David Cobb to Speak at Washington, D.C. Rallies Calling on Congress
to Reject Tainted Electoral College Votes.
COBB/LaMARCHE 2004 GREEN PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
http://www.votecobb.org
January 3, 2005
Contact: Blair Bobier, Media Director at
541.929.5755
Green Party presidential candidate David Cobb will
be a featured speaker at two rallies on Thursday in Washington, DC,
calling on Congress to reject Ohio's tainted Electoral College votes.
The first rally, sponsored by a variety of
organizations in addition to the Cobb-LaMarche campaign, will be held at
10 a.m. across from the White House in Lafayette Park. Other speakers
besides Cobb include Reverend Jesse Jackson, Global Exchange co-founder
Medea Benjamin, John Bonifaz from the National Voting Rights Institute,
Alysia Fischer from Progressive Democrats of America, and Rev. Lennox
Yearwood of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network.
"Ohio's Electoral College votes are tainted by
the widespread irregularities and allegations of fraud which took place
both on election day and in the course of the flawed recount of the
vote. Congress must reject these tainted Electoral College votes to
preserve the integrity of our democratic process," said Cobb.
Sponsors for the 10 a.m. Lafayette Park rally
include: United Progressives for Democracy, the Cobb/LaMarche campaign,
Code Pink, D.C. Anti-War Network, the national Green Party, Independent
Progressive Politics Network, International Labor Communications
Association, No Stolen Elections, Progressive Democrats of America,
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, United for Peace and Justice, and Truth in
Elections. Two members of Congress, Cynthia McKinney and John Conyers,
have also been invited to speak at the rally.
The rally will conclude with a march to Capitol Hill
to join with other pro-democracy demonstrations where Cobb will also be
speaking.
Cobb will speak at a pro-democracy rally today,
January 3, in Columbus, Ohio, at 2 p.m., at the Capitol Theater, 77 S.
High Street. The rally will feature the Reverend Jesse Jackson and is
sponsored by Rainbow/PUSH, the Cobb-LaMarche campaign and a number of
other pro-democracy organizations.
Detailed reports from official observers outlining a
wide range of irregularities with the Ohio recount are available at <http://www.votecobb.org/recount/ohio_reports/index.php>.
Because the Ohio recount was conducted without uniform standards,
adequate security for ballots and voting machines, and without using
random samples for auditing the vote as required by law, the Cobb-LaMarche
campaign is asking a federal court to order a second recount in Ohio.
The New Mexico recount, which has yet to begin due to interference by
New Mexico's Governor Bill Richardson, is also the subject of pending
litigation.
MORE INFO:
Additional information about the recount and
the Cobb-LaMarche campaign can be found at
http://www.votecobb.org.
The website for the national Green Party
is http://www.gp.org.
