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OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN« Thread Started on J

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OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN« Thread Started on Jul 23, 2007, 4:49pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------July 22, 2007 at 07:13:48There is more than enough time to fix US democracy - open letter to Sen. Feinsteinby Alastair Thompson Page 1 of 2 page(s) http://www.opednews.com THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH TIME TO FIX U.S. DEMOCRACYOPEN LETTER TO SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEINread at source> http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne ... htmSenator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California and the chairwoman of the Senate Rules Committee, said she had already decided against seeking any major changes in voting equipment before 2010."My sense is there's no way to get this thing in place by the election of 2008," Ms. Feinstein said. "Without adequate time, we could cause real problems in the election."---- NYT: Overhaul Plan for Vote System Will Be Delayed - Friday 20July 2007.http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/20/washi ... e.htmlDear Dianne,The idea that the self-proclaimed "greatest democracy in the world" isunable to prepare to hold a "legitimate" election by November 2008fifteen and a half months out from the day is one of the mostappalling assertions I have had the misfortune to hear uttered by anypolitician period.It is absolutely extraordinary that this remark should be made fromsomeone who is clearly in the wing of the Democratic party mostsympathetic to the need to fix the US Democracy apparatus.Your colleague from Califoria Barbara Boxer's brave challenge to the2004 election result is one of the defining moments of recent Americanpolitical history, as was the Senate's failure to challenge the 2000 result highlighted in Fahrenheit 911.If you and your colleagues hold to this opinion and simply give up onUS Democracy more than 15 months out from one of the most important elections in history - then today will become another defining moment.If your opinion is based on advice from Democratic Party officials andcampaign chairs then that advice is flawed and those officials andcampaign chairs should be directed to adopt an open mind to theIMPORTANCE OF ENSURING A VALID LEGITIMATE VOTE COUNT.If your opinion is based on advice from lobbyists you should ask themif they think ENSURING A VALID LEGITIMATE VOTE COUNT is an overarching requirement for democracy to function.If they respond in anything other than the affirmative you should notlisten to a word they say as they are clearly ABJECT MORONS. This isno longer a question of political practicality, pork and hypothetical threats.The US voting public are losing faith in US Democracy. If these voteshear a message from the people charged with protecting it at thehighest level that 16 months is not long enough to prepare to hold AVALID LEGITIMATE VOTE COUNT then they will have every reason torelinquish what remaining faith in democracy they have.It is vital to the very maintenance of the US Constitution that the2008 primary elections for the Presidential Candidates is not subjectto the degree of doubt that is now associated with the 2000,2002,2004and 2006 Federal elections. 8 years of broken democracy is more than enough. 12 years is plain careless.It is now JULY 2007.
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