Kucinich Demands Recount, 100 Grand Offered

Hey folks,

This one is fun. Now I caught this story off the PRNewswire / USNewswire. I found many are reporting this, mostly local papers, but I have not seen this reported much in the big ones. Dennis Kucinich, whom I have affectionately nicknamed Ratman, is on a new mission. He demands a recount in New Hampshire.

Dennis Kucinich Asks for Recount in New Hampshire Primary due to Unusual Anomalies in the Results

VelvetRevolution Offers $100,000 Reward for Evidence of Election Fraud in New Hampshire Primary

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Last night, Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich formally requested a hand-recount of the votes in New Hampshire. He sent a letter to the New Hampshire Secretary of State asking for a recount of Tuesday's election because of "unexplained disparities between hand-counted ballots and machine-counted ballots."

He added, "Ever since the 2000 election -- and even before -- the American people have been losing faith in the belief that their votes were actually counted. This recount isn't about who won 39% of 36% or even 1%. It's about establishing whether 100% of the voters had 100% of their votes counted exactly the way they cast them." Kucinich wrote, "This is not about my candidacy or any other individual candidacy. It is about the integrity of the election process."

"New Hampshire is in the unique position to address -- and, if so determined, rectify -- these issues before they escalate into a massive, nationwide suspicion of the process by which Americans elect their President. Based on the controversies surrounding the Presidential elections in 2004 and 2000, New Hampshire is in a prime position to investigate possible irregularities and to issue findings for the benefit of the entire nation," Kucinich wrote in his letter. "Without an official recount, the voters of New Hampshire and the rest of the nation will never know whether there are flaws in our electoral system that need to be identified and addressed at this relatively early point in the Presidential nominating process," said Kucinich.

VelvetRevolution.us ("VR"), The Brad Blog and Progressive Democrats of America have been working together to gather and report as much information as possible on the problems associated with the NH primary. VR requested an official investigation and yesterday posted a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons who caused a manipulation of the Diebold machines used in the New Hampshire primary election sufficient to flip the Obama/Clinton race, or information that results in an official change of the first place winner of that Democrat race. Kucinich reviewed the material and decided that democracy is best served by a recount.

We believe that such a recount will help restore faith in our elections, and that it will deter any planned fraud in the future. In fact, our position at VR is that all votes should be cast on ballots and all ballots should be counted and audited and, in close elections, there should be an automatic hand recount with independent observers.

VelvetRevolution.us is a non-profit organization dedicated to clean government and honest elections.

SOURCE VelvetRevolution.us

Yes folks, he thinks there was some funny business there. I tend to agree with him on this one. Could it be that people may have been buses in to vote? Could it be that the Crying Game worked?

The thing that is important to remember about this, is that NO amount of recount will put him in the lead. He just actually seems genuinely concerned that this was rigged. I hope he gets it. It will be fun to see the outcome.
Peter