Just got this e-mail from Congressman Nadler:

[MsUSA]

PRESS RELEASE

House Committee on the Judiciary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 23, 2004

Government Accountability Office to Conduct Investigation of 2004 Election Irregularities

(Washington, DC) -- Reps. John Conyers, Jr., Jerrold Nadler, Robert Wexler, Robert Scott, and Rush Holt announced today that, in response to their November 5 and 8 letters to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the GAO has decided to move forward with an investigation of election irregularities in the 2004 election. The five Members issued the following statement:

"We are pleased that the GAO has reviewed the concerns expressed in our letters and has found them of sufficient merit to warrant further investigation. On its own authority, the GAO will examine the security and accuracy of voting technologies, distribution and allocation of voting machines, and counting of provisional ballots. We are hopeful that GAO's non-partisan and expert analysis will get to the bottom of the flaws uncovered in the 2004 election. As part of this inquiry, we will provide copies of specific incident reports received in our offices, including more than 57,000 such complaints provided to the House Judiciary Committee.

"The core principle of any democracy is the consent of the governed. All Americans, no matter how they voted, need to have confidence that when they cast their ballot, their voice is heard."

The Members listed above were joined in requesting the non-partisan GAO investigation by Reps. Melvin Watt, John Olver, Bob Filner, Gregory Meeks, Barbara Lee, Tammy Baldwin, Louise Slaughter and George Miller.

[papau]

1. excellent-but sad when one must trust accountants in lieu of "Justice Dept

employees.

:-(

:toast:

:-)

[Old and In the Way]

2. How many Republicans signed on?

I'd like to know which ones still have integrity.

[Generator]

3. Zip

Could be wrong but thought it was all Democratic Black Caucus & a few latecomers.

[cyn2]

4. Investigation mentioned in Yahoo News also

US Congress to investigate irregularities in November 2 vote
46 minutes ago Politics - AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Government Accountability Office, the investigating arm of the US Congress, will probe allegations of irregularities in the November 2 US presidential vote, lawmakers said.

"We are pleased that the GAO has reviewed the concerns expressed in our letters and has found them of sufficient merit to warrant further investigation. On its own authority, the GAO will examine the security and accuracy of voting technologies, distribution and allocation of voting machines, and counting of provisional ballots," five Democratic lawmakers, who requested the inquiry, said in a statement.

"We are hopeful that GAO's non-partisan and expert analysis will get to the bottom of the flaws uncovered in the 2004 election," added representatives John Conyers Jr., Jerrold Nadler, Robert Wexler, Robert Scott, and Rush Holt.


The lawmakers said the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee (news - web sites) has received some 57,000 complaints of voting irregularities.


US President George W. Bush (news - web sites) has claimed victory in the vote after winning sufficient Electoral College (news - web sites) votes to be re-elected, and his Republican party enlarged its majorities in both houses of Congress.


His defeated Democratic opponent, Senator John Kerry (news - web sites), endorsed the investigation.


"I will fight for a national standard for federal elections that has both transparency and accountability in our voting system. It's unacceptable in the United States that people still don't have full confidence in the integrity of the voting process," Kerry said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20041123/pl_afp/us_vote_investigation&cid=1521&ncid=1963&sid=96378801