Democracy In Inaction--Where Is Donald F. McGahan Now That We Really Need Him?

I just wrote the following e-mail to Bob Robbins, who inquired about responses to my efforts to obtain some administrative inquiry into the Barack Obama birth certificate question:

I posted the NY Board of Elections response in Postcards from the Edge. The NY Secretary of State told me that the Board of Elections handles this. It's probably a good idea to write to both because it varies by state. No other responses. In other words, I've written to my Congressman, the New York State Board of Elections, the Secretary of State, the IRS, the FEC, sent a petition to the FEC and all I've heard back in nearly a month is from the Board of Elections saying that they will think about looking into it. Democracy in inaction.

Here are links to the letters I wrote, they are on my blog:

http://mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2008/08/postcards-from-edge-of-americas.html

http://mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2008/08/letter-to-new-york-state-board-of.html

http://mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2008/08/letter-to-irs-and-mr-douglas-shulman.html

http://mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2008/08/letter-to-donald-mcgahan-and-federal.html

http://mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2008/08/additional-message-to-new-york-state.html

http://mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2008/08/letter-to-congressman-maurice-hinchey.html

http://mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2008/08/additional-message-to-new-york-state.html

http://mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2008/08/freedom-of-information-act-request-for.html

http://mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com/2008/08/request-for-investigation-of-obama.html

Petition with over 5,400 Signatures Sent to Donald McGahan, Federal Elections Commission

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) petition has over 5,450 signatures. I removed a couple of signatures and comments that were inappropriate or included inappropriate remarks. I am fedexing the petition to Mr. Donald McGahan, Commissioner of the FEC and copying the cover letter to the other members of the commission.

The Fedex Tracking Number for the petition is: 8668 4531 1020

My transmittal letter is as follows:

PO Box 130
West Shokan, New York 12494
mlangbert@hvc.rr.com
http://www.mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com
August 6, 2008

Mr. Donald F. McGahan, II, Chairman
Federal Election Commission
999 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20463

Dear Mr. McGahan:

I enclose herewith a petition with 5,451 signatures that I circulated 10 days ago. The petition is available for public view at:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Federal-Elections-Commssion/index.html

In addition, the signatures can be viewed online at:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Federal-Elections-Commssion/signatures.html

I called your office on Friday and your secretary informed me that you had not responded to my letter of more than one week ago.

Much of the concern of the 5,450 plus signers of the enclosed petition is the lack of responsiveness and attention that the Federal Elections Commission and the state boards of election have paid to verification of candidates’ identities. There seems to be no governmental body, including the Federal Elections Commission, that is willing to step forward and say that it is responsible for the competent administration of elections. In particular, you should be requiring fingerprint, birth certificate, passport, criminal record, driver record and insurance, credit history and similar information of all candidates under your jurisdiction. I do not understand how you can verify the financial information about and ethics of candidates if the same candidates may be committing identity theft and may not legally be candidates at all as defined under federal elections law. Are you certain that no federal candidate at present has engaged in identity theft?

The petition reads as follows:

The signers of this petition request the Federal Elections Commission and Mr. Donald McGahan, FEC chairman, to take responsibility to verify the eligibility of Mr. Barack H. Obama to be President of the United States. Mr. Obama has refused to produce a physical certified, stamped copy of his birth certificate. An electronically-displayed image displayed by his official campaign website has been alleged to be a forgery. We request that the FEC require Mr. Obama to authorize the FEC to obtain an official copy of his birth certificate and if he does not produce the authorization that the FEC reject his registration as a presidential candidate; that the FEC not monitor his campaign finances during the primary or election; that votes cast for Mr. Obama and reported by the states' boards of elections not be recorded and displayed by the FEC; and that Mr. Obama be considered in violation of 2 USC 437g for filing a false statement on FEC Form 2, as specified on that form.

This letter and my earlier letter, like the petition, have been posted on the World Wide Web at http://www.mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com

Sincerely,


Mitchell Langbert
PO Box 130
West Shokan, New York 12494
mlangbert@hvc.rr.com
http://www.mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com

Cc: Steven T. Walther, Vice Chairman
Cynthia L. Bauerly, Commissioner
Matthew S. Petersen, Commissioner
Caroline C. Hunter, Commissioner
Ellen L. Weintraub, Commissioner

FEC Petition Now Has Over 5,100 Signatures

The petition to Mr. Donald McGahan now has over 5,100 signatures. I will mail it to him with copies to the media on Monday. I am e-mailing a press release today. The list of signatures is located at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Federal-Elections-Commssion/signatures.html

Phone Call to Donald McGahan's Federal Election Commission Office

I just telephoned Donald McGahan's office at the Federal Election Commission. They informed me that they have not responded to my letter of last week requesting an investigation of allegations of fraud concerning Mr. Obama's birth certificate and asking the FEC to investigate the eligibility of a candidate.

I informed Mr. McGahan's office that our petition now has over 5,000 signatures and that I would forward the petition to him with copies to the media on Monday. I suggested that if the FEC is not responsible to ensure that the individuals filling out FEC documentation are actually candidates, then the FEC ought to say so to me in writing.