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Re: Crowd size at abortion rights march

#417
From: Ian Douglas Agranat
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 13:11
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Charles,

>That's odd; I walked through and around crowds there for almost
>two hours and I didn't see any evidence whatsoever that signatures
>were being collected. If someone would put me in touch with NOW
>officials in Washington, I'd be glad to go into their offices and
>examine these alleged signatures.

You could try 

Patricia Ireland, President
National Organization for Women
1000 16th Street N. S.
Washington, D.C. 20036

And, as M. Price points out...

>     You're kidding! I saw at least 30 signature collectors in the
>crowd, and at least ten of those directly asked me if I had signed in,
>not to mention the tables outside the metro stations and the NOW reps
>who boarded each individual bus and checked people in.
>     BTW, it was Washington D.C., Charles, in case that is
>what led to your apparent confusion.
>
>                                       MP.

Sounds to me as if you were not counted.  So, when you return to D.C. to
count the million or so signatures, you had better add yourself to the list!
I wonder how many other people were in the same situation as yourself and
were also not counted...

--Ian Douglas Agranat, President        
  Agranat Systems, Inc.
  ian@Agranat.COM
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From: ian@Agranat.COM (Ian Douglas Agranat)
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Subject: Re: Crowd size at abortion rights march
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