[Peace-discuss] Champaign-Urbana Votes to Withdraw from Iraq and Impeach Bush-Cheney

[Robert Naiman]

[please forward where appropriate]

Champaign-Urbana Votes to Withdraw from Iraq and Impeach Bush-Cheney

Final results from the Champaign County Clerk's office, 100% of
precincts reporting:

Withdraw US Troops from Iraq ("orderly and rapid"):

		       Yes	No
Champaign	9888	7104
		       58%	42%

Urbana		   5729	   3029	
		       65%	35%

Champaign-Urbana
		     Yes	No
		   15618	10134			
		     61%	39%			

Impeach Bush/Cheney for War, Torture, Illegal Surveillance:

		       Yes	No
Champaign	7877	9140		
		       46%	54%		

Urbana		   5171	  3614	
		      59%	41%	

Champaign-Urbana
		    13049	12755		
		   50.6%	49.4%		

Governor should resist deployment of Illinois National Guard to Iraq:

		     Yes	No
Urbana:	        4812	3154
		     60%	40%

In many Republican precincts in Champaign - as judged by the vote in
the Secretary of State's race - the majority voted in favor of
withdrawal from Iraq. In 32 of Champaign's 38 precincts and in 22 of
Urbana's 23 precincts a majority voted in favor of withdrawal.

As we were tallying the votes at the County building, Republican Rep.
Tim Johnson gave a press conference on his victory in the
Congressional election. He acknowledged that the US position in Iraq
was a "quagmire" and that Americans would not tolerate the status quo
for another two years.

In the spring the Urbana City Council passed a resolution in favor of
withdrawal. At the time, peace activists claimed that the council was
reflecting majority sentiment in Urbana.
This completes the argument.

Thanks to everyone who worked to give people in Champaign-Urbana the
opportunity to vote on these questions and who worked to publicize
these initiatives.

-Robert Naiman