Rate the AP Kerry Letter Story a 5 on Yahoo News....

[femme.democratique]

Edit:

And email it to everyone you know!

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=536

Then scroll down to "Kerry Lawyer Seeks Ohio Ballot Inspection"


Thanks to FULL_METAL_HAT

"This was discovered last week that Yahoo will switch the URL of a story so that people clicking on the link from a page like this one go to a page that actually DOESN'T COUNT -- even though they don't mention it at all.

The best way to actually make your vote count is to go to page listing the AP's news stories, THEN find the story and click on that link!

This is the link to the AP results page, which ISN'T BLOCKED:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=536

then you scroll down to "Kerry Lawyer Seeks Ohio Ballot Inspection" click and rate it.

If you don't mention this little quirk when posting yahoo stories, then you might as well be voting in OHIO.

People should note this little quirk in the future to actually make sure votes count (even though Yahoo does have some legitmacy in preventing, um, ballot-box-stuffing ;> )

All the best,
FMH"

[AllyCat]

1. Done

[Ian David]

4. Done. n/t

Be sure to also email and print it.

[ailsagirl]

2. Done

[SueZhope]

3. Done

[Patsy Stone]

5. Done!

[intelle]

6. Done n/t

[missouri dem 2]

7. Done 42 votes

[kerry2win]

8. done 4.5-41votes

[Kellis]

9. 5

:kick:

[Twist_U_Up]

Done

[proud patriot]

10. sure

:thumbsup:

[Stephanie]

11. Excerpt >

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041213/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_recount&cid=536&ncid=536

Kerry Lawyer Seeks Ohio Ballot Inspection

9 minutes ago
Add to My Yahoo! Politics - AP

By MARK WILLIAMS, Associated Press Writer

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) is asking county elections officials to allow his witnesses to inspect the 92,000 ballots cast in Ohio in which no vote for president was recorded, a Kerry lawyer said Sunday night.

The request is one of 11 the Kerry campaign made in a letter sent over the weekend to Ohio's 88 county boards of election, which will begin recounting presidential ballots this week.

"We're trying to increase the transparency of the election process," said Donald McTigue, the lawyer handling the recount for the Kerry campaign. But he added that several requests — such as using independent experts to check election equipment, "are trying to push the edge of envelope."

<snip>

Carlo LoParo, spokesman for Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, said state law will guide counties on how to conduct the recount.

"I don't know if Mr. McTigue is in a position to dictate the terms of a recount," he said.

[Sporadicus]

12. Done n/t

[BernieBear]

13. 4.5 63 votes n/t

[crispini]

14. done 4.67

[skids]

15. done n/t

[darkism]

16. 4.63 with 84 votes n/t

[Arioch]

17. Done

[DianeD]

18. Done

4.59 91 votes

[fshrink]

19. Done. 4.58 with 96...

[Straight Shooter]

20. LoParo is very thin-skinned, and very very touchy

Carlo LoParo, spokesman for Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, said state law will guide counties on how to conduct the recount.

"I don't know if Mr. McTigue is in a position to dictate the terms of a recount," he said.

Every time there's a story about Ohio and LoParo makes a comment, it is snide and dismissive. Sounds to me like a snarling dog trying to hide the evidence of a stolen bone.

[dweller]

21. 4.59 with 107 vote(s). n/t

[jsamuel]

22. Done!

[mary195149]

23. done n/t

[Richard D]

24. Don't just rate it . . .

Email it to someone. The stories are also rated by how many times they get emailed.

[Kellis]

35. I didn't realize that~

Thanks:thumbsup:

[meganmonkey]

25. Kick!

[capi888]

26. Vote on this NOW freepers are hitting it N/T

[meganmonkey]

27. Rated 3.49 with 307 votes! RATE IT UP!!!

[Blue State Blues]

30. It's going down again

3.18 down from 3.24 just within a few minutes. 365 votes

[dzika]

28. done.

current average rating is 3.19 with 363 vote(s)

[HeeBGBz]

29. It's being freeped

Down to 3.15

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

31. Yahoo Rating QUIRK!! --> actual page changed!!! Proper link here...

This was discovered last week that Yahoo will switch the URL of a story so that people clicking on the link from a page like this one go to a page that actually DOESN'T COUNT -- even though they don't mention it at all.

The best way to actually make your vote count is to go to page listing the AP's news stories, THEN find the story and click on that link!

This is the link to the AP results page, which ISN'T BLOCKED:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=536

then you scroll down to "Kerry Lawyer Seeks Ohio Ballot Inspection" click and rate it.

If you don't mention this little quirk when posting yahoo stories, then you might as well be voting in OHIO.

People should note this little quirk in the future to actually make sure votes count (even though Yahoo does have some legitmacy in preventing, um, ballot-box-stuffing ;> )

All the best,
FMH

[catnhatnh]

32. 3.0@407 n/t

[FULL_METAL_HAT]

36. 3.00@ 417 n/t

:)

[sundancekid]

33. being freeped BIG TIME ... HELP! now it's rated 3.00 with 414 votes

[meganmonkey]

keep it kicked!!!

does this really matter? It's just so fun!

[spoogly]

34. Go There Now And RATE IT a 5

It dropped almost 1 point practically before my eyes!!!

[rainbow4321]

37. Done n/t

[thjay]

38. it's now down to a 3

[pinkpops]

39. "Carlo LoParo, spokesman for Secretary

Carlo LoParo, spokesman for Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, said state law will guide counties on how to conduct the recount.


"I don't know if Mr. McTigue is in a position to dictate the terms of a recount," he said.

[ewulf]

40. Done, but 2.94!?! Stop the Freepers!

[Melissa G]

41. Done but 2.83

[buzzard]

42. Done

[spoogly]

44. Kick n/t

[kerry2win]

43. one thing for sure its getting a high response

story above it with mcain 14 votes and below it withb**h geting 50 votes compared to almost 500

[Patsy Stone]

45. Doesn't matter...It's getting out anyway. Screw Yahoo.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=324234 ABC News
http://www.10tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2682826 Ohio
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/3991471/detail.html Missouri

We've got the AP! :)

[spoogly]

47. You're Right. We Won. They Lost. Story Is Everywhere Now n/t

[Patsy Stone]

48. Yes!

Ain't no stopping us now... :) Go Google Kerry Recount. You'll plotz.

[vanboggie]

66. Except CNN

They are still in denial. Not a word about it as of 1:00 am.
"All the news all the time" ... NOT!!

[Nordic]

46. 2.94 with 510 votes

I can only shake my head in wonder

[Stand and Fight]

49. Done n/t

[BlueDog2u]

50. The article is being freeped/everyone please vote! nt

[thjay]

51. This article is spreading like wild fire

There's nothing the freepers can do to stop it now.

[seito]

52. lol

You got that right. :bounce:

[ccarter84]

54. no kidding 2.93 with 600

[femme.democratique]

55. I want to see this on yahoo.com homepage....where it belongs!!!

The story is moving up the popularity list! Keep sending the emails via the link on the yahoo story page!

[livvy]

53. 2.93 now. n/t

[bunny planet]

56. I think we need to implement a code when we want to tell each other to

freep an article because the freepers are out freeping us and rating everything right back down again once they find out we are rating some story up. Am I making sense here or should I just go to sleep. After all I need my winks, tomorrow might be a very important day. I hope.

[Patsy Stone]

57. have

had same thought. need code words. :) g'night.

[lwesty]

58. 2.97 w/619 N/t

[wlubin]

59. Please explain to me the importance of this. I thought that the 92,000

ballots where going to be counted in the recount from the beginning, no? Pardon me if I am ignorant on this point, I have a habit of doing that sometimes.

[femme.democratique]

60. This is important because Kerry is directly involved now...

...as the letter stemmed apparently from direct discussions between Kerry, Jesse Jackson and Cliff Arnebeck (lawyer filing election challenge in Ohio tomorrow)

[AlwaysDemocrat]

61. Done

2.93 with 646 vote(s).

[Eye_on_prize]

62. Done. - rating update 9:30pm, ave rating = 2.93, of 659 T.votes cast-n/t

[Helga Scow Stern]

63. Done. 2.93 @ 706 votes. Guess FRaudies got to it.

[Peace Patriot]

64. It's currently rated 2.93 on a scale of 5. Come on, Folks!

Bump it up to a 3!!! (and higher)

[operafred]

65. kick

done

[ewulf]

67. Rate it up/ KICK n/t

[spoogly]

68. Kick n/t

[Scout1071]

69. KICKED IT UP

TWICE

[politicasista]

70. My first (and second) time kicking (LOL!)

:kick: :kick:

[unpossibles]

71. done

but rating not that high. Also emailed it.

[angrydemocrat]

72. DONE

[ewulf]

73. What if we rate down all the stories above it?

The highest rated story, for instance, only has some 30 votes on it. I bet we could skew the whole of yahoo news.

Would it be worth it? Probably not. Would it be a nice thing to do? No. But we could do it anyway... Ant it might piss off the freepers for a second.

[pbartch]

74. I JUST VOTED.....GAVE THE STORY A 5!!!!

HELP IS ON THE WAY

[catcatcat]

75. done - current average rating is 2.93 with 866 (n/t)