All the President's votes (BBV)

[TrogL]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=452972

A quiet revolution is taking place in US politics. By the time it's over, the integrity of elections will be in the unchallenged, unscrutinised control of a few large - and pro-Republican - corporations. Andrew Gumbel wonders if democracy in America can survive.

Something very odd happened in the mid-term elections in Georgia last November. On the eve of the vote, opinion polls showed Roy Barnes, the incumbent Democratic governor, leading by between nine and 11 points. In a somewhat closer, keenly watched Senate race, polls indicated that Max Cleland, the popular Democrat up for re-election, was ahead by two to five points against his Republican challenger, Saxby Chambliss.

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Red-faced opinion pollsters suddenly had a lot of explaining to do and launched internal investigations. Political analysts credited the upset - part of a pattern of Republican successes around the country - to a huge campaigning push by President Bush in the final days of the race. They also said that Roy Barnes had lost because of a surge of "angry white men" punishing him for eradicating all but a vestige of the old confederate symbol from the state flag.

[CatWoman]

1. KICK

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[DUreader]

2. Kick again

[ElementaryPenguin]

3. Awesome! Major kick!

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[Steven_S]

4. This story will need to be retold..

again and again in order to stop them.

A million thanks to Rox and the "campaigners"

[maxanne]

5. this is chilling

everyone should have to read this story.

[Whoa_Nelly]

6. Attention Bev Harris!!

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[Judi Lynn]

7. Must kick!

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[Matilda]

8. Another Kick!

[Zhade]

9. KICK

ASS, Independent!

[teryang]

10. Oops, there it is!

Fascism in a box.

[dusty64]

11. Wonderful article!

Not a big mystery why the truth is never published by a US source. Its beyond sad.

[4dsc]

12. WTF!!!

This is a must read for everybody. I know people in Iowa are pushing these machines..

[ninkasi]

13. Unless the voting problem

is resolved, and a clear audit trail established, the results of future elections will be suspect. I wonder how world leaders abroad will deal with this? Will they refuse to recognize an American president at some point, as having been installed illegally?

What about the American public, when this is widely known. This has to be corrected, and we need to look at who is furnishing the machines, and who is promising to deliver electoral votes to certain parties. Yes, I mean O'Dell, promising to deliver the votes to
Bush.

Let's hope the American press picks this up, and that every congresscritter looks into it.

[kentuck]

14. How long has this been going on ?

The Repubs have known for many years that it doesn't matter who does the voting - it's who counts the votes...

[LiberalUprising]

15. KICK

nt

[CatWoman]

16. one more time

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