Democracy in 2002
We Will Never Get Over It! 

Following the long-awaited recount of Florida's Presidential ballots, Democrats.com declared Gore the winner of the 2000 election and launched a "Democracy in 2002" campaign to sweep Democrats into office across America in the next election. 

Democrats.com based its analysis on the data collected by the National Opinion Research Center. When all of the legal votes were counted, Gore won by margins ranging from 42 to 171 votes, depending on the specific standard used for hanging or dimpled chads. Although media headlines claimed Bush won, the only scenarios that produced a Bush victory were those were some legal votes were NOT counted. Moreover, Gore won by over 25,000 if the voting machines had accurately recorded the intent of Florida's voters. 

According to Democrats.com co-founder Bob Fertik, "It has taken more than a year, but we have finally learned the truth about Florida - that if all of the votes had been counted, Al Gore would be President. The only reason George W. Bush was sworn into office is because his campaign adamantly refused to count all of the votes. To put it simply: George W. Bush stole Florida with the help of his brother, Governor Jeb Bush, his campaign co-chair, Secretary of State Katherine Harris, and a partisan Republican majority of the U.S. Supreme Court. The 30,000 members of Democrats.com are proud to declare that we will NEVER 'get over' the Stolen Election."

According to co-founder David Lytel, "The Stolen Election in Florida is the most important crime against democracy in our long and proud history. We know that millions of Americans are still angry about the election, so despite the media's distortion of this issue we will work tirelessly to ensure that justice prevails through the ballot box in 2002."

Democrats.com cited a recent USA Today/CNN/Gallup poll in July which asked whether Bush won "fair and square." By 50%-48%, a majority of Americans said no. Over one quarter (26%) of the respondents did not accept Bush as a "legitimate" President. A poll in June by Fox News found that 58% of Americans were still angry about how the votes for president were counted in Florida. 

"In their hearts, most Americans know that Bush did not rightfully win the election," said Fertik. "We will mobilize the majority of Americans who believe the voters - not the Republican Supreme Court - should choose our President." 

The key activities of the "Democracy in 2002" campaign include: 

• Holding major gatherings of Democratic activists to tell the world that Gore won and we will NEVER get over it. Visit:
  http://democrats.com/2000 
• Disseminating the truth about Al Gore's victory. Visit:
  http://gorewonflorida.org    
• Exposing "Floridagate," a collection of 60 crimes committed by Republicans to steal the Florida election, and demanding investigation of these crimes by Congress and the news media. Visit:
  http://democrats.com/floridagate    
• Launching a grassroots pledge campaign to sweep all Republicans out of office in 2002 and 2004. Visit:
  http://democrats.com/pledge 
• Launching a grassroots voter registration drive on the Internet. Visit:
  http://democrats.com/vote 
• Launching a grassroots campaign for Charles Porter's efforts to Impeach the Supreme Court 5. Visit:
  http://democrats.com/supremecourt 
• Supporting grassroots efforts to pass the Dodd-Conyers Election Reform bill and Rep. Jesse Jackson's Constitutional Amendment to give Americans the right to vote for President    
• Making Democrats.com News the most important news alternative to the corporate media in America through timely and in-depth reporting of stories that the Republicans don't want Americans to see. Free e-mail newsletters are available here:
  http://democrats.com

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