The e-mail says that once a thousand people fill the room election officials are required to close the doors. By stacking the hall, they hope to lock Nader supporters out of the Convention. Nader needs a thousand registered voters in the hall in order for the nomination to take place.
"This is more than a sleazy, dirty trick" said Greg Kafoury, a campaign spokesman." Both the letter itself and actions taken in reliance on it may constitute crimes. Numerous federal and state statutes provide for both civil and criminal penalties for acts which are designed to interfere, and do interfere with a scheduled election. The Nader Convention is a formal proceeding authorized by Oregon law, and which will be conducted by State Election officials. Those who find amusement in trying to block other people from participating in the democratic process may find that their actions are not only unamusing, but are criminal," Kafoury says.
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It's becoming increasingly obvious that we really do get the government we deserve.
The recent conduct from both the left and the right, in my opinion, have demonstrated both a lack of integrity and a lack of character in both. Is not the most important thing in the political sphere the preservation and elevation of Democracy?
Is it somehow more important to prevent the free exercize of Democracy in order to save it from the super thug in the White House? And is not this reasoning parallel to the reasoning that we must temporarily give up our liberties in order to protect them?
Again, in my opinion, recent actions by members from both parties demonstrate that neither party qualifies for the office, any office. Acts out of rage or fear reap similar harvest, when we should be conducting ourselves out of a love for each other, for Liberty, and for the system of Democracy which protects and elevates both.
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