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IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Contact: Theresa Petry, (314) 807-7077

Too Many Questions

Call for Investigation into 3 Main Questions

(ST. LOUIS, MO.) Nov. 3, 2010 There are a number of questions surrounding the votes in

Missouris 3rd district race. The people deserve to have these questions investigated and answered so

they are assured our election process is fair and their votes are counted.

The three glaring factors which stand out involve the Secretary of States office, the sole decision of

a newly appointed Democratic chair at the City Elections Board, and an unprecedented number of

votes coming in late from the city.

The Secretary of State first of all is Congressman Carnahans sister, Robin Carnahan. She reported

having irregularities and computer glitches early in the day. We have heard from countless voters

who want those problems scrutinized. Many point out that the Department of Justice pursued, for

three years, a case against Missouri for failing to clean up the process. When filed in 2005, one-

third of Missouri counties had more registered voters than voting-age residents. What's more,

Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, contended that her office had no obligation to

ensure individual counties were complying with the federal law mandating a cleanup of their voter

rolls. (Wall Street Journal, John Fund, July 8, 2010)

People also question the motive behind a newly appointed St. Louis City Board of Elections

Democratic Chairwoman, Eileen McCann, hiring a security company with close ties to

Congressman Carnahan. Special Services was called on by Congressman Carnahan to do security

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for him as recently as August 26th. Carnahan paid the company $1400 at that time which can be seen

in a quick review of his FEC filing.

Then just before midnight seven precincts within the city and county delivered an astounshing late

night dump of votes. In such a hotly contested race and with so many voters concerned it only

makes sense to make sure in fact every vote counts. Since Missouris Secretary of State is in fact

Congressman Carnahans sister it is suggested she recuse herself from the investigation and appoint

an independent investigator to look into these three main points of question.

The people of this district want to make sure their voices were in fact heard and I pledged to them

that I would fight to ensure it happens. We need to make sure the election process was in fact fair

and that the numbers are correct. I saw several issues in my time at the St. Louis City Board of

Elections and serious issues like this should and need to be addressed, said Ed Martin.

We have been hearing about voting irregularities from a large number of constituents and are

looking into all of these matters. We ask anyone who may have witnessed any sort of questionable

acts regarding votes, ballots and the general election that they contact our office.

For more information about Martins background and the campaign, visitEdMartinforCongress.com, or follow him on Facebookand Twitter @ed4congress.

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Theresa Petry

Press SecretaryEd Martin for Congress