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bejammin075 Donating Member (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-08-05 10:23 AM
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74. Thinking about voting in primaries scares me
The fact that we have Diebold and ES&S machines to select who we chose in the primaries is scary. There's less scrutiny and therefore more room for foul play. Public opinion polls for primaries are probably less accurate than for the elections, so if the results differ from the polls...

I fear that we could get stuck in a situation where people who would tend to reform voting would tend not to be selected by the Diebold and ES&S programming.

What are we to do?
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  -Teresa Heinz Kerry "openly skeptical about results from November election" Land Shark  Mar-07-05 09:20 AM   #0 
  - Too bad she was born outside the US. She would have made a  FloridaPat   Mar-07-05 09:21 AM   #1 
  - Wow, that is fricking awesome.  Goldeneye   Mar-07-05 09:24 AM   #2 
  - yeh...they "know" but THEY GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!  pbartch   Mar-08-05 04:02 PM   #88 
  - Good that she is speaking out about this.  GoSolar   Mar-07-05 09:29 AM   #3 
  - Ooooh! Go Teresa!  meganmonkey   Mar-07-05 09:30 AM   #4 
  - Don't worry--  tanyev   Mar-07-05 09:43 AM   #6 
  - Nice to see we're not crazy after all...  Stand and Fight   Mar-07-05 09:31 AM   #5 
  - Oh, we're crazy alright  BeFree   Mar-07-05 10:47 AM   #10 
  - Or even better : Crazy on a ship of fools  jbnow   Mar-07-05 09:49 PM   #56 
     - off topic-but I have read that was no such thing as a 'ship of fools"--  rodeodance   Mar-08-05 11:35 PM   #103 
  - We were not crazy  tavalon   Mar-08-05 01:18 PM   #86 
  - I LOVE a woman who states her mind! Hopefully she will impact  mod mom   Mar-07-05 09:45 AM   #7 
  - so you actually believe that he doesn't know. n/t  ginnyinWI   Mar-08-05 12:11 AM   #59 
     - I believe he now knows, thanks to the House Judiciary Dems, but the impact  mod mom   Mar-08-05 06:35 AM   #62 
  - I love men and women who state their mind  Land Shark   Mar-07-05 10:15 AM   #8 
  - Got me there Land shark!  mod mom   Mar-07-05 10:34 AM   #9 
  - THK: "We must be totally committed to this journey ..."  understandinglife   Mar-07-05 11:05 AM   #11 
  - Teresa, DO IT FOR THE KIDS! Believe me I am tired. Tired of the ridicule  mod mom   Mar-07-05 09:06 PM   #54 
  - Teresa tells it like it is!  merbex   Mar-08-05 08:29 AM   #68 
  - Well, to the extent that money could help solve the problem, she has it!  Bill Bored   Mar-07-05 11:24 AM   #12 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-07-05 12:07 PM   #13 
  - Good copy and paste from the other thread  Oreo   Mar-07-05 12:09 PM   #14 
  - "oposed to mindless banter"??  progressoid   Mar-07-05 12:15 PM   #15 
  - In Ohio, the lines were 4-10 hours long in heavily Democratic (inner city,  mod mom   Mar-07-05 12:27 PM   #16 
  - Wow, what was post 13 about anyway?  Bill Bored   Mar-07-05 10:33 PM   #58 
  - Thank You for the post and the links  Stephen The Liberal   Mar-08-05 12:17 PM   #80 
  - Maybe you should read and learn for a while  madison2000   Mar-07-05 12:29 PM   #17 
  - BINGO!  eridani   Mar-09-05 02:13 AM   #104 
  - She only got one thing partially wrong.  gordianot   Mar-07-05 01:21 PM   #18 
  - IT'S THE ELECTRONICS, DIGITIZED DATA, AND INSECURE NETWORKS  sacxtra   Mar-07-05 02:18 PM   #19 
  - Four months late and a few dozen electoral votes short...  SophieZ   Mar-07-05 05:49 PM   #37 
  - Heck yeah! I love this woman.  MelissaB   Mar-07-05 03:03 PM   #20 
  - I won't vote again until it's honest and there is a paper trail. WE are  Catfight   Mar-07-05 03:21 PM   #21 
  - Don't say paper trail...  AtLiberty   Mar-07-05 04:49 PM   #30 
  - Point taken, "A voter verified paper ballot." nt  Catfight   Mar-08-05 07:37 AM   #67 
  - If you don't vote...  CanOfWhoopAss   Mar-10-05 03:25 AM   #111 
  - Vote in Repuke Primaries  CanOfWhoopAss   Mar-10-05 03:30 AM   #112 
  - Nominate this other thread (dupe)  NewYorkerfromMass   Mar-07-05 03:25 PM   #22 
  - It looks like this one was was posted first,  MelissaB   Mar-07-05 04:38 PM   #28 
  - Finally!  Laurab   Mar-07-05 03:31 PM   #23 
  - Too Bad her Husband didn't stick around...  Blue Shark   Mar-07-05 03:34 PM   #24 
  - Way to find something negative to say  seito   Mar-07-05 05:02 PM   #31 
     - IT MATTERED...  Blue Shark   Mar-07-05 05:20 PM   #35 
     - IF he had contested the election  seito   Mar-07-05 05:33 PM   #36 
        - I agree completely with your second paragraph...  Blue Shark   Mar-07-05 06:19 PM   #42 
        - History disputes your claim  seito   Mar-07-05 06:36 PM   #43 
        - This boggles my mind  sandnsea   Mar-07-05 07:14 PM   #45 
        - Hello? There was a timing factor  saracat   Mar-07-05 08:14 PM   #47 
           - Agreed Kerry  kster   Mar-07-05 08:34 PM   #51 
        - "The time to fix this was BEFORE the last election."--seito  Peace Patriot   Mar-08-05 11:52 AM   #79 
           - From some of the things I've read from Raw Story I think you're right  LittleClarkie   Mar-08-05 09:14 PM   #101 
              - When did the lawyer change occur? n/t  eridani   Mar-09-05 02:31 AM   #105 
              - I'll do a better job of looking later, but  LittleClarkie   Mar-09-05 11:46 AM   #107 
              - What change in lawyers in OH? Daniel Hoffheimer, Kerry's attorney in Ohio  mod mom   Mar-09-05 04:14 PM   #108 
     - Too bad it's true.  porkrind   Mar-08-05 09:43 AM   #71 
  - I LOVE Her!!!  suziedemocrat   Mar-07-05 03:42 PM   #25 
  - Good for Teresa.  Vidar   Mar-07-05 04:00 PM   #26 
  - The time to speak out has long passed, although I am glad she is.  SoCalDem   Mar-07-05 04:38 PM   #27 
  - Shoulda, coulda, woulda  seito   Mar-07-05 05:04 PM   #32 
  - The trick will be for them to sustain it.  SoCalDem   Mar-07-05 05:07 PM   #33 
     - Laws mean nothing unless they are enforced. HAVA was NOT enforced, in  mod mom   Mar-08-05 06:53 AM   #63 
     - You got it right.. I was annoyed at how fast HAVA was passed  SoCalDem   Mar-08-05 04:57 PM   #94 
     - DREs NOT mandated!  eridani   Mar-09-05 02:34 AM   #106 
  - STILL no evidence  sandnsea   Mar-07-05 07:18 PM   #46 
     - I beg to differ. there is evidence or else Barbara Boxer would not have  mod mom   Mar-08-05 06:57 AM   #64 
     - An investigation, yes  sandnsea   Mar-08-05 04:12 PM   #90 
     - There is plenty of evidence. See post 16 above.  NCevilDUer   Mar-08-05 09:17 AM   #70 
        - A very good point, NCevilDUer!  Peace Patriot   Mar-08-05 12:29 PM   #81 
        - Parsing words  sandnsea   Mar-08-05 04:07 PM   #89 
  - Would it be a bad idea to recruit THK  MelissaB   Mar-07-05 04:40 PM   #29 
  - Great idea...anyone have a way to reach her?  Amaryllis   Mar-07-05 06:16 PM   #40 
  - Yes I think it would be a bad idea  ginnyinWI   Mar-08-05 12:22 AM   #60 
  - Teresa Heinz Kerry would fit into DU culture because she has fiery passion  mod mom   Mar-07-05 05:17 PM   #34 
  - Okay, how do we get her?  MelissaB   Mar-07-05 06:05 PM   #39 
     - Chris Heinz  seito   Mar-07-05 06:41 PM   #44 
     - Could we send mail to her via Senator Kerry's office?  blue neen   Mar-07-05 08:17 PM   #48 
        - I was thinking about the Nashville "Gathering to Save Democracy"  MelissaB   Mar-07-05 08:25 PM   #49 
           - IMHO, it seems like Democrats are the only ones who are  blue neen   Mar-07-05 08:49 PM   #52 
              - Thanks, blue neen!  MelissaB   Mar-08-05 05:48 AM   #61 
                 - good luck  marions ghost   Mar-08-05 11:21 AM   #77 
  - Does someone else remember this: shortly after Nov 2 one of the blog  Nothing Without Hope   Mar-07-05 05:49 PM   #38 
  - I heard this same thing from someone else supposedly in the know but  Amaryllis   Mar-07-05 06:17 PM   #41 
     - Me, too.  MelissaB   Mar-07-05 08:26 PM   #50 
  - If this is what she says to reporters  Generator   Mar-07-05 08:53 PM   #53 
  - I don't know about  kster   Mar-07-05 09:07 PM   #55 
     - I suggest you learn more about 9/11 then  manxkat   Mar-08-05 10:33 AM   #75 
        - I'm impressed with  kster   Mar-08-05 11:38 AM   #78 
  - Kick for Landshark and THK!  Melissa G   Mar-07-05 09:54 PM   #57 
  - It will be extremely interesting to see if this story...  PaulHo   Mar-08-05 07:13 AM   #65 
  - I love ya, Teresa! You would have been great for this country!  The Backlash Cometh   Mar-08-05 07:25 AM   #66 
  - Some conspiracies are more believable than others and sadly a vote-rigging  spooked911   Mar-08-05 08:31 AM   #69 
  - she's got more balls than her husband,  manxkat   Mar-08-05 10:17 AM   #72 
  - Fuck voting machines - all of them  bejammin075   Mar-08-05 10:17 AM   #73 
  - The media won't let us go back to paper ballots.  Lizzie Borden   Mar-09-05 04:40 PM   #109 
  - Thinking about voting in primaries scares me  bejammin075   Mar-08-05 10:23 AM   #74 
  - welcome to DU Benjammin and welcome to our dilemma  mod mom   Mar-08-05 10:47 AM   #76 
     - Well, I am in a state where we had the best Sec of State in the nation,  Peace Patriot   Mar-08-05 12:51 PM   #83 
  - I think all this, all this debate, is the best thing that has  Colorado Blue   Mar-08-05 12:42 PM   #82 
  - Too bad her husband is such a pussy  morffin   Mar-08-05 12:57 PM   #84 
  - That's is a mean and nasty thing to say.  politicasista   Mar-08-05 01:34 PM   #87 
  - so what do you call it  morffin   Mar-08-05 05:51 PM   #96 
     - He did NOT go AWOL in Ohio  politicasista   Mar-08-05 06:14 PM   #97 
        - oh a lawsuit  morffin   Mar-08-05 08:19 PM   #98 
           - Yea, you sound like a Naderite, Deaniac, or Clarkie  politicasista   Mar-08-05 08:25 PM   #99 
           - You don't pay attention.  politicasista   Mar-08-05 08:34 PM   #100 
  - Somebody needs to delete this post  politicasista   Mar-08-05 04:14 PM   #91 
  - I took the GOTV week off and volunteered on my birthday  LittleClarkie   Mar-08-05 04:41 PM   #93 
  - This is WONDERFUL news and proves what most of us have said  SoCalDemGrrl   Mar-08-05 01:01 PM   #85 
  - Update from Denmark - and an off topic link  Danish Reporter   Mar-08-05 04:23 PM   #92 
  - My heart soars like a hawk  Spiffarino   Mar-08-05 05:00 PM   #95 
  - Thank you, Teresa Heinz Kerry.  Kurovski   Mar-08-05 11:29 PM   #102 
  - why didnt she do anything back then?  skywalker_5   Mar-09-05 06:12 PM   #110 
 

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