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Titolo: Intervista a J. Jackson sulle irregolarità in Ohio

'We Will Not Faint'
 By Susannah Meadows
 Newsweek
 Thursday 30 December 2004
 Jesse Jackson on why he thinks John Kerry really won the election.
Ohio officials concluded their recount of the presidential vote last
Tuesday-reaffirming President George W. Bush's victory. But the state's
election woes aren't over yet. As bloggers continue to spin conspiracy
theories about a victory stolen from Democratic candidate John Kerry, the
Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to lead a Monday rally in Columbus to protest
alleged voting irregularities. He warmed up with Newsweek's Susannah
Meadows.
 The Democratic candidate and Jackson at Sunday services before the November
vote.
 (Photo: Gerald Herbert / AP)
Newsweek: What's the matter with Ohio?
 Rev. Jesse Jackson: In Columbus, Cincinnati, Akron, Youngstown, Cleveland,
where I was, you had blacks standing in line for six hours in the rain. That
's a form of voter suppression.
 Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell says that machines were allotted
based on turnout in past years, and that he didn't realize they'd need more
machines until it was too late.
 He had to know it because registration was up. Blackwell may have had to
deliver for Bush and [Vice President Dick] Cheney and he got a lighter rap
than [former Florida Secretary of State Katherine] Harris got. But Ohio may
have been more stacked than Florida was.
 So you think Blackwell stole the election for Bush?
 It was under his domain to have enough machines; the machine calibration,
tabulation issue. You could rig the machines. We have reason to believe it
was rigged.
 What is your evidence?
 Based on distrusting the system, lack of paper trails, the anomaly of the
exit polls. In Ukraine, there's an exit poll gap, they say, "Let's have
another election."
 Have you been in touch with John Kerry about the issue? Does he share your
concerns?
 His lawyers are now involved in a minimal way. We are appealing to him to
get involved. We think it should be certified provisionally, until there can
be a forensic investigation of these machines, and until there's a random
recount. In only two of the counties did they do any hand recounting.
 What can be done now?
 Thursday is when Congress is scheduled to certify the vote. Kerry should
take the floor and ask for a debate on the subject. Kerry pulled out too
early. The scrutiny pulled out with him.
 If the election were held again with these alleged problems solved, would
Kerry win?
 Of course I think that. If we deal with the anomalies, a fair random count,
the urban-suppressed vote, Kerry would get at least 60,000 more votes. At
least! I believe that. I don't know that.
 Is it possible that election will be overturned?
 I don't know. All we want is a fair count and a transparent election. We
can live with the result. We're fighting the odds but we will not faint in
the face of the odds.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/123104V.shtml
'We Will Not Faint'
 By Susannah Meadows
 Newsweek
 Thursday 30 December 2004
 Jesse Jackson on why he thinks John Kerry really won the election.
Ohio officials concluded their recount of the presidential vote last
Tuesday-reaffirming President George W. Bush's victory. But the state's
election woes aren't over yet. As bloggers continue to spin conspiracy
theories about a victory stolen from Democratic candidate John Kerry, the
Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to lead a Monday rally in Columbus to protest
alleged voting irregularities. He warmed up with Newsweek's Susannah
Meadows.
 The Democratic candidate and Jackson at Sunday services before the November
vote.
Newsweek: What's the matter with Ohio?
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