Vote Reform

We now have a Commission on Federal Election Reform.

As if.

Sort of like the "Help America Vote Act" that mandated the electronic voting machines that ensure rigged victories.

Coalition of Electoral Reform Groups Call for James Baker's Resignation from Electoral Reform Commission;
- Plan Presence at April 18th "Public Hearing"

Press Advisory
April 13th, 2005

Scores of voting rights and electoral reform organizations nationwide have united to demand real electoral reform proposals from the private, blue ribbon, Baker/Carter Commission on Federal Election Reform. They are organizing a visible presence at 10:00 a.m. in front of the Kay Spiritual Center on the American University campus where the Commission is planning what they call "public hearings."

These groups, including Code Pink, Progressive Democrats of America, U.P. (United Progressives) for Democracy and Velvet Revolution, are opposed to the inclusion in any form of James Baker III on the Commission. Baker was the lead attorney in Florida for the 2000 Bush/Cheney campaign which engineered Bush's selection as President by five Supreme Court justices.

The pro-democracy groups are also opposed to two other members of the Commission who have direct ties to Mr. Baker's law firm, Tom Phillips and Robert Mosbacher, and to Ralph Munro, CEO of VoteHere, a company that manufactures vote-counting machines.

On April 11, Congressman John Conyers, minority chair of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote a letter to Jimmy Carter expressing his concern about the inclusion of Mr. Baker and strongly urging that the Commission include members of the voting rights coalition.

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  Scoop article

Oh, now there's a novel idea.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.