Why there will be more "miraculous" republican wins in 2006

[Amaryllis]

Let's get real about our rigged voting system

By Bev Conover

Online Journal Editor & Publisher
March 10, 2006
http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_589.shtml

Writer after writer keeps talking about how we are just going to march into the polls come November and vote the monsters out. If only that were true.

The system is rigged, folks. Just like oil and water, computers and voting don't mix. And that includes touch screens, optically-scanned ballots, even punch cards that are tabulated by computers. Worse, the voting equipment is in the hands of partisan private firms and they deny you the right to see the code, claiming it is proprietary information.

Adding so-called "verifiable" paper receipts to touch screens would be meaningless, because a handful of scumbags still can change the results just enough to give their candidates a win without triggering a hand recount.

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Meanwhile, the Bushes and their criminal allies continue on their merry way, pulling off "miraculous" win after "miraculous" win. Hey, God is on their side and if the exit polls say the other guy or gal should have won, declare the exit polls erroneous.
Some pundits are even foolish enough to think that a little bribery scandal spells the end of Rep. Katherine Harris' bid for a US Senate seat. Harris, who, as Florida's secretary of state, pulled every dirty trick in the book to hand the Sunshine State's electoral votes to George W. in 2000, was rewarded with a seat in the US House of Representatives. So why not a Senate seat? Harris, unlike Tom DeLay, hasn't yet been indicted, and an indictment didn't stop DeLay from "winning" his primary bid against three opponents. Harris will be gone only if the powers that be, not the voters, want her gone.

More:
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[EFerrari]

1. Vapor votes -- who can count?

Who?

Kathy, I hope your vote rigging friends don't humiliate you.

And, I'm sure they will.

Have fun, playing with out elections. :sarcasm:

[GuvWurld]

2. Ruthlessly honest

This is a good article. It confronts the situation by addressing the lies we tell ourselves with ruthless honesty.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. Kick!

Paper ballots, hand count!

[mod mom]

4. Right you are. Can the repubs afford to hand over subpoena power?

I don't think so! Does anyone here that J Kenneth, just back from the CNP convention could really lose? and possibly get investigated ?

[BadRad]

5. How did we vote in the 1990's?

Back then, I didn't pay much attention to how it was done...:headbang:

[Tinksrival]

12. For history and FACTS!........

This site gives the low down on voting in America....

http://www.whoscounting.net/

[0007]

14. Bye baby!

[roseBudd]

15. Good to see them put the blame on all computer tabulation, it's not just

DREs, the punchcars have always been tabulated by software. The paper ballot trail assumed their existence was a disincentive to cheating, that only a hand recount would uncover.

[Melissa G]

6. K&R! Thanks Amaryllis! n/t

[annabanana]

7. WE have to demand PROOF that the counts will

be accurate.... "Trust Me" is NOT the right answer...

[pfitz59]

8. GOP wins in a squeaker!

Get used to it!

[Land Shark]

9. THINK: CASINO.... Don't think: Lose 100% of the time;

casinos go out of business if they are too greedy. that's the only time people learn

[RazzleDazzle]

10. Should be must reading for everyone who comes here

for everyone who plans to vote Democratic, and for every Republican rank and file who actually gives a damn about the Constitution (not that voting is covered as a "right"), about democracy, and about the quaint notion of fair play, the rules, and outmoded things like that.

[file83]

11. DARPA has contests for ROBOT VEHICLES THAT DRIVE THEMSELVES...

DARPA has contests offering rewards to groups that can design AUTONOMOUSLY DRIVEN ROBOT VEHICLES - this year 5 robot vehicles completed the course of over 100 miles - yet we can't create a full proof voting system? :freak:




Curious isn't it, when it comes to MILITARY technology EVERYONE has great ideas....but when it comes to VOTING technology NO ONE can come up with a solution. Hmmm....

[Joanne98]

13. Here's their e-mail addy. Please thank her!

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