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LibDemAlways

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10. Jimmy Carter has monitored elections elsewhere. Maybe it's time we put him

Reply to pantsonfire (Original post)

Thu Apr 21, 2016, 07:28 PM

Apr 2016

in charge of an election monitoring team here at home. While Americans have been watching reruns, our election system has been badly compromised. Just another way in which we are a third world country.

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Extensive Harvard report of countries Electoral Integrity, concludes US ranks lowest among West. [View all] pantsonfire Apr 2016 OP

big, huge K and R! there's not much left to say except "yes, master". bbgrunt Apr 2016 #1

Raise awareness of it, you can help in that way.... pantsonfire Apr 2016 #4

Yup. A big fat corrupt mess. Warren Stupidity Apr 2016 #2

Watch the hearings from the mess in 2004 in Ohio! ViseGrip Apr 2016 #3

Do you have a lot of videos? sources? etc.... pantsonfire Apr 2016 #5

this is currant ..the boe in chicago has been accused of falsifying the audit to match the returns questionseverything Apr 2016 #32

The sheet of listed countries, ranks US at #47..... pantsonfire Apr 2016 #6

This is not a subject that will interest the Conservative (Clinton) Wing of our Party. rhett o rick Apr 2016 #7

I know, they blocked my post on their reddit page b/c it was a "bad source" n/t pantsonfire Apr 2016 #8

Don't think they'll be able to blame our corrupt election system come Nov., when Hillary loses SammyWinstonJack Apr 2016 #15

Given how this one has been going it makes sense. jwirr Apr 2016 #9

Jimmy Carter has monitored elections elsewhere. Maybe it's time we put him LibDemAlways Apr 2016 #10

That would be too complicated... pantsonfire Apr 2016 #11

Oh, I know. I suspect the myriad of state laws LibDemAlways Apr 2016 #13

Thanks for finding that out. zentrum Apr 2016 #25

Wow, the Carter Center is sounding like Donald Trump. NobodyHere Apr 2016 #31

BRILLIANT! fierywoman Apr 2016 #18

I believe the Carter Center has already refused, because SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #20

This problem is so hard to fix MillennialDem Apr 2016 #12

If we all used paper ballots, had them counted by hand at the precinct level in LibDemAlways Apr 2016 #14

And by "closed doors" I assume you include the corporate-owned source code (think silvershadow Apr 2016 #16

This is what Germany does. fierywoman Apr 2016 #19

^THIS^ SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #21

+1 n/t Admiral Loinpresser Apr 2016 #28

Ok how surprised should I pretend to be? nadinbrzezinski Apr 2016 #17

HAVA was a massive scam. nt SusanCalvin Apr 2016 #22

Where are all the DLCers screaming bloody murder about this?! Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #23

Most of all the good places have national voting standards, national voting machines etc instead LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #24

Chant it: "WE'RE NUMBER . . . err, last . . ." cer7711 Apr 2016 #26

I'm not going to believe we're below Brazil metroins Apr 2016 #27

Well, surprise, surprise!!! LongTomH Apr 2016 #29

We are not a democracy folks lovuian Apr 2016 #30

Republic.....n/t pantsonfire Apr 2016 #33