Public hearings Nov. 12, 13

[crispini]

From another list

The League of Pissed Off Voters and the Ohio Citizens
Alliance for Secure Elections (CASE-OH) are calling for public hearings to investigate November 2nd voting irregularities and voter suppression in Ohio.

Local citizens are asking for statewide and national
support to hold these hearings Friday 11/12 and Saturday 11/13 in Columbus, OH. We want to hear testimony from voters throughout the state who experienced or witnessed voter disenfranchisement, voter intimidation, or instances of systematic voter suppression. We hope to expose the systemic undermining of our democratic process and assess how to respond to racial disenfranchisement and suppression
of voters. John Kerry may have conceded this election, but we will not concede our right to a fair and equitable democratic process.

This is a preliminary call for support to you and other leaders who can help make the first crucial steps happen.

What we are doing now:
1) Building a coalition that, we hope, will expand to national
organizations such as the NAACP, MoveOn, and Election Protection Coalition;
2) Working to secure a room in the Ohio Statehouse or the Franklin
County Board of Elections for next Friday and Saturday;
3) Raising money to bring in experts such as Lynn Landes ("In These
Times"), Bev Harris (www.blackboxvoting.org), Greg Palast, and
others; and
4) Getting announcements out to the community to gather those who can offer public testimony regarding their experiences at the
polls.

What you can do:
1) Email or call us to let us know that you and/or your organization
will be a part of the coalition to sponsor this public hearing,
and that you'll spread the word through your networks; and
2) Contribute to the fund to bring in key speakers/experts for the
public hearing, as well as to cover costs for reserving
rooms, hiringstenographers to transcribe the hearings, etc.

Please subscribe to Yahoo group at www.caseohio.org
fpr further info/

[Freddie Stubbs]

1. Has Kucinich, Fingerhut, Kaptur, or any

elected officials spoken out on this yet? :shrug: