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Peace Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 05:06 PM
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20. My emails to Dobbs and to Busby:
Dear Mr. Dobbs,

What I have heard so far about the election in San Diego (Bilbray vs. Busby) is so outrageous that I can hardly believe it—election workers taking these notoriously insecure and hackable Diebold voting machines HOME overnight, just before the election, breaking all chain of custody rules. These machines are not just insecure and hackable, they are controlled by a Bushite corporation, using ‘TRADE SECRET,” PROPRIETARY programming code—code so secret that not even our Secretary of State is permitted to review it. It takes only one hacker and a couple of minutes to completely alter totals in these voting machines and central tabulators, leaving no trace. To compound the insecurity and hackability and non-transparency and partisan ownership and control of these machines with the ADDITIONAL insecurity of violation of chain of custody is beyond belief! I’ve also heard that a huge number of absentee and provisional ballots had yet to be counted when the Secretary of State (a Diebold advocate and a Schwarzenegger appointee) declared the race for Bilbray.

The voting public is entitled to transparent elections. Transparent elections are not difficult. People vote, and you count the votes in public view. But as the result of corruption in Congress—the so-called “Help America Vote Act” and its $4 billion electronic voting boondoggle, engineered by the biggest crooks in Congress, Tom Delay and Bob Ney (abetted by Bilderberg ‘Democrat’ Christopher Dodd)--we have come so far away from transparency that we are now entering the realm of tyranny.

Justice and the bottom-line principles of our democracy demand a full and transparent recount. Busby should request it. It will be more difficult—if not impossible—for citizens and voters to get one.

I was glad that Busby did so well in non-transparent conditions. But, with Bushite corporations like Diebold and ES&S running things, what can we expect as a result, except more Bushism?

Your site asks, is my comment today "positive" or "negative"? I said "positive" because I think we have a window of opportunity to get rid of these election theft machines before the boot comes down--if only good and objective commentators like yourself will help us do it. We, the people, are in great need of your help on this matter. Please help us to restore our right to vote.

Yours sincerely,
XXXX

_________

Dear Francine Busby: (--essentially the same letter, but for anyone wanting to use it, or parts of it, as a prototype, it's tailored for Busby...)

(I told her I am a native Californian and lifelong Dem voter and supporter, etc.)

What I have heard so far about the election in San Diego is so outrageous that I can hardly believe it—election workers taking these notoriously insecure and hackable Diebold voting machines HOME overnight, just before the election, breaking all chain of custody rules. These machines are not just insecure and hackable, they are controlled by a Bushite corporation, using ‘TRADE SECRET,” PROPRIETARY programming code—code so secret that not even our Secretary of State is permitted to review it. It takes only one hacker and a couple of minutes to completely alter totals in these voting machines and central tabulators, leaving no trace. To compound the insecurity and hackability and non-transparency and partisan ownership and control of these machines with the ADDITIONAL insecurity of violation of chain of custody is beyond belief! I’ve also heard that a huge number of absentee and provisional ballots had yet to be counted when the Secretary of State declared the race for Bilbray.

As Californians and Americans, we are entitled to transparent elections. Transparent elections are not difficult. People vote, and you count the votes in public view. But as the result of corruption in Congress—the so-called “Help America Vote Act” and its $4 billion electronic voting boondoggle, engineered by the biggest crooks in Congress, Tom Delay and Bob Ney (abetted by Bilderberg ‘Democrat’ Christopher Dodd)--we have come so far away from transparency that we are now entering the realm of tyranny.

How can you trust these machines in these circumstances? How can you trust these machines in ANY circumstances? You have every right to challenge the results of this so-called vote count, and to demand a recount, and it would be in the public interest to do so. It will be far more difficult—if not impossible—for citizens and voters to do it. Justice and the bottom-line principles of our democracy, and of good government, demand a full and transparent recount.

Congratulations on doing so well in non-transparent conditions! I applaud your effort. But, with Bushite corporations like Diebold and ES&S running things, what can we expect as a result, except more Bushism?

Yours sincerely,
XXXX
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