QUOTE
Article published Feb 19, 2005
Election fraud to be discussed at APSU
By STACY SMITH SEGOVIA
The Leaf-Chronicle
Although the majority of the media and the American public have moved on, Bernard Ellis says there are less-visible throngs of people who are still trying to make sense of last November's presidential election.
"I'm convinced that a host of laws were broken — both small and large laws — in the 2004 elections," Ellis says.
Ellis, a Tennessee public health epidemiologist with 30 years experience in the field, will speak 7-9 p.m. Monday at Austin Peay State University's Morgan University Center.
"Using a fast-paced graphic presentation, Ellis will cover a half-dozen aspects of the continuing controversy on the conduct of the 2004 election and review options for election reform that are needed now," says a release about the event.
Ellis points to writers such as Bush supporter Christopher Hitchens whose current Vanity Fair column, "Ohio's Odd Numbers," claims the presidential election was stolen in that state. The 8-million-vote discrepancy between the official tally and election night exit polls should cause Americans to question how our votes are recorded.
We need to "change those aspects of our voting that have gone down the slippery slope towards non-accountability," Ellis says. "To be able to get a receipt at an ATM machine, but to have no paper trail when you vote seems beyond the pale to us."
Ellis is the organizer of a 2-month-old Middle Tennessee group called Gathering to Save Our Democracy.
"We began to coalesce around issues regarding the 2004 elections," Ellis says. "There is evidence George Bush was not elected."
Debbie Boen, organizer of Clarksville Freethinkers for Peace and Civil Liberties, heard Ellis speak in Nashville and made efforts to bring him here. Jill Eichhorn, head of the Women's Studies Program, is sponsoring Ellis' talk at APSU.
"All my life I've heard, if you don't like the way things are going, use your vote to change it," Boen says. "This presentation put my attention on the fact that voting fraud can happen way too easily."
Boen says Democrats and Republicans alike should be concerned that their votes are tallied accurately. Evidence that votes weren't tallied accurately in 2004 frightens her.
"Is it so easy to dismiss this evidence with, 'You lost. Get over it'?" Boen says. "I'm a registered Republican and I can't stand the idea of cheating to win, for whoever's side it would be."
"Free, fair, and verifiable elections," Ellis says. "Regardless of your political persuasions, that's something you should support,"
Election fraud to be discussed at APSU
By STACY SMITH SEGOVIA
The Leaf-Chronicle
Although the majority of the media and the American public have moved on, Bernard Ellis says there are less-visible throngs of people who are still trying to make sense of last November's presidential election.
"I'm convinced that a host of laws were broken — both small and large laws — in the 2004 elections," Ellis says.
Ellis, a Tennessee public health epidemiologist with 30 years experience in the field, will speak 7-9 p.m. Monday at Austin Peay State University's Morgan University Center.
"Using a fast-paced graphic presentation, Ellis will cover a half-dozen aspects of the continuing controversy on the conduct of the 2004 election and review options for election reform that are needed now," says a release about the event.
Ellis points to writers such as Bush supporter Christopher Hitchens whose current Vanity Fair column, "Ohio's Odd Numbers," claims the presidential election was stolen in that state. The 8-million-vote discrepancy between the official tally and election night exit polls should cause Americans to question how our votes are recorded.
We need to "change those aspects of our voting that have gone down the slippery slope towards non-accountability," Ellis says. "To be able to get a receipt at an ATM machine, but to have no paper trail when you vote seems beyond the pale to us."
Ellis is the organizer of a 2-month-old Middle Tennessee group called Gathering to Save Our Democracy.
"We began to coalesce around issues regarding the 2004 elections," Ellis says. "There is evidence George Bush was not elected."
Debbie Boen, organizer of Clarksville Freethinkers for Peace and Civil Liberties, heard Ellis speak in Nashville and made efforts to bring him here. Jill Eichhorn, head of the Women's Studies Program, is sponsoring Ellis' talk at APSU.
"All my life I've heard, if you don't like the way things are going, use your vote to change it," Boen says. "This presentation put my attention on the fact that voting fraud can happen way too easily."
Boen says Democrats and Republicans alike should be concerned that their votes are tallied accurately. Evidence that votes weren't tallied accurately in 2004 frightens her.
"Is it so easy to dismiss this evidence with, 'You lost. Get over it'?" Boen says. "I'm a registered Republican and I can't stand the idea of cheating to win, for whoever's side it would be."
"Free, fair, and verifiable elections," Ellis says. "Regardless of your political persuasions, that's something you should support,"
