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December 22, 2004

Hunger Strike Seeks to stop election certification

Contact: Sarah Gray
Phone: 541-514-3267     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
9 A.M. PDT, December 22, 2004
Hunger Strike Seeks to stop election certification
Eugene, OR; December 22, 2004: Sarah Gray of Eugene Oregon will begin a
hunger strike on December 23rd at Senator Ron Wyden's office in Eugene,
Oregon. The hunger strike challenges Wyden to question the validity of the
States' electors by refusing to ratify the Congressional Certification of
the Electoral College on January 6th, 2005.
"The 2004 Election voting irregularities must be investigated," said Sarah
Gray. I have emailed and telephoned the Senators office and have been unable
to schedule a conversation with him. "
On December 22, 2004, Gray will deliver a letter to Senator Wyden's office
reminding him that this is a time sensitive issue and that citizens require
a timely response.
Gray is concerned that we are going through a repeat of the election debacle
of 2000 when investigations eventually turned up extensive evidence of
fraud. When members of the House of Representative challenged the vote in
January, 2001, not a single Senator came forward to join them. This year
once again members of the House have challenged the validity of the
election, but no Senator has joined them.
Gray is calling on Senator Wyden to empower the call for an investigation: "
I implore you to voice your support for any challenge of the 2004 election
brought by Members of the House of Representatives", she said.
If Wyden does not respond positively to the request on December 22, Gray and
her supporters will begin a vigil in front of his Eugene office on December
23, 9 AM.
Gray is committed to continuing the fast until the January 6 certification
of the election is stopped. " Our voices must be heard and our votes counted
or our democracy is dead", says Gray.
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Posted by Benjamin Greenberg on December 22, 2004 at 12:01 AM in Oregon | Permalink