Since Election Day, TrustThePeople.com has led the fight to make sure Al Gore is sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States - as We the People decided with our votes both nationally and in Florida.

Contrary to the fundamental principles of Democracy, George W. Bush and the Republicans have done everything in their power to block a complete and accurate count of all votes cast. But we have challenged them with energy and determination on every front.

Within two days of the election, we helped collect over 3,000 affidavits from Palm Beach residents who were confused by the butterfly ballot. These affidavits are being used in a lawsuit that is before the Florida Supreme Court. Our efforts helped bring the Palm Beach fiasco to the attention of the entire nation, and will hopefully result in a revote in Palm Beach.

We have collected over 10,000 signatures on a number of important petitions to Al Gore and other Democratic leaders, Kathleen Harris, George Bush, and the media. These petitions have strengthened the resolve of Al Gore and the Democrats and helped changed the climate of public opinion.

We helped mobilize over 10,000 citizens to participate in major local rallies in nearly 150 cities on November 11 and 18. We are continuing to help organize rallies across the country.

We recruited nearly 2,000 plaintiffs for a major lawsuit challenging the 32 Electors from Texas on 12th Amendment grounds. These lawsuits have exposed Dick Cheney's fraudulent change of address, and may determine the outcome of the election.

And from the outset, we have maintained an in-depth web site with all of the important news, and published e-mail newsletters and activist alerts which reach over 10,000 Democrats.

Today, we are urgently appealing to you for a contribution to support our latest effort in Seminole County.

As you know, the Republican Supervisor of Elections in Seminole County allowed Republican operatives to work in her office for 10 days filling out nearly 5,000 incomplete absentee ballot applications – but refused to let Democrats do the same. Under Florida's recently-tightened absentee ballot laws, this action is a felony. In 1997, a judge threw out 2,000 tainted absentee ballots in Miami, which changed the outcome of that election. We believe Judge Nikki Clark will follow this precedent and throw out Bush's fatally tainted ballots, which would make Al Gore the President.

We have just learned that depositions will be taken on Saturday and Monday in Tallahassee. We are in urgent need of funds to launch and manage a public relations campaign on behalf of this lawsuit, filed by Harry Jacobs, an Orlando-area attorney. Your contribution NOW could determine who the next president is going to be. If we raise just $5,000 over the next 24 hours, we're confident we can do the work that needs to be done in Florida this weekend and next week. Please go to www.trustthepeople.com and click on DONATE, or go directly to:

http://207.228.234.134/elandslide/edonate.cfm?campaign=trustthepeople

and make your urgently-needed contribution right NOW.

With your support, we will continue to fight to make sure every vote is counted - and our sacred Democracy is preserved.

With our warmest regards,

Bob Fertik, David Lytel, and Jim Buie

Bob Fertik, Managing Partner
Democrats.com
bob@democrats.com
PO Box 20594 New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212-396-3457
Fax: 603-843-6864

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