Georgia voters MUST pay VERY close attention to today's primary races

[woldnewton]

With Georgia's electoral votes at stake, it is simply crucial that you act on the following.


As you may know, Georgia is one of the states that uses Diebold voting machines for the entirety of its polling. This has been the case since before the 2002 midterm elections for which the results have been suspect, especially in Georgia.

Concentrating on what to look for in today's primaries, let's review what happened in 2002 in the state:

An Atlanta Journal Constitution poll on Nov. 1st came up with the following percentages for the governor and the contested US senate seat, respectively:

Roy Barnes (D) 51%
Sonny Perdue (R) 40%

Max Cleland (D) 49%
Saxby Chambliss (R) 44%


But when the results were tallied on Diebold 4 days later, these were the "official" results:

Roy Barnes (D) 46%
Sonny Perdue (R) 51%


Max Cleland (D) 46%
Saxby Chambliss (R) 53%


The only powerless position in the state was given to a Democrat - that of Lt. Gov. And although I've contacted his office a couple of times, he seems to completely ignore the seriousness of the possibility that Democratic votes are being stolen in the state he's supposed to watching out for.

So, as always, it's left to the people to ensure that democracy is being safeguarded. The way it's always been and it seems, the way it will continue to be until these fraudulent systems are completely abolished and even the mention of their return will be met with ridicule and dismissal.

When Georgia voters go to vote today, bring your Democratic buttons, stickers, lapels, and pins with you. Don't wear them on the way to your polling place or on line to cast your ballot, of course. Keep alert for any discrepancies while there. Ask the polling place worker how you can ensure your vote is counted for the person you meant it to go to. Ask him or her to get some record for the vote (there's no way for that to be done, but it will plant a seed and raise awareness for the demand). Ask the workers if they themselves feel confident casting a vote on the Diebold machine ballots, given their reputation. If polling workers are aware that you are concerned about voter fraud and the issue is consistently, repeatedly raised throughout the day, the people who commit the fraud will be less likely to try it, especially in races where their side has overwhelmingly lost. And then, only after you've successfully been allowed to count your vote, hang around outside your polling place and put on your Democratic paraphernalia in as highly visible a way as possible. See if you can meet up with other Democratic voters and ask them if they share the same concerns about their vote going without counted. Ask them if they've heard reports of a Florida being pulled even here, north of panhandle border. If you both feel comfortable enough, exchange contact info and be ready to plan emergency rallies to protest allegations of vote fraud at specific polling locations if they come up.

Unfortunately, due to the contenders in the U.S. Senate primary race, it's unclear who the Re-THUGs would rig the vote in favor of. Both Denise Majette and Cliff Oxford are useful for Re-THUG-liKKKans to select, and there's few indicators of fraud until the general race for the seat, after the nominee from each party has been picked. However, in the unlikely chance that the ultra-KKKonservative Oxford has a huge lead over Majette, anything showing Oxford at 55% or more and Majette at 20% or less, then that will be one more scrap of evidence to add to the real red flags.

The real race to pay attention to and notice -- for here's where any vote rigging will surely manifest itself -- is the primary in which Cynthia McKinney is seeking to regain GA's 4th district congressional seat. It's definitely in the re-THUGs interest to knock Cynthia out in the primary, but they will have to be very deft into doing so, because Cynthia (and others interested in this race) will be paying close attention. Some will use the fact that Cynthia is considered "too outlandish" to "explain" a lopsided turnout in favor of one of her opponents. However... if primary challenger Cathy Woolard receives more than 48% of the vote and secondary challenger Nadine Thomas receives more than 20%, you know there's something wrong there... 4th district voters would never give anyone other than Cynthia that much of their support... hopefully voters in that district will be able to rally to Cynthia's defense and demand the truth and paper ballot verification in Georgia by November and cancel this primary and a new one with paper ballots instead of these vote stealing machines.


So I urge all Georgians to please keep your eyes and ears alert, and be ready to gather in large numbers and short notice and make your concerns and demands known... the accuracy of the democratic ballot is at stake - ever since the arrival of Diebold.

[jukes]

1. woldnewton

(thawt i postedm, must have forgotten to hit the button)

TX++ for the 411; heading out to vote in a tick.

seriously concerned about 11/03; fear our country is lost.





welcome to the catacombs, & excellent post!

:hi:

[doni_georgia]

2. Just came from voting

Only 78 Democratic ballots cast at my polling precinct. I live in a highly republican area. We didn't have one single Democrat on the ballot for any county races. Sucks. One republican running for county commission chair is a friend of mine, goes to my church and is very moderate. Wish I could have voted for him, but I felt it was too important to vote in the Democratic senate primary. My husband typed a write in vote for one of the judges seats. It read: "Diebold better be counting my vote correctly!"