Boxer Comes Through

House Democrats to challenge Ohio electoral votes
California's Boxer to join in objection in Senate; Kerry won't

Thursday, January 6, 2005 Posted: 10:15 AM EST (1515 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Citing massive irregularities on Election Day, a handful of House Democrats and one senator plan to attempt to block Ohio's 20 electoral votes from being counted when a joint session of Congress convenes Thursday to tally results from the 2004 presidential election.
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House Democrats involved in this year's protest worked for weeks to enlist the support of a senator, and U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, agreed in a letter Wednesday to join the effort. "I have concluded that objecting to the electoral votes from Ohio is the only immediate way to bring these issues to light by allowing you to have a two-hour debate to let the American people know the facts surrounding Ohio's election," Boxer wrote to U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio.

"I will therefore join you in your objection to the certification of Ohio's electoral votes."

Click to read more of this CNN story. Note that the joint session of Congress meeting to certify the election will be televised on CSPAN today at 11:00 AM MST.

From NOW:

Please send the attached letter to your senators to urge them to join Sen. Boxer - and yes, even if you think they won't do it, send the message anyway. They need to know that their constituents noticed that they did not stand up for the democratic process.

But don't stop there - for many weeks to come, Senator Boxer will be excoriated in Letters to the Editor and on Talk Radio (yes, Rush Limbaugh has already started in on her) and WE MUST RESPOND. Take a minute to write a single paragraph to your local newspaper's editor, or call a radio talk show to praise Sen. Boxer and all of the House members, Democrat and Independent, who took a stand for democracy.
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One way to reward the courage of Sen. Boxer would be to contribute a few bucks to her PAC.