Rev. Jesse Jackson calls for election investigation in Ohio

[New Earth]

(*bad original headline!)

Just saw this in the Breaking News forum:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1022252

http://www.onnnews.com/Global/story.asp?S=2614285

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson said he plans a Sunday rally in Columbus with ministers from around Ohio to call for an investigation of election irregularities in the state.


Jackson and his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition civil rights group want to call attention to the fact that votes in Ohio are still undergoing the official count, he said Thursday. Jackson also is questioning whether enough voting machines were provided in inner-city precincts and whether fraud could have occurred in counties that use electronic machines without paper records of ballots.

President Bush beat Democrat John Kerry in Ohio by about 136,000 votes, according to the unofficial tally. Kerry conceded there were not enough outstanding votes to sway the election his way. Counties have until Dec. 1 to complete their official counts, including verification of 155,337 provisional ballots cast in the state.

[DeepGreen]

1. Go Jesse !!!

I hope you turn it up !!!!!:yourock:

[jdog]

2. Wasn't he just on tv

last week saying Bush won the election "fair and square?"

[New Earth]

4. yeah

i guess he either said that just to appease the media and his audience at the time - or he has just completely changed his mind.

[rosyhue]

23. how sad

do ANY politicians have conviction?

[faithnotgreed]

5. thats just what i was thinking.... though i dont watch tv, someone

here reported jesse said this on cnn last week.

who knows anymore what the politicians/representatives are doing

[ClassWarrior]

6. And weren't you just in another thread asking the same question??

Hmmmmm...

NGU.

[jdog]

7. I don't think so.

What same questions? About Jesse Jackson?

[ClassWarrior]

28. If I'm mistaken, my bad...

NGU.

[kerry2win]

11. was that his son? or did I celebrate thanksgiving too much

[IAMREALITY]

3. Thank you for the Story

Every little bit helps, every person of credibility helps, this is just one more example of the legs this is growing.

On a side note, Happy Thanksgiving DU! Don't forget our community is helping to make a lot of this possible!!!!

[anamandujano]

8. Okay Jessie, I like you again.

Please stay on the case.

[pbartch]

15. IT'S ABOUT TIME JESSIE JACKSON OPENED HIS MOUTH!!!

Jessie!!!!!!!!!!!

Where have you been all this time. It's the RIGHT thing to do. THOUSANDS of minority votes went down the toilet this year. They kept your people, women, poor and well.......everyone from voting and that is not right.

I THINK VOTING DAY SHOULD BE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. A day set aside so everycitizen can do their duty....their God Given Right to Vote!

[H2O Man]

25. Rev. Jackson has not been quiet.

The mainstream media simply does not cover Jesse, because they know that if the public hears him speak, they tend to believe him. If Jesse is in Ohio, and has a few hundred supporters show up, the message is marginalized. If it's a few thousand, he gets a 45-second spot on the news. But if everyone who believes there has to be a thorough investigation of the "possible" election fraud were to show up and support Jesse, the truth can not be hidden by the media. It's not up to Jesse alone: it's all of us together.

[shelley806]

9. It's about time...Where has he been? eom

[MelissaB]

10. I'm glad

he found his voice!

[mirandapriestly]

12. Glad to hear it, but where are the other ?

we need big protests and there haven't been many - good for those who do, though

[kerry2win]

13. we need to get this out.... everyone to Columbus

raise a little hell little hell

[ClassWarrior]

14. Maybe he never lost it.

Maybe it's all about timing. D'ya think?

NGU.

[ahyums]

16. so it can go unrebutted because of the holiday? could mean more is on the

way

[ClassWarrior]

27. Perhaps that... or perhaps because certain things need to be in place...

...before the good guys go public.

NGU.

[proudtobeadem]

17. Of course it' s timing ...

now the others will start to come out and play!! YEAH!!!
You Go Jesse roooff roooff rooofff!!!

[Dinger]

18. Thank You Jesse!

Will this be covered on the news?

[ClassWarrior]

19. We need to blast the media. Make sure they cover it.

NGU.

[Stand and Fight]

20. The Good Reverend Jesse Jackson

I have always liked Jesse Jackson, and I had figured that it could not believe -- in the long term -- that this election was fair and square. I know I am already wracking my brains for a way to be able to attend this protest in Ohio. Are there any DU members up there who could play the part of host/hostess and let me and maybe my wife crash at their place?

PM me if anyone could lend a helping hand -- also, I don't know if my wife would accompany me, an I'd love to carpool wiht somone who lives in my general area -- I live in Lawton, Oklahoma.

[Karenina]

21. GO OHIO!

:kick:

[H2O Man]

24. Jesse Jackson is a powerful man.

We know that some people were planning to have a "sit-in" to protest the fraud in Ohio, but were intimidated by federal authorities. Jesse represents a higher authority, and he will not back down. At a time when America needs someone who can help to heal the great divide that has caused bitter separations within families, neighborhoods, and communities, Rev. Jackson is going into the lion's den. As this unfolds, it may become vital that patriotic Americans go to Ohio to stand with Jesse, and to be a witness for the truth.

[rosyhue]

22. voting booths in Harlem NYC broke down

and the levers were literally stuck on "B*h". Coincidence? Doubtful.

[rasberry]

26. Where is the rally?

Is the rally only for ministers or is it open to the public? Is it this Sunday 11/28/04?

[dzika]

29. Chicago Sun-Times: Jackson rallies for Ohio vote probe

Chicago Sun-Times

http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-ohio28.html

Jackson rallies for Ohio vote probe

November 28, 2004

BY STEPHANIE ZIMMERMANN Staff Reporter

-snip-
"The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition are
planning to hold rallies today and Monday in Ohio to press for an
investigation of alleged voting irregularities in the closely
contested state."