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Press Release # 3
November 2, 2004
For perhaps the first time in U.S. history American citizens
abroad have held their own elections and voted according to the results.
In both Sweden and Malaysia, some U.S. citizens, felt that the United States,
being a global power affecting the entire world, ought to be globally accountable
as well. By letting foreigners vote these Americans are functioning as a
sort of mini-electoral college.
In Sweden they collected 244 votes. No names were on the
ballots, only political party according to ideology. Voters could choose
between 8 different political parties across the political spectrum. The
Democratic Party won a landslide victory with 101 votes (41 %) compared
to the Green Party which came in second with 46 votes (19 %), and the Socialist
ticket which came in third with 27 votes (11 %). The Republicans garnered
no more than 9 out of 244 votes (3.6 %). That meager turn-out was less than
half of what the Revolutionary Communist Party received: a total of 24 votes
(10%). "Personally I probably would've voted for the Green Party or
Ralph Nader but in the name of solidarity I've given my vote to Swedes -
and they picked Kerry" says Truman Yoor, one of the Americans in RIGRUA.
Eric Ossemig, the former U.S. Army soldier living in Malaysia,
held the election via an online newspaper and collected 7,876 votes and
offered a choice between Kerry, Bush and Nader. Kerry won with about 60%
followed by Bush's 27 % and Nader's 11%.
To visit
a site about Eric's project click here.
More links on Global Internet votes (the Democrats won all of them):
The World Speaks (They say they are the first such initiative)
http://www.theworldspeaks.net
or www.theworldvotes.org
The US Election for the rest of the world (5 parties) http://worldpeace.org.au/virtualelection.asp
US-Election.Org (14 parties to choose from): http://www.us-election.org
Global Vote (7 parties) http://www.globalvote2004.org
Anybody But Bush - Very funny site polling Bush against
literally Anybody http://www.anybodybutbush.org
Any comments or questions can be addressed to: unamerica@lycos.com
Background
About the representatives of the RUA: We are a group of
American citizens living in Sweden. We feel that it is unfair for U.S. elections
to be reserved only for American citizens. In general we are reacting to
the vast amount of social, political, and economic inequality in the world
which places the U.S. in the position not only as the sole-remaining super-power,
but also that of an empire. We founded the Interim Government of the Republic
of Un-America as a cultural project to respond to this imbalance. Through
this project we create and mediate symbols and concepts related to the 99.9%
of the world that has little or nothing to do with the elite that runs the
U.S. regime which we refer to as Pax Americana (an imperial reference which
includes both foreign influences i.e. Saudi kingship and economic or media
influences i.e. Rupert Murdoch).
We, the representatives of the Interim Government of the
Republic of Un-America, believe that since the election of the President
of the United States is a matter that affects the entire planet, it should
be the right of all citizens in all countries to vote in U.S. presidential
elections. We also believe that people across the world (including the United
States) should not be restricted to voting for only one of two parties.
(As it is now, the U.S. is only one party away from dictatorship). The U.S.
system is furthermore focused on personalities (as opposed to ideological
platforms) and this, in turn, helps create a public discourse based more
on spectacle than substance.
Click here for article in Swedish newspaper Sydsvenska Dagbladet
on the voting campaign initiated by Representatives from the Interim Government
of the Republic of Un-America RIGRUA
To contact the Representatives of the Interim Government
of the Republic of Un-America write to: unamerica@lycos.com
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