Recount Procedures questioned in California

[NoKingGeorge]

Notice how county election officials are now 'qualified' to speak with authority of computer security.
Election officials are terrified of the costs this will inflict.
Maybe , just maybe, this recall will pull the cover off the whole election machine scam.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/10/03/state0351EDT0011.DTL&type=printable










edited the title.

[Eloriel]

1. Banging head on desk

Ugh.

Eloriel

[TahitiNut]

2. Should be: "Recount procedures questioned in California election"

Thank you for the prompt change! :hi:

[lindashaw]

3. It's hopeless! Of course, it's not hopeless for the party planning...

to manipulate the poll count. For them it's a godsend. I'm sure none of them are banging their heads like Eloriel and I are doing.

[Melinda]

4. I think this a very good article.

Particularly this last part:

The ACLU is watching closely for evidence of voter disenfranchisement, as is the California Democratic Party, which began soliciting $100,000 this week for a "No More Floridas!" campaign to scrutinize alleged violations.


The computer scientists will be watching as well, looking for statistical anomalies in touch-screen counties.

Threats of a recount worry election officials. Whoever requests the recount must pay for it, but the lengthy process could overlap with some county elections in early November.

"The very thought of a re-count -- it's chilling," said Alameda County assistant registrar Elaine Ginnold. "We're all hoping there will be a huge margin because a recount would plug things up for quite a while."

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A trial run for 2004, so to speak, which looks as if it shall be well scrutinized. Let the games begin.

[xxqqqzme]

5. 4 voting adults in this house

and all ballots have been mailed!

[Say_What]

6. Florida reminders

The Florida election rip off was big news everywhere except in the US.

<clips>

PALAST: We are coming into Tallahassee. We want to know whether George W Bush won the election or did brother Jeb steal it for him? Our investigation suggest the answer lies in this shuttered building and in a very expensive contract between Governor Jeb's division of elections and a private company named DBT, which accidentally wiped off the voter rolls thousands of Democratic voters. 18th floor division of elections, we have come to ask Mr Clayton Roberts, the director, a few questions. Roberts agreed to talk, but became a bit uncomfortable when he learned that we had obtained the secret DBT contract, and asked him if he knew what DBT were up to.

CLAYTON ROBERTS: Florida Director of Elections No, I didn't ask DBT. They do what we contract them to do. We have a statute that says we have to have a private company to do this. We put it out for bid, we put it out for bid, and I think I'm done with this interview.

PALAST: Let me just show you the contract if I could Mr Roberts. It says here in the contract that the verification is supposed to be done by DBT. That you paid them $4 million. It could look to others don't you think that you paid $4 million to purchase this election for the Republican party. 95% wrong on the felon list. Mr. Roberts, could you answer the question regarding the contract... Instead, Mr Roberts called out State troopers. It's interesting here?

STATE TROOPER: Oh, man! Never a dull moment.

PALAST: I don't know why he had to call the police. We hadn't gotten to our difficult questions yet! The difficult questions are: Did Governor Jeb Bush, his Secretary of State Katherine Harris, and her Director of Elections, Clayton Roberts, know they had wrongly barred 22,000 black, Democrat voters before the elections? After the elections did they use their powers to prevent the count of 20,000 votes for the Democrats? The Democrats say the answers to both questions are yes.

COMMISSIONER: In any other country in the world, if this had occurred, there probably would have been riots or military troops throughout the streets.

http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=29&row=1