Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Today has been a huge news day. Two bills were filed in Congress; one that we support (HR-756) and one that we don’t. HR-811 (the new HR-550) was filed, with 168 co-sponsors, and became the new Holt Bill. Newspapers began writing editorials and voicing their opinions before any of them could have read the bill. Many groups tripped over themselves in a race to endorse the bill; some without ever having read its contents. One group began, two weeks ago, asking their members to begin making calls to support the bill which was then changed more than once in the ensuing period. VotersUnite will not support this legislation because of its allowance for the continued use of DREs and its corruption of “paper ballot.†At this time, we will also not work against those groups who wish to support the bill. Instead we will stand neutral and report the facts, and an occasional opinion, as we have always done. // It appears that beleaguered Cuyahoga Co. Ohio elections boss, Michael Vu, is to be removed from his job. // Also being reported from Ohio is that the new SOS has asked the state auditor to do a complete audit of the SOS office over the past two years. Blackwell seems to have left a mess and a few problems….
Holt wants to mandate transparency, chain of custody, verifiability LINK
Broward and Miami-Dade election officials are scurrying to learn more about the governor’s plan for new voting machines. LINK
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Couldn’t be. He’s so honest and does everything by the book. (Excuse me while I choke)
Maybe we’ll get to the bottom of Blackwell’s scams after all.
But only two years? Shouldn’t they go back for at least three? And doesn’t RFK jr have some evidence that they can use?
A girl after my own heart (MN article)
“Nancy Barsness, a trustee with the Minnesota Association of Townships, vented her frustrations over the machines. She suggested the townships are ready to make the Boston Tea Party “look like a birthday party†by tossing the new machines in the state’s 10,000 lakes.”
Heh-Heh
Floridiot #2
Yeah … so long as they throw the people who fostered these abominations on the electorate into the lake too.
ah yes, the people responsible…maybe tied to the machines, or give them to fisherman as boat anchors or chum…
people=chum
machine=boat anchor 😛
#2
It looks like you need to share the following URL with Nancy Barsness.
http://www.sos.state.mn.us/home/index.asp?page=544
The new Minnisota audit ststem worked so well in 2006 it almost looks like the auditors may have just copied column C into column B in their reports. Most machines had their “counts” exatly correct. 😉
heh Bob, I was born and raised up there, us Minnesotans never stand for too much bullshit foisted upon us, especially ‘if it looks fishy’…and this really does look fishy
Ever since Rush Limpballs was introduced up there though, I noticed it’s really turning to shit, about half the people fell for it
I hear Lowell Finley is off the witness list and PFAW attorney David Becker is on in replacement. I called the Senate Rules Committee, person answering has no idea why this happened. Does anyone know?
I took a look at Bob’s link and just picked on document at random (Ramsey county) to look at.
Interesting.
In the first race there is a discrepancy of five votes between the vote and audit, but they only account for three of them. Two just DISSAPPEAR, like those 16K in the FL-13.
Poof.
Like magic.
Any REAL auditor worth their salt wouldn’t accept and sign that audit but would simply hand it back and say: “What happened to the other two? Hmmm? Cat eat them?”
And never forget, just 10 votes per precinct (1 vote per machine in most cases) across the country (easy enough to steal 10 votes most any palce but Cobbler’s Notch) and you’ve got a LANDSLIDE.
I’m really disappointed with PFAW. Just another entity appearing to stand up for the peoples rights and folding when it counts.
Anticipointment again!
Yeah Larry, same goes for the ACLU. they defend an animal like Limbaugh, but they won’t do low profile cases, only the ones with potential high publicity to bring in the donations, you know
I haven’t donated to the ACLU for a long time. They never talk seriously about the voting fraud. That’s become a bellwether for me. If you don’t take a clear stand on that one, what could you possibly be thinking. And yet almost NO established organization does.
Except for Democracy For America, which doesn’t make it a prominent issue, but takes a stronger stance then any other party affiliated organization I can think of.