This was forwarded to me from a very good friend of mine. It is very uplifting for those of us that care deeply about the fraud in this year's 2004 Presidential Election. Most of us know that the media is steering completely clear from this topic, as they are no longer a liberal media (corporations pay for advertising). If this recount proves what we all know (electronic voting machines by Diebold and ES&S were rigged), then it will be forced into the mainstream media. Ralph Nader is also the very best example to follow if you're wanting to become an activist. He is totally 100% for the people, and dedicated his entire life to fighting for the people. He not only fights for what he believes in, he fights effectively. He is the best model I know of to follow on making effective change in the government. He has a website listed in the article and has his own email list that you may join. He will keep you updated on the things he is currently fighting for. Maybe we as a smarter than average crowd can get off our a... and help out a little. Take an action toward fighting for what you believe in. No matter how small the action, you will find it will make you feel good inside. You will know you did something for what you believe in. You might even feel compelled to take a larger action. Who knows. All I know is we must do something.


Dear Friend,

Message from New Hampshire

Thank you for your continued support.

Hi, this is Kevin Zeese, I'm here in Concord, New Hampshire with Rob Cirincione and Virginia Rodino and we're here for the New Hampshire recount of the Nader/Kerry/Bush race and it's just getting under way. There's a room full of people here. There's a lot of positive energy in the room. We've brought together more than twice the number of volunteers we need to manage the recount, to observe and make sure that the recount is done accurately. People feel very confident that we're going to make our democracy better and stronger. The media has started covering this. We've seen a lot of reports here in New Hampshire and even The Nation magazine, on their website, has an article about this New Hampshire recount. The Boston Globe was here, so I'm sure we'll see some coverage of this no matter how it turns out.

I want to make it clear what the goal is in this recount. We're not here trying to overturn the election. We're doing basic democracy activism. We're trying to protect our democracy. This is more like an audit of the vote. We're seeking a recount in wards in New Hampshire where there have been mathematical anomalies, where people expected more votes for Kerry than Bush, and Bush got anywhere from 5 to 15% more votes than expected. When we look at those numbers it turns out that most of those anomalies occurred in wards where the vote was counted on the Diebold AccuVote Machine, in fact 78% of those unusual votes were on those machines. This is the first audit in a Presidential Election of an electronic voting count system so it's an historic moment. Either way it turns out it will be good for our democracy. If it turns out that there was no problem, it will show that these machines were reliable in this race, it will show that there's a positive role for audits and it will make the Democrats question further why they keep losing support-and I think there's good reason they're losing support. If it turns out there's a problem, well then we have a major national story involving electronic voting and raising questions that really need to be evaluated, as more and more of the country goes to electronic vote count.

So, we're here, fighting for democracy and would love to have your support and best wishes for our success in it. Please visit our website http://www.votenader.org to get actively involved. This will be the first stage of the recount so we'll need more help as this goes forward.

Thanks a lot.

Kevin Zeese
Campaign Spokesperson
(202) 265-4000