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nadinbrzezinski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 04:59 PM
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On DONNA FRYE and SAN DIEGO, CRUNCH TIME
I am crosspostong and it is tine to deliver folks

Liberty Belle (250 posts) Thu Dec-02-04 06:10 PM
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Donna Frye Needs $$$ to Appeal SD Mayor Race: Urgent!!


I met with Donna Frye's aid and persuaded her to appeal the mayor's race last night! I told her about all the on-line activists who want to help her win and could help send money fast. 5 minutes ago, I got a call saying she will appeal! (She was ahead as a Democratic write-in candidate until a judge tossed out ballots with her name written in, but bubbles not filled in). Details below. Please KICK this!
CLICK HERE TO DONATE: http://www.DonnaFryeForMayor.Com


Dear Progressive Friend-

Donna Frye, the progressive write-in candidate for mayor in San Diego is under siege. She needs the help of every progressive across the country. Battle lines are drawn every day in our fight to provide for a better future. For those of you "in the know" the battle is real and ugly and expensive here is San Diego. Due to our San Diego campaign finance laws, Ms Frye can only accept contributions from individuals in the maximum amount of $250. This was fine for the campaign, as she runs a tight ship, but there are THREE legal battles raging right now that would affect her right to be a write in candidate and voters rights to have every vote count. And she can not go back to her loyal supporters for additional funds because we already gave the maximum amount.

How can you help? It is very simple we are asking every progressive from every state to contribute $50 to Donna Frye's campaign. It is easy and painless. You can go to her web site www.DonnaFryeForMayor.com and use a credit card or you can follow instructions on how to send a check. If you can give more than $50, my hat is off to you. If you can only give half then we understand how tough the economy has been and appreciate whatever assistance you can provide. Just be sure to include your proper information so that Donna abides by all campaign reporting laws.

The basic crisis of this situation is that Donna needs to respond in court to every one of these lawsuits as a party of interest. Even though she has filed none of the suits, since they directly affect her, her candidacy, and the basic right to have every persons vote count, she must mount a legal defense in each case. Two are state court cases and one is federal. This effort is estimated to cost upward of $120,000.

As a founding trustee for Progressive San Diego I profoundly want positive change for our city. As a Donna Frye supporter I want her to win. As a citizen I want my vote to matter and the votes of each and every voter to be counted. But this will not happen without a court order. The latest controversy lies in the fact that three to nine votes in every precinct wrote in "Donna Frye" and failed to fill in the bubble next to her name. Where did I get those numbers you will ask? I am one of the observers for the Frye campaign who watched the election workers tally the write in votes. I saw the actual ballots with her name written in and yet were not counted (because they lacked a bubble). These votes are the difference between progressive victory and "business as usual". We have non partisan elections here, and the two establishment candidates on the ballot are republicans who both voted to underfund our pension fund, a strategy which has cost our city its credit rating. The injustice and decline of our society will continue if we do not fight to ensure those votes are counted.

For more information on our battle please visit Donna's website. I know the New York TImes and the Chicago Tribune did informative articles and Donna's web site can lead you to others. Below is also a copy of the Neil Morgan piece that sums up our feelings about the situation.

Thank you in advance for helping advance progressive politics.

Sincerely,
Anne Dierickx




This is the DU member formerly known as mraftery.


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geo Donating Member (879 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 05:08 PM
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1. surf's up...
kick
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Milo_Bloom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 05:42 PM
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2. Question...
As far as I know, the only suit that can really help Donna is the League of Women Voters lawsuit to force them to count ballots without the oval and the League has decided not to appeal the decision.

The other lawsuits are pretty much bunk and I don't see either one having a real chance whether Donna joins as a party or not, one is dead as it failed under a laches analysis (wasn't brought in a timely matter) and the other is based on a vast conspiracy to dilute votes (idiotic at best and the testimony won't support the claim.)

Is Donna planning on filing her own lawsuit to get those votes not counted, counted?

Can you tell us any details?
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Liberty Belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 05:47 PM
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3. I think she's filing as a party affected by the LWV suit;
lawyers were still figuring out best approach this am but wanted us to start raising $$$ now. Most likely she'll be appleaing the LWV suit as an affected party. There were also 2 other voters who filed as part of that, I'm told, so there may be an avenue there, too

Miriam
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Milo_Bloom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 06:28 PM
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4. That would be excellent!
This whole situation has been bothering me for weeks now. I don't understand how anyone can say with a straight face that a vote shouldn't be counted because of some legal technicality.

Ironically, the people saying this are the EXACT same people who scream their heads off if a defendent in a case is dismissed because of a legal technicality!

We certainly have to look at a public interest argument. What is the damage caused by not counting the vote vs the damage caused by sticking to the letter of the law. Not counting a vote undermines the very concept of our representative republic.
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Liberty Belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 07:53 PM
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7. Bingo! + Why do Dems have to pay in these cases?
We need a law that says any government that uses illegal tactics to block votes from being counted, or screws up by losing ballots and "finding" them later, etc. should have to pay for a recount if there are enough disputed ballots to potentially change the outcome. Also, if a candidate has to sue in order to get justice done (like in Donna's case) and the candidate wins, the government entity ought to have to pay all the legal costs. That would make some of these officials think twice about finding creative ways to cheat Democrats out of counting the votes.

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catcatcat Donating Member (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 07:09 PM
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5. kick (n/t)
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catcatcat Donating Member (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 07:44 PM
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6. kick (n/t)
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Eloriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-02-04 11:13 PM
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8. I'd sure like to see her get the money to appeal this
We definitely need one of those "activist judges" who can see past state law to find the Constitution (altho, sadly, there is no right to vote in the Constitution, which is why I so fervently support a Right to Vote Constitutional Amendment).


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catcatcat Donating Member (96 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-03-04 03:55 AM
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9. me too...
:kick: kick!
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