A Statement of Protest Against the American Idol Voting Structure

To: Simon Fuller, Freemantle Media, and Fox Networks

We, the undersigned, strenuously protest the grossly defective voting system currently used by the reality competition known as American Idol. It is a system which has taken the final decision of who is to represent America as American Idol away from the majority and placed it into the hands of a well-armed special interest minority. When one person has the voting power of 600-1000 single dialers, the will of the many succumbs to the will of the few. THIS MUST STOP.

Evidence has arisen that employees of the sole company providing text voting services for the competition, AT&T, provided supporters of one contestant, Kris Allen, with equipment and instruction in power voting that was not provided to supporters of the opposing contestant, Adam Lambert. Whether it's ever conclusively determined that this altered the outcome or not, we must respectfully demand that the system which promotes such a gross skewing of results be abolished and replaced.

In light of the evidence that voting results from the night of May 19, 2009 may be tainted, American Idol Season 8 has no winner, only a clear star, and that is Adam Lambert.

Thank you.

The undersigned