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madashelltoo

(1,685 posts)
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 12:43 PM Jun 2012

IT'S THE VOTING MACHINES

I have been totally confounded as to why so many Repigs have felt secure enough to just let their crazy hang out, flashing multi-colored insults all over the place. They are saying fuck women, the poor, minorities, and immigrants. They are all saying it to some degree and looking comfortably confident. What exactly are all those fat cats collecting all of that money for? How many damned commercials will it take to persuade people that President Obama and the Democrats will destroy your American dream? This is not about fucking commercials. This is about paying for tampering with the voting machines in all of the states where they use them. They have to keep up the illusion that Robme is running neck and neck with President Obama so that when the election goes off they can say Robme won with a straight face. The same thing they did with Scott Walker in Wisconsin. The reason why they have insisted on a recount. They paid for ALL of the elections to fall to the Repigs and one failed. They need to know why and how so they can correct it for the November elections.

When an earlier post regarding DailyKos doing an article on voting machine tampering appeared here I was elated. Finally, someone is paying attention to what is really happening. All of these noise issues; voter fraud, and Holder, are merely distractions. If we focus on that stuff we miss the big picture. In 2000 Florida wreaked just enough havoc to force the Supreme Court to step in. That was their intention all along. They're doing it again, but this time they've started earlier because they are going to do it on a grander scale. No one set of eyes will catch this one. No one department will be able to legislate this one. This will require boots on the ground, employing every computer geek you know checking out those voting machines. If the fix is in, every time someone votes they are casting more votes for the Repigs than they are aware of. Be vigilant.

In case you missed this link over the weekend for the Kos article.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/16/1100628/-It-s-the-Voting-Machines-Not-the-Voters

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IT'S THE VOTING MACHINES (Original Post) madashelltoo Jun 2012 OP
K&R, must read. LiberalLoner Jun 2012 #1
Bradblog.com's been documenting the fraud for years. It's ignored by the MSM so it's valerief Jun 2012 #2
What I've learned about the media: If they're ignoring it, it's probably the truth. n/t ProfessionalLeftist Jun 2012 #3
Absolutely! valerief Jun 2012 #4
You're crazy malthaussen Jun 2012 #5
This has been my contention all along. russspeakeasy Jun 2012 #6
it's the democratic party USA Inc that does nothing about it... nt msongs Jun 2012 #7
It seems very obvious to me Blue Owl Jun 2012 #8
True enough. This will be the big story in December. Jakes Progress Jun 2012 #9
I'm feeling you. madashelltoo Jun 2012 #10
not just voting machines, paper ballots are 'counted' by Optical scans, never counted by human hands Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #11

valerief

(53,235 posts)
2. Bradblog.com's been documenting the fraud for years. It's ignored by the MSM so it's
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 01:03 PM
Jun 2012

ignored by the populace.

malthaussen

(17,024 posts)
5. You're crazy
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 01:23 PM
Jun 2012

And I mean that in the nicest possible way.

Seriously, you overestimate the cost of corruption. There is an old saw about it not being surprising that people have a price, what is surprising is that the price is so low. I have no doubt the Republicans will use every means, fair or foul, to take the upcoming election. But they could compromise every voting machine in the USA for a fraction of what they're spending. There's more going on here than just one form of fraud.

-- Mal

russspeakeasy

(6,539 posts)
6. This has been my contention all along.
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 01:29 PM
Jun 2012

If they show the vote as close and then purchase 15 or 20 voting machines (engineered to their specs), Robme wins and the dems shrug, say damn it a few times and in unison, say, "you stole the election, and that's not fair".

Before it's too late, let's operate from a gut level instead of complaining about policy and procedures.

If Obama has any effective surrogates, get them out and start demanding MSM exposure equal to the time give the Fox/Karl Rove ilk.

Start telling the truth about what the rehogs are doing and why.
Start playing the clip of grover and his multi digited candidate.
And get your god damned talking points memorized.
Fire booker and rendell and all the other weak tits that would rather cower than fight and promote themselves than any cause that may harm their future earnings.

I'm really sick of the attitude that says "if we do that, we're no better than them". Tough shit, I'd rather win than be a congratulated loser that can "really take a punch"..

Jakes Progress

(11,121 posts)
9. True enough. This will be the big story in December.
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 06:40 PM
Jun 2012

Too late to do anything about it.

Any race closer than 5 points will be stolen.

We can be as vigilant as all get out, but it the administration doesn't start looking into this, doesn't start making it an issue, it is game over. They can kick all they want after the election, and no one will listen. Make a big enough stink and set in enough suspicion now and maybe the crooks will only steal elections closer than 2 points. But, no doubts. They are going to rig elections.

madashelltoo

(1,685 posts)
10. I'm feeling you.
Mon Jun 25, 2012, 07:25 PM
Jun 2012

They had their people there watching in Wisconsin, but if they did not check the voting machines they would not, as they did not, catch anything unusual. That's the name of this game.

 

Ghost of Huey Long

(322 posts)
11. not just voting machines, paper ballots are 'counted' by Optical scans, never counted by human hands
Tue Jun 26, 2012, 09:43 AM
Jun 2012

You can sign up to be an election worker, but your job will be to put the paper ballots through the machine to count. No one is allowed to physically count the paper ballots.

If you can prove fraud (how are you going to do that?) then you can get a recount where they put the same paper ballots through the same optical scans.

If you pursue a hand recount, they will stall for two weeks, while the ballots are under the watchful eye of the same election fraudsters.



We need hand counted paper ballots, posted at the precinct level. Someone suggested cameras liked to the internet so we can all observe voting, and camera on the ballot bags 24/7 to make sure the chain of custody remains intact. That would be perfect, and inexpensive to do.


What kind of democracy just trusts corporations to count their votes in secret?
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