Congressman John Conyers Jr. read a statement during yesterday's debate on the validity of the Ohio elections. Here are some excerpts:
"We are here today, not as partisans for one presidential candidate or another, but because we want to do our duty under the Constitution to protect our democracy."You can read the full statement here."Most of all we are here because not a single election official in Ohio has given us any explanation for the massive and widespread irregularities in that state: No explanation for the machines in Mahoning County that recorded Kerry votes for Bush No explanation for the improper purging in Cuyahoga County No explanation for the lock down in Warren County No explanation for the 99% voter turnout in Miami County No explanation for the machine tampering in Hocking County."
"The thing we should never fear in Congress is a debate, and the thing we should never fear in a democracy is the voters. I hope that today we have a fair debate and four years from now, we have an election all our citizens can be proud of."