silenced and votes stolen by members of mark harris's campaign. the right to vote is the foundation of our democracy. that right might be an inconvenience for mr. harris, but for the rest of us, it is a right worth defending. on capitol hill the new house majority leader, steny hoyer, has said that democrats will work to ensure that the republican will not be seated. he says that's because the fraud is "well documented and that the integrity of our democratic process outweighs concerns about a vacant seat." so yes, it is a no man's land when it comes to north carolina's 9th congressional district. there's no hearing date set for harris's new petition in court. we have no answers yet from any of the investigations into the alleged fraud. and the local paper, "the charlotte observer," says a new election, if it were to happen, might not take place for months. what we do know is that there are almost 800,000 people without someone representing