OpEdNews: Clear Evidence 2006 Congressional Elections Hacked

[jgraz]

November 17, 2006 at 10:59:41

Clear Evidence 2006 Congressional Elections Hacked

by Rob Kall

Results Skewed Nationwide In Favor of Republicans by 4 percent, 3 million votes

A major undercount of Democratic votes and an overcount of Republican votes in U.S. House and Senate races across the country is indicated by an analysis of national exit polling data, by the Election Defense Alliance (EDA), a national election integrity organization.

These findings have led EDA to issue an urgent call for further investigation into the 2006 election results and a moratorium on deployment of all electronic election equipment.

"We see evidence of pervasive fraud, but apparently calibrated to political conditions existing before recent developments shifted the political landscape," said attorney Jonathan Simon, co-founder of Election Defense Alliance, "so 'the fix' turned out not to be sufficient for the actual circumstances." Explained Simon, "When you set out to rig an election, you want to do just enough to win. The greater the shift from expectations, (from exit polling, pre-election polling, demographics) the greater the risk of exposure--of provoking investigation. What was plenty to win on October 1 fell short on November 7.

"The findings raise urgent questions about the electoral machinery and vote counting systems used in the United States," according to Sally Castleman, National Chair of EDA. "This is a nothing less than a national indictment of the vote counting process in the United States!"

More at: http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_rob_kall_061117_clear_evidence_2006_.htm

[silverojo]

1. And yet we STILL won!

K&R

[fob]

2. This accounts for the "missing 20 seats" or so carville's been cryin'

about. So there, Dean did get 50 seats, problem is the repukes didn't set the vote stealing switcheroo high enough and only stole 20.

[SoFlaJet]

3. what screwed the republicans is

they figured they'd only have to steal a few seats and not have to worry about places like Missouri, Montana and Virginia.Now we MUST have comprehensive election reform from the dems so they never get to steal another vote or disenfranchise another voter-ever.I've been writing letters,yesterday one to Schumer and one to my congressman Robert Wexler.I think it is THE most important issue going forward..oh yea and Iraq.

[tblue37]

6. Or Kansas. Jim Ryan lost his House seat here! (eom)

[Qutzupalotl]

7. And that makes Dean's 50-state strategy even more brilliant.

:toast:

[garthranzz]

5. They set the vote stealing machinery as high as they could

and still think they wouldn't get caught. There's a threshold beyond which the numbers aren't credible, even to MSM. (We exclude Faux News, because it's not news.) Only in close elections does the 4-10% matter, and only that amount can be successfully stolen. It's like a thief stealing a little at a time from your bank account. You'd notice $1000 missing, but not $10. But it adds up.

Palast and Miller talk about this, I believe.

[dave123williams]

20. It wasn't a win, it was a beating. They didn't pick up one seat, anywhere.

Not in the House, Senate, or any of the Governor's seats. B.E.A.T.I.N.G.

[texpatriot2004]

4. They did not factor in their unpopularity into the equation when

they tried to steal it this time.

[Vitruvius]

15. But in 2008, the Rethugs WILL factor in their unpopularity & steal enough to WIN --

unless we're rid of the Rethugnican electronic voting machines.

[Straight Shooter]

8. Delicious irony.

Corruption and scandals topped the voters' list of priorities for voting Dems instead of Repubs. Yet even the corruption of election tampering couldn't save the Repubs this time.

I agree that Dean's strategy would have been even more effective without the election tampering. Makes it even more important to get rid of those damn machines or else allow for impartial scrutiny of their code.

[petgoat]

12. ..

http://www.worldcantwait.org/

[Straight Shooter]

18. .

I agree!

[helderheid]

9. I'm sending this report along with a VHS copy of "hacking democracy" to

Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon (who happens to be Howard Dean's 1st cousin)

[helderheid]

10. HR 6200

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:H.R.6200:

Paper Ballot Act of 2006 (Introduced in House)

HR 6200 IH

109th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6200

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to conduct Presidential elections using paper ballots and to count those ballots by hand, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 27, 2006

Mr. KUCINICH (for himself, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. FILNER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. LEE, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. WATERS, and Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to conduct Presidential elections using paper ballots and to count those ballots by hand, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Paper Ballot Act of 2006'.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING USE OF HAND-COUNTED PAPER BALLOTS IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.

Section 301(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (42 U.S.C. 15481(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

`(7) SPECIAL RULES FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS- Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, in the case of a regularly scheduled general election for the electors of President and Vice President (beginning with the election in November 2008), the following rules shall apply:

`(A) The State shall conduct the election using only paper ballots.

`(B) The State shall ensure that the number of ballots cast at a precinct or equivalent location which are placed inside a single box or similar container does not exceed 500.

`(C) The ballots cast at a precinct or equivalent location shall be counted by hand by election officials at the precinct, and a representative of each political party with a candidate on the ballot, as well as any interested member of the public, may observe the officials as they count the ballots. The previous sentence shall not apply with respect to provisional ballots cast under section 302(a).'.

SEC. 3. MOVING OBSERVATION OF WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY TO ELECTION DAY DURING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEARS.

Section 6103(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--

(1) by inserting `the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in 2008 and every fourth year thereafter, and' after `Washington's Birthday,'; and

(2) by inserting `in any other year' after `February'.

[jgraz]

11. Also known as the Permanent Democratic Majority Act

[helderheid]

13. oh, you're goooood!

[jarnocan]

14. This still needs to be a high priortity A CRIME against democracy.

We still need ACCOUNTABILITY fot the last 3 elections. Full accountability.

and our mainstrem media aided in this tragedy that cost hundereds of thousands of lives.

[KharmaTrain]

16. Investigating HAVA is a must...

I hope some of the rumbling about making rovo-calls a federal crime happens and there are other follow-ups on criminality in the past election. Also on that list is a thorough investigation into how HAVA has been applied and revising it to require paper trails and open sourcing of the voting machine software so that no one company has a propreitory control on machines in a given state and make voting more uniform.

As George Carlin once said, "if you build a better mousetrap, some schmuck will invent a better mouse"...and this is the case with electronic voting. Those who want to rig elections will attempt to and some will succede. HAVA was enacted with the good intentions of making voting easier, more accessible and quicker. For those of us who didn't have any problems voting this year, it was a lot more convenient and, in many down ticket races, easier to follow and understand. The law needs to be revisited and changes made to ensure its as transparent a process as possible.

[City Lights]

17. Another big phuc you to KKKarl!

You cheated and we beat you anyway. You'll get what's coming to you one of these days.

[Kolesar]

19. There's no proof of fraud there. The conclusion of fraud based on *polls* is unsupported

It frustrates the hell out of me when I make the effort to read "news" about election fraud, and then I find poorly-written essays that wander all around the topic without making a point. Kall is wasting our time with this "op ed news" piece.

[leftchick]

21. I am sure this one was fucked with in NC.....

http://www.wral.com/news/10349096/detail.html

Hayes' Lead Down To 339 After Counties Certify Results

POSTED: 3:03 pm EST November 18, 2006
UPDATED: 3:03 pm EST November 18, 2006

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Rep. Robin Hayes clung to a 339-vote lead Friday over challenger Larry Kissell after counties certified election results in the 8th Congressional District, the nation's closest remaining unresolved U.S. House race.

Kissell asked for a recount in the race, with Hayes' margin of victory well within the 1 percentage point margin required for the challenger to be able to demand a retabulation of votes.

State elections officials said that effort would take place next week and would be finished by Wednesday.

Kissell, a Democrat who ran a grass-roots campaign against the well-funded four-term GOP incumbent, netted 66 provisional votes in the final tally in Mecklenburg County, which includes the city of Charlotte. The section of the county that is part of the 8th District includes some of the city's most liberal precincts and Kissell won more than two-thirds of the votes there on Election Day.

Election officials in Mecklenburg County worked late into the night, spending more than 13 hours sorting out the count of provisional ballots, many of which could only be partially allowed. They county was the last of the 10 in the district to report its results Friday, the deadline for all 100 counties in North Carolina to double-check their vote totals and count provisionals ballots.