All Voices Heard, All Voices Matter

DNC Movement March Critical Update

2008-05-22T19:52:33Z

Critical Update: The march has been moved.
The various groups around the country that are determined to March and Rally on May 31 have begun merging our “marches” into the “consolidated” DNC ‘Super’ March. To that end LATEST DNC March information is below:

CRITICAL UPDATE: Because the DNC found out about our march, they have moved the DNC RBC meeting from the DNC Headquarters to a new location:

What: DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee Meeting
When: Ma y 31, 2008 - 9:30 AM; Rally Starts at 7 AM
Where: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel - Salon I
            2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, DC
* Morning Session: Oral Arguments
* Afternoon Session: Consideration and Debate

You can register to attend the rally at www.hillaryresponders.com/counteveryvote
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As many of you may have heard, there have been many positive developments for our movement these past couple days...we have over 10,000 marchers! With that in mind we have a few items of importance to note below:

1. Most important update: Rally will be held outside the Mariott-Wardman Park Hotel on May 31st, beginning at 7am and going until 3pm.

2. Second most important update: AN NPR reporter filed his story, K. Feldman, and it was sufficiently amazing that we received full coverage on NPR during rush hour today!

3.   WomenCount has also agreed to help finance banners and signs for use during the Rally. (If you receive press inquiries as a result of this publicity, please direct them to counteveryvote08@gmail.com, we have a media team designated to speak on behalf of our committee).

Florida Visibility Events
Jim Hannagan briefed us on a series of visibility events and rallies piggy backing Senator Obama's various appearances in Florida this week. For a full list of the remaining events, please contact Jim at jhannagan@floridademandsrepresentation.org. This is particularly important if you know Floridians who would like to participate.

Suggested Slogans/Signs
"Women Count" "50-48=NO YOU CAN'T" "Count our Votes..."
"All voices Heard, All Votes Matter"

Dear Fellow Hillary Supporters

If you believe that the DNC must honor our core democratic principles and enfranchise the people of MI and FL and their respective delegations,

If you believe that Hillary Clinton is best for our party, most likely to win in November and best for our country,

If you believe the contest for the democratic nomination must not end before all of the votes from each State and US Territory have been cast and counted and that nominating conventions, not candidates (or the media), declare the nominee,

If you believe that the media and DNC have underestimated the passion, strength, intensity and determination of women voters and the power of the women's vote,

Then please join us in Washington, D.C. on May 31st, to rally outside the meeting of the Rules and Bylaws Committee. The RBC will make its determination with respect to Michigan and Florida during its May 31 meeting. It is essential that everyone who can meets in Washington that day to rally for our cherished democratic principles, help enfranchise MI and FL and to show that Hillary has equal numbers of passionate, devoted supporters who believe fervently, notwithstanding any math, that she will the better general election candidate and best president. Our purpose is not to divide the party or attack the DNC or Senator Obama. Michigan and Florida, however, in addition to Hillary's strong support nationwide, cannot and must not be dismissed in DNC efforts to unify the party.

The rally will be held outside the Mariott-Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Rd, NW in Washington D.C. on May 31st.. We will meet at 7am and rally until the meeting concludes (or longer, if you prefer).

You can register to attend the rally at www.hillaryresponders.com/counteveryvote.
Once you register, the a state/regional coordinator from the Committee to Count Every Vote will contact you regarding travel arrangements (buses will be available and we can provide a list of recommended hotels; a limited number of Washington supporters have offered to open their homes to those who cannot afford hotel stays).

If you are not contacted or if you have any additional questions or suggestions, please email counteveryvote08@gmail.com.

The Committee to Count Every Vote

Important Update Regarding Movement March/Count the Vote Rally

2008-05-22T11:33:47Z

Count the Vote SUPPORTERS
This message from Ricki Lieberman, Fundraiser and Supporter of Hillary Clinton in NY
Ricki Lieberman rrlieberma@gmail.com

Please sign up NOW and pass this along to everyone who might also want to be with us on May 31 in DC. The larger our numbers, the greater our impact. We strongly encourage participation by everyone who cares about our participatory democracy!!!

* For non New Yorkers, please register for the rally. Go To:
www.floridademandsrepresentation.org
You will be contacted by someone from your state.

For those who are making their own travel arrangements from anywhere in the country, we are able to offer a group of rooms at the Hilton on Connecticut Avenue for $139/room, including tax, on Friday May 30, and on Saturday night May 31. In order to secure this rate we must now have your reservation and payment by Monday, May 26.

To register for the rally, please go to www.floridademandsrepresentation.org.

On the home page, click on the red button near the top 'Register Here for May 31, 2008 Washington DC "Count Our Votes" Rally.'

A pop-up box will appear – click on the "Sign up for the Count Our Votes Rally." This will bring you to the registration page. If you will be on the bus, please indicate. After you submit your information, an email will be sent to you confirming your registration.

To pay for the hotel or the NY bus, please send a check to me at 610 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10024 or, to pay by credit card, go to PayPal.com where you:

1. Sign up for a PayPal account, if you don't have one.
2. Log in to your PayPal account.
3. Click the Send Money tab.
4. Enter rrlieberma@gmail.com, and the amount.
5. Review your transaction, then send it.

A confirmation note from me will be your hotel reservation or your bus ticket. More details about the trip and activities will follow.

JOIN US for this critical day. Please sign up NOW and pass this along to everyone who might also want to be with us on May 31 in DC. The larger our numbers, the greater our impact. We strongly encourage participation by everyone who cares about our participatory democracy!!!

* For non New Yorkers, please go to www.floridademandsrepresentation.org and register for the rally. You will be contacted by someone from your state.
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DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee to Meet Saturday, May 31st

The Democratic National Committee's Rules & Bylaws Committee will meet on Saturday May 31, 2008 in Washington, DC. The Rules and Bylaws Committee will consider the two challenges that have been filed pursuant to Rule 20.B of the 2008 Delegate Selection Rules and Regulation 3 of the Regulations of the Rules and Bylaws Committee concerning the seating of delegations from Florida and Michigan.

Pursuant to Section 3.4(N) of the Committee's Regulations, each challenger will be entitled to present an Oral Argument before the RBC prior to Committee consideration for a period of 15 minutes each. A representative from each state party and from each presidential campaign will also have an opportunity to address the committee regarding each of the challenges. Oral arguments from the parties will be heard during the committee's morning session. Following a lunch break, committee members will consider and debate the challenges.

What: DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee Meeting
When: May 31, 2008 - 9:30 AM
* Morning Session: Oral Arguments
* Afternoon Session: Consideration and Debate

Where: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel - Salon I
2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, DC

A Note on Public Participation

This meeting is open to the public, however due to space constraints, guests are being asked to pre-register their attendance. Registration will open online at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, May 27. Members of the public wishing to register should fill out the form at the following link:http://www.democrats.org/rbcmeeting . Those lacking Internet access who would like to pre-register can do so by calling 202-479-5137.

Guest credentials are limited to one per person. For those who register, a confirmation message will be sent to the e-mail address indicated on the registration form. Registrants must bring that confirmation e-mail, along with a photo ID, in order to pick up their guest credential.

Credentials must be picked up at registration tables located outside the meeting room between 8:00-9:30 AM on May 31st in order to guarantee a seat. If reserved credentials are not picked up by 9:30 AM, they will be released and given out to other members of the public.

Same Day Registration

If a member of the general public is unable to pre-register, limited same-day registration will be available. Same-day guest credentials will be distributed on a first-come first-serve basis and are limited to one per person. Individuals with a same day guest credential will be allowed into the meeting as space permits.

Additional Information

In order to maintain the decorum of the meeting, banners, posters, signs, handouts, and noisemakers of any kind are strictly prohibited. Also, please be advised that the agenda for the meeting does not include time for questions from the general public.

Press Release for Movement March in front of the DNC...May 31, 2008

2008-05-19T19:46:08Z

Movement March for Michigan and Florida

On August 26, 1920 Women Ended Their Suffrage & Won the Right to Vote...some of those women born before given the right to vote still live. They live in Florida; they live in Michigan; they live to have their voices heard before they no longer live...

"We march for those who cannot march for themselves. We march for those who have been... Punched when they're down, told to go home/quite, voices suppressed, betrayed by their peers, bullied out of their life's work; for those who are fighting for the weaker who have no voice, For those whose voices need to be heard, WE MARCH."

In an effort to send a message to the DNC, this group of marchers intend to become a symbol for injustice in a Unified Front.

Why all the hubbub you ask?

Because on Saturday May 31st, the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) will determine the status of MI and FL voters at an open meeting.
"As Democrats, the Party of the People, we stand for the principle that every vote must count. Consistent with this, we believe the DNC must seat the delegates selected by the Michigan and Florida voters," organizer chairman, Ricki Lieberman of New York.

The marchers believe that anything short of counting the votes and seating the delegates, as voted, is a violation of the fundamental civil rights and civil liberties of MI and FL voters, and an affront to us all.

"We must not allow this injustice to occur. Will the DNC party to do to itself what the Republicans did to the entire nation in 2000?
We must make all voices heard and all vote matter--we do so with this Movement March for Michigan and Florida on MAY 31...we do so as the rules committee begins their meetings at 9am,"
states Ricki Lieberman, chairman of the group.

This march is sure to generate buzz as the organizers intend to send Bologna sandwiches to the DNC rules committee to let them know that not seating Michigan and Florida is Bologna. The marchers will also send Lemon-Aid to demonstrate the sour taste left in their mouths because of the injustice in Florida and Michigan. And, there are hints of parading a live donkey as a display of the A__ __ the DNC will be should they not seat those two states.

To Join in this history making event, or to find out more, visit www.floridademandsrepresentation.org or blog.enablemyself.com.

Maybe it is a democratic nation after all! I say, this is one rally to rally around and let your voice be heard.

You can make a difference...join us for the Movement March for Michigan and Florida. Let Their Voices Be Heard

2008-05-20T16:23:47Z

nt March

For Florida and Michigan

                                                                We March on May 31, 2008 at the DNC

                                    On August 26, 1920 Women Ended Their Suffrage & Won the Right to Vote
                                                     ...some of those women still live
                                                              They live in Florida
                                                             They live in Michigan
                                                    They live to have their voices heard now.

The first women's rights meeting in the United States was held at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848.
What followed was several decades of a quietly-emerging democratic spirit among women of all races; forming together a unified front for American women.

What a long, tough road it would be to winning the vote for women! Several punches were taken and were it not for a gritty spirit and passion for equality, women would be denied a voice before the 19th Amendment secured women's right to vote in the US.

From the first meeting in Seneca falls more than 70 years would pass.
From the day that women gained the right to have their voices heard, over 80 years would pass before women would experience the opportunity to vote for a Woman on a Presidential ticket.

But now, over 80 years after ending their suffrage, these same women are being stripped of their right to be heard by the DNC.

For the suffering they've endured...
For the weak who cannot enable themselves now...
For those who fought for equality for all women then...
For the strong women of our past, present and future...
For those whose fight and spirit has enabled a woman to run for the office of President of the United States...
WILL YOU MARCH AT THE DNC ON MAY 31, IN THEIR HONOR?

Will you demonstrate and stand with me for those who cannot stand for themselves now?

March in DC on May 31, 2008 at 9 AM

LET YOUR VOIC BE HEARD by the DNC!
For more information, visit www.floridademandsrepresentation.org

create & buy custom products at ZazzleDemand that Senator Obama, Nancy Palosi, and all the leaders of the DNC allow Florida and Michigan to matter! Let their voices finally be heard.

Contact: info@enablemyself.com for more information on how to help organize, volunteer, or donate to the Movement March for Florida and Michigan.