT IN DEBATE! NOW IS THE TIME TO SEND FAXES or PHONE CALLS URGING SENATORS TO SUPPORT THE CHALLENGE AND OUR DEMOCRACY! MAKE THOSE CALLS or FAX YOUR LETTERS STARTING at 8am Monday, Jan 3rd and PLEASE do not stop until the close of the day on Wed, Jan 5th!!! We can change the course of history with your help!!! Pass on to all your contacts- this is the most important thing you can do for yourself, your country and the world!

1) Remember 1-800-839-5276 or 1-877-762-8762 to Congress
2) See list below of Senator's fax #s.
3) See sample letter attached – or do your own or,
4) To fax link to http://www.thedeanpeople.com/ or http:miamedia.com/news/2004-12-28.efax.your.senator.html


Fax to: ARK: Pryor-D 202-228-0908 / Blanche-D 202-228-1371 CA: Boxer-D 202-228-3972 / Feinstein-D 202-228-3954 CONN: Dodd-D 202-228-1683 / Lieberman-D 202-224-9750 DE: Carper-D 202-228-2190 / Biden-D 202-224-0139 FLA: Nelson-D 202-228-2183 HI: Akaka-D 202-224-2126 / Inouye-D 202-224-6747 IL: Durbin-D 202-228-0400 / Obama-D 202-228-1372 and 312-427-6401 IN: Bayh-D fax, 202-228-1377 / Lugar-R 202-228-0360 IOWA: Harkin-D 202-224-9369 LA: Landrieu-D 202-224-9735 MD: Mikulski-D 202-224-8858 / Sarbanes-D 202-224-1651 MAINE: Snowe-R 202-224-1946 MASS: Kerry-D 202-224-8525 / Kennedy-D 202-224-2417 MI: Stabenow-D 202-228-0325 / Levin-D 202-224-1388 MN: Dayton-D 202-228-2186 MT: Baucus-D 202-228-3790 NV: Reid-D 202-224-7327 ND: Dorgan-D 202-224-1193 / Conrad-D 202-224-7776 NJ: Corzine-D 202-228-2197 / Lautenberg-D 202-228-4054 NM: Bingaman-D 202-224-2852 NY: Clinton-D 202-228-0282 / Schumer-D 202-228-1218 OH: Voinovich-R 202-228-1382 / DeWine-R 202-224-6519 OR: Wyden-D 202-228-2717 RI: Chafee-R 202-228-2853 / Reed-D 202-224-4680 SD: Johnson-D 202-228-5765 VT: Jeffords-I 202-228-0776 / Leahy-D 202-224-3476 WASH: Cantwell-D 202-228-0514 / Murray-D 202-224-0238 WVA: Rockefeller-D 202-224-7665 / Byrd-D 202-228-0002 WI: Feingold-D 202-224-2725 / Kohl-D 202-224-9787

Dear Senator , With your help,January 6, 2005 may be a day that shines in American history when the fundamental right of citizens to choose their President will be upheld!

PLEASE PROTECT OUR RIGHT BY CHALLENGING THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE AND DEMANDING INSTEAD A FULL JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARING AND INVESTIGATION INTO THE BLATENT VOTE FRAUD IN OHIO AND ACROSS AMERICA.

I and millions of people across America (40 million per Zogby 12/28/04) believe that the election was illegal. Thousands of people in Ohio have testified publically and submitted affidavits documenting the massive illegalities including:

1) systemic, widespread voting machine irregularities including machines preset to vote for Bush.
2) highly improper intervention by federal authorities - closing down Warren County tabulating during the count.

3) impossible vote totals: Franklin County Precinct 1B gave Bush 4,258 votes to Kerry’s 260 while records show only 638 voters cast ballots in that precinct. Many, many similar instances throughout Ohio.

4) openly partisan election officials - illegally disallowed access to poll log books during recount.

5) untrustworthy vendors of election machinery, including illegal tampering with machines days prior to the recount.

6) unreliable and inadequate numbers of voting machines only in poor and working class areas (non-Republican) causing 2-8 hour lines resulting in disenfranshisement when people couldn’t wait. Hustling people into the wrong precinct line where they had to cast provisional ballots, which were not counted because they ended up voting in the wrong precinct. And the list goes on and on…..

The question for you and our elected officials - Is this version of “democracy“ a fitting tribute to the sacrifice being made by our troops fighting in Iraq, or the families mourning the 1,300 loved ones , or the 20,000 wounded, or the 100,000 Iraqi civilians killed in this illegal war? Is this acceptable in the eyes of the free world who depend on America as a beacon of freedom and democracy?

It is evident that this regime. should no longer be tolerated. It’s policies are an abomination, destructive, secretive, and illegal. America deserves better, the world is crying out for more responsible leadership. DEMOCRACY BEGINS AT HOME!

I urge you to support the courageous members of the House of Representatives who will bring the challenge to the joint session on January 6, 2005. THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING! Your Signature!


Hello to all,

Just a note to let you know the Obama contact was made successfully at his going away party on Dec 30th. With him at that party was Jesse Jackson Sr. and Jr., Danny Davis, Bobby Rush and Emil Jones. Rep. John Conyers and the Black Caucus have already lobbied Obama, you can be assured of that, so consider him 1 of the 15 or so Senators who are strongly considering this challenge, he needs your encouragement. He is being sworn in on Jan 3rd so he will be an active member of the Senate on the 6th.

When you call the Senators suggest to them that there is safety and strength in numbers, that this challenge would work best if all the Democratic Senators were on board. Also state that this issue has gone beyond Kerry and now involves the integrity of our Democracy!

We can not allow another stolen election and still hope for fair elections in the future! State that you must draw your line in the sand here, that corruption unchecked just grows stronger! As you can see we are recommending you also contact a few of the Republicans; McCain, Lugar, Snowe, Chafee and Voinovich + DeWine from Ohio, they need to be thinking about this challenge too.

Moveon has asked that we all send a note about the DNC chairperson ASAP, these are overlapping issues and I used this issue in my note to get accross the point that there is a schism so wide between the DNC and the Democratic populace that it might be irrepairable unless the Dems come through for us, www.moveonpac.org/dncchair/ .

One last request, please call Rep. John Conyers and thank him for his tremendous efforts and dedication to the right of every American to cast their vote and get it counted correctly!

If anyone makes a last minute decision to go to Washington for the rally on the 6th, www.patrioticoutrage.com and can't find a ride at www.51capitalmarch.com , please contact Ted Greenfield if in Chicago at 1-847-824-1002 or Andrew Chusid in the Chicago suburbs at 1-309-838-0880, they may be able to help.
I am leaving for Washington soon so this will be my last e-mail to you all, I wish everyone God's speed and blessings, let's go change the course of history!

Dr. Lora Chamberlain
drlora@ameritech.net
Progressive Democrats of Illinois

http://fairnessbybeckerman.blogspot.com/2005/01/action-memo-from-progressive-democrats.html

He has too bright a future to get involved with the conspiracy theorists.