RFK Junior leads effort to prevent U.S. election theft

The Republicans stole the 2004 election, they are saying, but they will not do it again in 2008.

Thousands of Democrats across the United States are receiving letters from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., urging them to support a major new effort at www.NoVoterLeftBehind.net to raise the funds that will be needed to challenge Republican efforts to steal the 2008 election.

NoVoterLeftBehind.net is a project of Democrats for America’s Future (DAF) www.americasdemocrats.org. DAF is mobilizing the NoVoterLeftBehind.net project to monitor voter registration and the actual vote on Election Day in 2008. The campaign will shine a public spotlight on every last irregularity. Democrats for America's Future is urging every Democratic candidate to pledge not to concede a single race until every last vote is counted.

In his appeal to Democrats, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. writes: “No more 2000s and 2004s! … The Republican Party mounted a coordinated, criminal campaign to steal the 2004 Presidential election -- and it worked. Now, as another election approaches, you and I need to stand together to make absolutely certain it doesn’t happen again … We need your support to raise the funds now to make sure that ‘no voter is left behind’ on Election Day!”

Former Oregon Governor and Secretary of State Barbara Roberts said: "Today, Democrats for America's Future is launching its nationwide NoVoterLeftBehind.net' project that will monitor voting on Election Day in 2008. The squad will shine a public spotlight on every last irregularity. Democrats for America's Future will urge every Democratic candidate not to concede a single race until every last vote is counted. And from beginning to end -- from the voter registration process to Election Day challenges and beyond -- DAF will fight every last fight to the very end, insisting that every American is guaranteed a democracy's most sacred right: their vote."

DAF Executive Director Jennifer Petty said: “Here's the challenge: We have every reason to believe the Republicans are, at this moment, preparing a 2008 vote-suppression effort that will rival, or even exceed, the dirty tricks they pulled in 2004.”

The NoVoterLeftBehind.net Web site shows interested Democrats how to donate to support the effort, where to learn more about how Republicans steal elections and also ways to volunteer before and on Election Day 2008.

Elected officials are encouraged to go to www.NoVoterLeftBehind.net to sign the following: “... I pledge that I will make sure that every vote is counted and that I will contest any evidence of theft or other voter suppression …” Those candidates signing the pledge will be listed on the new Web site.

ABOUT DEMOCRATS FOR AMERICA’S FUTURE

Democrats for America's Future (http://www.americasdemocrats.org) is dedicated to getting everyday Democrats involved in returning the Democratic party to its roots – and success at the ballot box. Democrats for America's Future makes a difference by: recruiting grassroots Democrats across the country and providing them with up-to-date information; urging Democratic leaders to stand up to President Bush and his right-wing allies; and educating the public about the Bush Administration's true record. Membership sign-ups and member donations are accepted through the Democrats for America's Future Web site at http://www.americasdemocrats.org.

The DAF board of advisors consists of: James Carville; former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich; Ambassador Carol Mosely Braun, former U.S. Senator from the state of Illinois and a 2004 presidential candidate; Dow Fowler, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; David Bonior, former Michigan member of Congress and majority whip of the U.S. House of Representatives; and Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former lieutenant governor of the state of Maryland.