Make your voice heard!

[ambitious_wench]

http://www.petitiononline.com/uselect/petition.html

To:  United States Congress

TO: All members of the Congress of the United States of America; all Senators and Members of the House of Representatives

A Petition to immediately and without delay open a joint investigation into potential wrongdoing in the Presidential Election of 2004, specifically to investigate the potential of voting machine manipulation or purposeful malfunction, especially electronic voting machines manufactured and supplied by Diebold, Inc.; Electronic Systems & Software (ES & S); Sequoia Voting Systems, and others, and also to identify and investigate all allegations of improper conduct by election officials, workers, observers, challengers and operatives and employees of both major parties concerning the voting process including intimidation, dissemination of improper information, manipulation of registration records, improper handling of actual voting ballots and, in general, any and all potential improprieties which could have led to improper or inaccurate election results.

Such inquiries should not be limited to any particular state, precinct or district but strive to examine the voting process in any and all areas in which there is even the slightest indication of impropriety, but especially in the states of Florida, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Nevada, New Mexico, Iowa, Arkansas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas and New Hampshire, and not limit such investigation, and expand such investigations to cover Senatorial races as well, especially those in Kentucky, Florida and South Dakota.

We, the undersigned, request that our elected representatives act in accordance with the Constitution of the United States of America in a legal, impartial and expedient manner for an open hearing before the people of the United States and if such wrongdoing, illegal practices, manipulation of voting records or processes is of such a nature to indicate egregious or extensive tampering, alteration or misappropriation of the voting process that the violators be brought to justice and remedies, potentially including a nationwide audit, recall, recount or new election be imposed by your bodies.

We feel it is our patriotic duty to request such action from you, our elected officials, and your duty to respond in a responsible manner.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

Edit: Texas Tiger has pointed to a debunking of online petitions that can be found here: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.htm
As I said in my response to her, I think that online petitions may be useless before Congress, they can be a very good indicator of what's happening in the American psyche.

Comments

[texas-tiger.livejournal.com]

I really don't think they'll pay attention. Online petitions matter just about as much as what comes out of our rear ends when it comes to politics:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.htm

Alas.

[ambitious-wench.livejournal.com]

very good response, Tez. However, I'm of the opinion that education is a very good way of getting people to think for themselves. That petition may ultimately be useless before congress, but it's a good way to make others aware of issues.

Thanks for the caveat, though. I wasn't aware of the pitfalls.

Edie