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JERESKI FOR CONGRESS UPDATE
We've accomplished a lot just running on our passion for ending this disastrous war, for social and economic justice, and our commitment to the American way of life based on the U.S. Constitution. We have established a website, assembled a core team of organizers for the campaign staff, and raised the concerns of the lukewarm incumbent that our campaign and our platform will need to be reckoned with. To continue this fight, we will need your dedication, energy, and participation.

WHAT YOU CAN DO
Visit our website for more information: http://www.jereskiforcongress.com And spread the word about our campaign. Jereski For Congress accepts donations from U.S. citizens anywhere and in any amount (up to $2000). Send checks (payable to "Friends of Robert Jereski") to 2 Tudor City Pl, Apt. 9AS, New York, NY 10017. We Need Volunteers ... If you live in NYC, we need your help from June 8th to July 15th to gather signatures in the district. We also welcome concerned individuals from outside of NYC.

VERY IMPORTANT ... Join us for a Petition Picnic Workshop!

Where: Central Park [Enter @ 69th St and 5th. Walk straight to lawn 30 yards from entrance of the park]
Date: Saturday, June 5th, 2004
Time: 1 pm until 4 pm

Come and learn how to petition and pick up petitioning materials. Bring your favorite healthy dish to share. Spend a fun-filled afternoon playing frisbee and enjoy a potluck picnic!!! If you get lost, please call (646) 206-5288 to find us. And if you can’t make this workshop but can help petition, let us know! NOW IS THE MOMENT!

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM MoveOn.Org -- Protect Our Votes & Insist on a Paper Ballot

We all remember the election of 2000. Because of faulty and mismanaged election systems, George W. Bush won Florida's electoral votes and the presidency. And now look at the mess we're in. People demanded improvements, and now states are spending millions to buy new voting machines. So far, so good. But many key states, including Florida, Ohio and other battlegrounds, are installing "black box" voting machines -- computer voting terminals that don't produce a paper ballot.

Without a paper ballot, there's no way to know if our votes are counted correctly. Also, computers are vulnerable to malfunction -- how often does yours freeze up? It's time to take action to protect our votes. Join our call for Voter-Verified Paper Ballots, at: http://www.moveon.org/protectourvotes/

If ATMs and gas pumps can print receipts, then voting terminals can print paper ballots. Every voter should be able to make sure that his or her vote will count as it was cast, by verifying a paper ballot that can be audited and re-counted. And wherever electronic voting terminals are used, backup paper ballots should also be available, so no voters will be turned away from the polling place if the terminals aren't working. Over the past few weeks, MoveOn members have been calling legislators and officials in many states to demand Voter-Verified Paper Ballots. And along with other citizen's groups, large and small, we have won important victories.

A month ago, our side won its biggest victory yet. California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley decertified 14,000 black box voting terminals made by Diebold Inc., and said that this November, every California voter will be able to vote on a paper ballot. Every voter in every state should have the same right -- to verify that his or her vote was recorded correctly, with full confidence that it will be counted correctly. We shouldn't have to hand our elections over to manufacturers like Diebold and blindly trust them with the results. This is not about partisan politics. It's about the foundation of our democracy: our votes. There's no reason Americans should have anything less than the most accessible, secure and reliable voting system possible.