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In article <702864026.F00001@blkcat.UUCP> Liz.Lane@p938.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Liz Lane) writes:
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> CP> >That's odd; I walked through and around crowds there for almost
> CP> >two hours and I didn't see any evidence whatsoever that signatures
> CP> >were being collected. If someone would put me in touch with NOW
> CP> 
> CP> Okay, okay! I wasn't at the Ellipse before the march, when, I'm
> CP> told, the signatures were collected. I did view the crowd from
> CP> the Washington Monument grounds, but spent most of my time
> CP> at the other end of the march.
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>I was there at the beginning, when signatures were being collected. I also
>saw signatures being collected throughout the march. If someone didn't
>see them being collected, that's even *more* evidence that the signature
>count was lower than the actual count.
>
I got to the ellipse at about 11:00, but never attempted to enter
because it was simply TOO crowded, so I hung around at the American Red
Cross HQ on 17th St, along with thousands of others. From my vantage
point there, the Ellipse was packed with people and I could see many
more along the Mall and down some of the side streets. I never had
anyone approach me for a signature. Nor did I see anyone around me get
asked for one either. After being at the Mall for an hour or so, I
walked around and saw many people nearby, but not on the Mall who
were obviously part of the march. Around 3:00 or so, people were still
streaming into the Mall, so I walked out to Pennsylvania Ave, climbed
onto a light pole and saw one solid mass of marchers all the way back
to the Treasury Bldg. There could easily have been 100,000+ people there
alone. I definitely believe the 500,000+ figure.

-Steve-