All we can say is WOW!
You've doubled our initial goal and raised $2004.40 for the Change for Kentucky Legal Defense Fund for Virginia Woodward.
At first, our call for Virginia went out to our dedicated Change for Kentucky list, who pledged $1000 in the first nine days. Virginia's story was then picked up by the Democracy for America blog, and DFA supporters from around the country came to the Change for Kentucky website and started the "low dollar" contributions flowing. With their help, we raised an additional $1000 in just over 72 hours!
On Monday, Dec. 13, Secretary of State Trey Grayson's office defied the law and REFUSED to certify Virginia as the winner of the Nov. 2 election, saying it didn't want to put itself in the middle of a case that probably would end up in the state Supreme Court. The Republicans in the Senate have vowed to do everything in their power to keep Virginia from being seated.
As you can see, Virginia has a tough road ahead; but our pledges to Virginia's Legal Fund will help our Dean Dozen candidate fight this right-wing machine. She WILL emerge the winner, and Change for Kentucky will have done our part to help!
Thank you for making this our most successful fundraising effort yet!
Posted by Jeremy Horton at December 17, 2004 01:09 PM