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yesthattomA senator enjoyed the House complain about Ohio! It was Boxer!
Update: If you saw Fahrenheit 911, you’ll remember the very dramatic scene where the house and senate vote to accept the results of the vote. Each member of the black caucus objected to the Florida results. As you remember, it takes one Senator and one U.S. House representative to both complain. In the documentary it was painful to watch as representative after representative objected and was not joined by anyone from the Senate.
Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones, enjoined by Senator Barbara Boxer changed history today by objecting.
Pressure from the Democratic base was huge yesterday. The senate buildings were filled with people from Ohio and other states meeting with Senators explaining their stories of disenfranchisement and asking them to object along with Stephanie Tubbs Jones or Conyers (both were rumored to be objecting). While the media only talks about “recount”, that isn’t the issue. The issue is that there are 2 outstanding lawsuits objecting to the way the election was handled and accepting the Ohio results until those law suits are settled. Recount is a red herring... the real issue is that there was “poll starvation”, Democratic precincts weren’t given enough voting booths to take all the votes. A recount won’t show that there was intentional “poll starvation” in the black districts. It’s a whole new Jim Crow.
But most importantly further election reform has stalled and without making a statement like this objection keeps the hope alive.
Update: If you saw Fahrenheit 911, you’ll remember the very dramatic scene where the house and senate vote to accept the results of the vote. Each member of the black caucus objected to the Florida results. As you remember, it takes one Senator and one U.S. House representative to both complain. In the documentary it was painful to watch as representative after representative objected and was not joined by anyone from the Senate.
Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones, enjoined by Senator Barbara Boxer changed history today by objecting.
Pressure from the Democratic base was huge yesterday. The senate buildings were filled with people from Ohio and other states meeting with Senators explaining their stories of disenfranchisement and asking them to object along with Stephanie Tubbs Jones or Conyers (both were rumored to be objecting). While the media only talks about “recount”, that isn’t the issue. The issue is that there are 2 outstanding lawsuits objecting to the way the election was handled and accepting the Ohio results until those law suits are settled. Recount is a red herring... the real issue is that there was “poll starvation”, Democratic precincts weren’t given enough voting booths to take all the votes. A recount won’t show that there was intentional “poll starvation” in the black districts. It’s a whole new Jim Crow.
But most importantly further election reform has stalled and without making a statement like this objection keeps the hope alive.
