In the weeks before January 6, 2005 hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy Americans called, emailed, and marched to urge our Senators to stand up for Ohio voters who were denied the chance to vote and whose votes were not counted. We remembered the betrayal of democracy that occurred in 2001, when African American voters demanded support from their Senators and received none. This time, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones of Ohio, Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, and 30 other Representatives voted to protest Ohio's tainted 2004 Electoral College votes. While Republican legislators said that the debates were frivolous and unnecessary, the grassroots-led electoral reform movement is growing, not subsiding. More work remains, and these hearings have set the stage for the next phase of our work.

• House of Reps. Debate on Objection to Ohio Electoral Votes
  1/6/2005: WASHINGTON, DC: 2 hr. 35 min.
• Senate Debate on Objection to Ohio Electoral Votes
  01/06/2005: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr. 11 min.

• Preserving Democracy: What Went Wrong in Ohio
  Status Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff
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• January 12, 2005 Letter from Reps. Conyers and Waxman to GAO Comptroller Walker Requesting an Investigation into Long Lines at Polling Places
• January 7, 2005 Ohio Voting Problems Show Need for Election Reform, Detroit News editorial by Rep. John Conyers Jr.
• January 6, 2005 Floor Statement by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI) concerning the Electoral College objection
• January 6, 2005 official transcripts of statements in U.S. Senate and House concerning the Electoral College objection: Daily Digest, and full official transcripts of the Senate and the House debates.
• Text of Fundraising Letter from Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell
• Text of Eyewitness Accounts of Ohio Voter Disenfranchisement posted on the website of the House Committee on the Judiciary Democratic Members
• Additional letters from the Judiciary Committee, including letters to Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell Concerning Ohio Election Irregularities

Thanking the Greens and others for leading the recount effort, Jackson said, "When it is really dark, a little light will do ya. You are that light."		Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones of Ohio and Sen. Barbara Boxer of California discuss their objection to the certification of the Ohio Electoral votes. (Mannie Garcia - Reuters)
Under chilly gray skies, Rev. Jesse Jackson and the 'March on Washington' demonstrators get a warm welcome from the crowd		Jan 6: Pro-democracy demonstrators hear Rev. Jesse Jackson in Lafayette Park, as minority legislators force an historic debate on election reform in both houses of Congress.
Winning Fairly is a Moral Value: Voters say "NO" to winning by cheating		Green Party candidate David Cobb addresses pro-democracy demonstrators in Washington, D.C.