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REPUBLICAN ELECTORS UNDER PRESSURE TO SWITCH VOTES

Thousands Contacting Electors through Non-Partisan Web Site

Claremont, Calif. - Using a Web site that lists contact information for 172 presidential electors, thousands of Americans are asking Republican electors to support the winner of the national popular vote. The drive intensified today with the launch of VoteWithAmerica.com, which provides tools that allow visitors to easily e-mail, call, and write to the electors.

Organized by Citizens for True Democracy (CTD), the campaign targets Republican electors that can legally switch their votes. In particular, the site encourages visitors to contact four electors whose public statements indicate that they may be considering voting for Al Gore.

If three electors switch, Gore wins. Two defections would send the election to the House of Representatives.

"VoteWithAmerica.com asks electors to put patriotism above partisanship," said Citizens for True Democracy director David Enrich. "This campaign is sowing the seeds for the abolition of the unfair and anti-democratic Electoral College."

Republican electors have reported receiving thousands of e-mails and dozens of calls each day from visitors to the CTD Web site. Electors have also received letters based on a sample message provided on the site.

VoteWithAmerica.com expands CTD's campaign. With the click of a mouse, voters can ask 54 electors to switch their votes and can place free long-distance phone calls to targeted electors. Users can also call up to 130 electors or download printable address labels and letters.

Gore has distanced himself from CTD's efforts, but his campaign acknowledges that he will accept victory if electors defect.

"We are not Democrats and we did not vote for Al Gore," Enrich said. "VoteWithAmerica.com is based on the simple principle that the candidate that wins the most votes nationally should be the next president." Gore won the popular election by more than 300,000 votes, but Bush is poised to win the Electoral College.

Prior to Election Day, CTD had prepared to post contact information for Democratic electors if Bush won the popular vote and Gore won the electoral vote. According to newspaper reports, Bush's campaign, too, intended to "fight" an Electoral College defeat by "pressuring" Democratic electors and launching a media campaign.

Citizens for True Democracy, founded in 1998 to increase political participation via electoral reform, is a non-partisan public interest organization based in Claremont, California. For more information, contact David Enrich at (909) 607-7209 or david@votewithamerica.com.