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To: LindyBill who wrote (79205)	10/20/2004 12:17:36 PM
From: D. Long	Respond to of 793964

In case the thread hasn't picked up on this networking phenomenon... Vote pairing. There are advocates of this here in Utah, trying to "trade" their vote in a swing state, where it might be useful for Kerry. Their vote is doomed in Utah. votepair.org You can make your vote for president count by joining the national VotePair campaign and using your vote to elect Kerry-Edwards while supporting the role of progressive third-party candidates. As we learned in 2000, a few hundred votes in the right states can make all the difference in the world--and the whole world is watching now. In vote-pairing, swing-state progressives whose first instinct might have been to vote for Nader, Cobb or Badnarik are paired with Democrats (and others whose first choice for President is Kerry) in 'safe' states where either Bush or Kerry has a decisive lead. Paired voters can communicate with each other and decide to vote strategically: swing-state participants for Kerry and safe-state participants for Nader, Cobb or Badnarik. As a result, the paired voters' support for progressive third parties is recorded in the popular vote and their preference for Kerry over Bush finds voice in the Electoral College. Defeating Bush means redirecting the current Administration's aggressive unilateral foreign policy, protecting the environment and women's right to choose, and keeping Bush from stacking the Supreme Court and federal courts with right-wing judges like Justices Scalia and Thomas. Together, we can vote strategically to build a progressive majority and prevent another disastrous Bush presidency.

To: LindyBill who wrote (79205)	10/20/2004 12:23:21 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793964

Battlegrounders - MICHIGAN: HANGING-CHAD'S VICTORY? [Henry Payne 10/20 11:42 AM] Send in the clowns — er — lawyers! The Democratic party's legal assault on the 2004 elections scored a victory in Michigan Tuesday when a Clinton-appointed federal judge threw out long-standing Michigan election laws that require voters to cast ballots in their appointed precincts. The decision brought a firestorm of criticism from state election officials amid fears that Michigan's presidential election may now become a bureaucratic mess at best, and a fraud-riddled legal nightmare at worst. Judge David Lawson's ruling "disturbs us greatly" said a spokesperson for Secretary of State Terry Lynn Land, Michigan's elections czar. Election officials warn that they do not have the resources to count ballots filed in the wrong precinct and that mistakes — or outright voting fraud — are inevitable if the ruling stands. "This is a victory for the hanging chad crowd," said Greg McNeily, executive director for the Michigan Republican party. "Democrats have a detailed plan that involves lies and an attempt to steal this election." Indeed, the ruling is part of a concerted national Democratic strategy to preemptively cast doubt on a Bush victory. The strategy includes charges of voter intimidation and faulty ballots. Similar suits challenging election rules have been filed in Florida, Missouri, Colorado, and Ohio — though only Ohio and Michigan courts have ruled in the Democrats favor.