Our taxes are audited, Companies get audited -- but audit an election???

[JMDEM]

Isn't it weird how we accept that our tax returns are audited, that companies get routinely audited for various reasons, but audit an election??? Mention auditing an election (also known as a recount) and civil war breaks out on DU.

Audit an election? For what purpose? To ensure that our voting system has integrity? Why do we want to make sure our voting system has integrity? What difference does that make?

Look -- our Consititution is more important than the victory or defeat of any single candidate. The integrity of our democracy is at stake, and just because you might happen to be enthralled by a particular candidate does NOT give you (Democrat OR Republican) the right to rig elections. (In fairness, if NH was rigged, I DO NOT think it was Hillary's camp that rigged them -- I think it was the Republicans.)

Have elections been rigged? That is a matter of heated debate, for sure, but the bottom line is, we need to MAKE SURE they are not rigged. Audit them. Routinely. The same way our taxes are audited and companies are audited.

I cannot help but wonder how many 2004 Kerry supporters (me included) who screamed bloody murder about the 2004 elections have now reversed field and are slinging mud at anyone who is demanding a recount of New Hampshire. You can't have it both ways. You can't scream for election reform when your favorite candidate loses, but sit on your hands when your favorite candidate wins.

Look at the cost of this. If fair elections would have occurred in 2000, we'd be in our 7th year of a Gore administration. My guess is that the economy would be humming, we would be at peace, we'd be running Government surpluses, and we'd be actively attacking our environmental problems. We quite simply cannot afford unfair elections. Look how much we've paid for the theft of 2000. Trillions of dollars. A few hundred million spent on election reforms would have been well worth it.

[Jane Austin]

1. "Our taxes are audited . . ."

Only if you're a donating Dem - or so I think after having to defend (successfully) audits twice in 3 years.

And if you think your latest expense was a big one, try paying a good accountant to defend an IRS audit.

[LynzM]

2. I hear ya.

I work indirectly for the pharma industry (dons flame suit) and we get audited all the freakin' time, and we must have SOPs for EVERY SINGLE LITTLE THING. Are any such precautions in place for the voting industry??