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Will the U.N. Oversee 2012
U.S. Elections?
By Rachel Pendergraft
Nationalist organizations have
been warning Americans for years about the consequences of belonging to the
United Nations and signing any treaties with it. The U.N. directly affects the sovereignty
of the United States. For example, U.S. soldiers can now be tried in the World
Court as criminals. And in the future, civilians, will most likely be hauled
before the U.N. to be held accountable for so-called human rights violations -
which may include speaking out against homosexuality, free migration ( a nice
way to term illegal immigration) and interracial marriage.
By now we are accustomed to
seeing U.N. voting inspectors standing guard during elections in OTHER
countries, but will armed U.N. soldiers and inspectors now be holding post at
OUR elections? They will if a Congressional group of mostly black activists has
any say in it. On July 1st, in spite of the hype about honoring the
American heritage of freedom from foreign oppression - (4th of July)
a letter was sent to the Negro U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan asking for U.N.
assistance in monitoring our elections.
In the letter false
allegations are made that during the 2000 Presidential election Negroes were
denied the right to vote and that systematic fraud occurred. In fact, fraud did
occur, most notably in heavy black voting areas such as St. Louis, where Negro
poll watchers allowed other blacks to vote often 2 or 3 times.
It is highly unlikely that the
U.N. will be overseeing elections in 2004, but the effort has begun and a lot
can change between now and 2012. Even well meaning Christians all in the
so-called idea of "fair chance” will support the effort, prodded on by their
false prophet preachers who see no connection between national sovereignty and
Christianity. American independence is a grand, noble, and Biblical concept. We
must continue to fight and pray for its return.
See the letter below that was
sent to the U.N. - It has been retyped - but wording and format is the same.
July 1, 2004
The Honorable Kofi Annan
Secretary-General
United Nations
New York, NY 10017
Dear Mr. Secretary-General:
We, the undersigned Members of Congress, hereby request the Electoral Assistance
Division of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs to send election
observers to monitor the presidential election in the United States scheduled
for November 2, 2004. We are deeply concerned that the right of U.S. citizens to
vote in free and fair elections is again in jeopardy.
As you may know, the 2000 presidential election was steeped in controversy. The
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, a bipartisan federal agency, investigated
widespread allegations of voter disenfranchisement and questionable practices in
the state of Florida relating to the purging of names from voter registration
lists, methods of balloting, and the independence of counting and certification
procedures. In a report released in June 2001, the Commission found that the
electoral process in Florida resulted in the denial of the right to vote for
countless persons and further that the"disenfranchisement of Florida’s
voters fell most harshly on the shoulders of black voters” and in poor
counties
Moreover, Florida was not the only state in which voters were
wrongfully denied their right to vote and have their vote counted. Experts have
concluded that over half of the votes that went uncounted nationwide during the
last election were cast by "nonwhite voters." In Florida, the
Commission found that black voters were "10 times more likely than
non-black
voters to have their ballots rejected" - a result that
experts say is typical of states across the country. The election was finally
determined by the U.S. Supreme Court which prevented further counting of the
votes in what has been widely criticized as one of the most politicized and
improper decisions in U.S. jurisprudence.
As the next Election Day approaches, there is more cause for alarm rather than
less. In April of this year, the Commission issued a status report which found
that despite promised nationwide reforms relating to voting equipment, voter
list maintenance, poll worker training, election certification, and
reinstatement of ex-felon voting rights, adequate steps have not been taken to
ensure that a similar situation will not arise in the coming election. Rather,
upon evaluating the current state of affairs, the Commission concluded"the
potential is real and present for significant problems on voting day that once
again will compromise the right to vote.”
The right to vote, and have votes counted, in free and fair
elections is a cornerstone of representative government. In addition to
violating amendments 15 and 26 of the U.S. Constitution, and laws adopted
pursuant to it such as the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the events in Florida
violated the right to vote as it is enshrined in several international
instruments that the U.S. has either agreed to, such as the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (article 21), or ratified, such as the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (article 25) and the Convention on the
Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (article5).
As member of the international community, we firmly believe in the importance of
international human rights law and its applicability and relevance to the U.S.
Given the deeply troubling events of the 2000 election and the growing concerns
about the lack of necessary reforms and potential for abuse in the 2004
election, we believe that the engagement of international election monitors has
the potential to expedite the necessary reform as well as reduce the likelihood
of questionable practices and voter disenfranchisement on Election Day.
In addition, we believe that international oversight is critical in this
election not only because of the role the U.S. has in the world, but also
because the issues related to the methodology of elections inside the United
States, such as the use of
electronic and paperless voting technology, are likely to have
international impact. The danger that these methodologies could become a
standard to be exported and emulated involves broader issues of democracy that
should be of concern to the United Nations and the international community as a
whole.
For all these reasons, we urge the UN to favorably consider this urgent request
Sincerely, Members of Congress,
Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30) Joseph Crowley (NY-07) Raul Grijalva (AZ-07)
Danny K. Davis (IL-07) Corrine Brown (FL-03) Carolyn B.
Maloney (NY-14) Jerrold Nadler (NY-08) Michael M. Honda ) Elijah E. Cummings
(MD-07) Julia Carson (IN-07) Edolphus Towns (NY- 10)
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