Dennis Kucinich Asks for Recount in New Hampshire Primary due to Unusual
Anomalies in the Results
VelvetRevolution Offers $100,000 Reward for Evidence of Election Fraud in New
Hampshire Primary
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last night, Presidential
Candidate Dennis Kucinich formally requested a hand-recount of the votes in
New Hampshire. He sent a letter to the New Hampshire Secretary of State
asking for a recount of Tuesday's election because of "unexplained disparities
between hand-counted ballots and machine-counted ballots."
He added, "Ever since the 2000 election -- and even before -- the American
people have been losing faith in the belief that their votes were actually
counted. This recount isn't about who won 39% of 36% or even 1%. It's about
establishing whether 100% of the voters had 100% of their votes counted
exactly the way they cast them." Kucinich wrote, "This is not about my
candidacy or any other individual candidacy. It is about the integrity of the
election process."
"New Hampshire is in the unique position to address -- and, if so
determined, rectify -- these issues before they escalate into a massive,
nationwide suspicion of the process by which Americans elect their President.
Based on the controversies surrounding the Presidential elections in 2004 and
2000, New Hampshire is in a prime position to investigate possible
irregularities and to issue findings for the benefit of the entire nation,"
Kucinich wrote in his letter. "Without an official recount, the voters of New
Hampshire and the rest of the nation will never know whether there are flaws
in our electoral system that need to be identified and addressed at this
relatively early point in the Presidential nominating process," said Kucinich.
VelvetRevolution.us ("VR"), The Brad Blog and Progressive Democrats of
America have been working together to gather and report as much information as
possible on the problems associated with the NH primary. VR requested an
official investigation and yesterday posted a $100,000 reward for information
leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons who caused a
manipulation of the Diebold machines used in the New Hampshire primary
election sufficient to flip the Obama/Clinton race, or information that
results in an official change of the first place winner of that Democrat race.
Kucinich reviewed the material and decided that democracy is best served by a
recount.
We believe that such a recount will help restore faith in our elections,
and that it will deter any planned fraud in the future. In fact, our position
at VR is that all votes should be cast on ballots and all ballots should be
counted and audited and, in close elections, there should be an automatic hand
recount with independent observers.
VelvetRevolution.us is a non-profit organization dedicated to clean
government and honest elections.
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