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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-01-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
26. There is much more to this story than illegal suppression of Dem votes |
by Bushites election officials and operatives. Bushite corporations have gained control of the actual vote tabulation, with 'TRADE SECRET,' PROPRIETARY programming code in the new (2002-2004) electronic voting systems. Here's a rundown on this deeper problem, which will keep putting Bushites in office, illegitimately, now and forever, no matter how many Voting Rights Acts we pass or manage to get enforced--if we do not address the deeper problem of NON-TRANSPARENT, corporate-run elections.
OVERVIEW: AMERICAN REVOLUTION II What we now have is several big electronic voting corporations with very close ties to the Republican Party and rightwing causes--Diebold, ES&S and Sequoia-- 'counting' all our votes with 'TRADE SECRET,' PROPRIETARY programming code--code so secret that not even our secretaries of state are permitted to review it--with virtually no audit/recount controls. This is the result of the infamous "Help America Vote Act" of 2002, a $4 billion electronic voting boondoggle engineered by the biggest crooks in Congress, Tom Delay and Bob Ney (and abetted by Bilderber 'Democrat' Christopher Dodd). Our elections are now NON-TRANSPARENT and UNVERIFIABLE, and under the control of partisan corporations. The $4 billion and millions in lavish lobbying were also used to corrupt election officials from one end of the land to other. And those they have not been able to corrupt, they have driven from office (Kevin Shelly in California), or sought to intimidate (Ion Sancho in Florida, and others). Corruption or bullying by the Bushite Feds has resulted in the widespread purchase of this extremely insecure, unreliable and hackable--and very expensive--election theft machinery. Restoring TRANSPARENT elections is a MUST DO, PRIORITY ONE, MATTER, if we want our country back. Without the right to vote, we can do little or nothing to restore lawful government. We can protest. We can be appalled. But if the will of the majority--which has always been for peace and justice, and good government, consistently over the last six years, in ALL the issue polls--cannot be enforced, then we might as well be shouting to the wind. -------------------------------------- SOME RESOURCES FOR AMERICAN REVOLUTION II: Practical suggestions for the immediate future: 1. ABSENTEE BALLOT VOTING. Promote absentee ballot voting. It's not the ultimate solution, by any means, but it at least provides a tangible paper record for challenging suspicious election results, and for recounts and investigations. (Absentee ballots were a great help to investigators in 2004.) Absentee ballot voting is also a form of protest against the machines. 50% of Californians are now requesting Absentee Ballots. If enough people do it, the machines will be obsolete; then we can work on getting rid of the central tabulators. 2. MONITOR THE ELECTIONS. Join with others to closely monitor the coming elections and gather and document evidence. See www.UScountvotes.org, and other resources, below. UScountvotes.org needs donations! 3. DEMAND INDEPENDENT EXIT POLLS. Demand that the Democratic Party fund INDEPENDENT EXIT POLLS. Exit polls are used worldwide to verify elections and check for fraud. The war profiteering corporate news monopoly exit polls cannot be trusted (they are doctored to match the results from the voting machines' secret programming code; rather than being used to verify elections, they are used to confirm NON-TRANSPARENT "official results"). The Democratic Party owes us, big time, for their lack of vigilance--and in some cases corruption--on electronic voting. This is one critically needed thing that they can do to help. 4. THINK LONG TERM. Saving our democracy promises to be a long hard struggle. We obviously can't get rid of these machines before the '06 elections, so focus on doing our best with the Diebold/ES&S handicap (a 5% to 10% "thumb on the scales" for Bushites and warmongers), and getting rid of these machines afterward, for '08 and beyond. 5. TELL PEOPLE THE TRUTH. They NEED to know it. Engage them in the fight. Bumper sticker: "Help Us Beat the Machines--VOTE!" There is nothing more demoralizing and disempowering than constantly losing and not knowing WHY. There is evidence that the machines CAN be beaten by massive turnout. Get people involved! Help them to SEE what's happening! THEY will solve the problem, ultimately--if they can only IDENTIFY what it is! 6. PRESSURE LOCAL/STATE ELECTION OFFICIALS. Right now, the best place to fight this fight is at the state/local level, where ordinary people still have some influence. Bush's Congress is NOT going to give us back our right to vote--they are the ones who took it away (with the collusion of some corrupt Dems). Don't look to the Feds--look to your local county registrar, your state election boards, your secretaries of state. Demand TRANSPARENT elections. Also educate and mobilize your local Democratic Party groups. History has chosen us to save this great democracy and pass it on to the future. The first priority in this historic fight is restoring our right to vote--the mechanism by which we exercise our sovereignty as a people. Without it, we have no power. We MUST change this. Never give up on our right to vote! NEVER! ---------------------- ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR AMERICAN REVOLUTION II: Hopeful signs - latest news: California voters sue the state over Diebold: www.VoterAction.org is suing the state of California and 18 Calif county registrars on behalf of 25 California voter/plaintiffs, on the illegal Diebold "certification" by Schwarzenegger appointee Bruce McPherson. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2180496 Seven of these counties have promised the judge they would use PAPER BALLOTS, and were dismissed from this lawsuit (4/27/06). http://kcbs.com/pages/29285.php http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2249205 Maryland rejects Diebold: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x418263 Florida - anti-trust accusations against Diebold, ES&S and Sequoia, re: heroic Florida election official Ion Sancho: (FLA AG subpoenas the companies) http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/legalissues/story/0,10801,110192,00.html http://www.tbo.com/news/politics/MGBKSY8W8LE.html (info & discussion) http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2183630 Utah county clerk fights back! http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x419226 (Tide turning?) New York Times: "New Fears of Security Risks in Electronic Voting Systems" (5/12/06) http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2278829 ----- INFORMATION AND ACTIVIST RESOURCES for American Revolution II: www.votersunite.org (MythBreakers - easy primer on electronic voting--one of the myths is that HAVA requires electronic voting; it does not.) www.UScountvotes.org (statistical monitoring of '06 and '08 elections--they need donations) (Activist sites with links to state activist groups or info) www.votetrustusa.org (news of this great movement from around the country) www.votersunited.org (good general info, and state links) www.verifiedvoting.org (great activist site) www.solarbus.org/election/index.shtml (fab compendium of all election info) www.freepress.org (devoted to election reform) www.bradblog.com (also great, and devoted to election reform) www.TruthIsAll.net (analysis of the 2004 election)* :patriot: :applause: :patriot: www.votepa.us (well-organized local group of citizen activists in Pennsylvania, where important legal issues are at stake, including state's rights over election systems) Provisions of the PA lawsuit: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x423739 The Voter Confidence Resolution http://tinyurl.com/rlnr2 (“We Do Not Consent”) http://guvwurld.blogspot.com (GuvWurld blog main page) http://tinyurl.com/amryg (Voter Confidence Resolution www.debrabowen.com (Calif Senator running for Sec of State to reform election system) www.johnbonifaz.com (running for Massachusetts Sec of State on strong election reform and antiwar platform) :applause: CALIFORNIANS, VOTE FOR DEBRA BOWEN IN THE DEM PRIMARY THIS JUNE 6! :applause: *Some tributes to TruthIsAll, who is very ill: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x417007 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x417231 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x675477 Congressional bills: Russ Holt's HR 550 requires a real paper ballot, bans secret software in "voting machines", and has more than 170 co-sponsors, but the audit required is too weak, it promotes electronic voting and centralized power, and the secret software might be permitted to continue in the central tabulators (the bill is not clear). At lot of discussion at DU of the loopholes/pitfalls in HR 550 (many DUers support the bill): http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x422926 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x421136 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=203&topic_id=422967&mesg_id=422967 To sign the HR 550 petition: http://www.rushholt.com/petition.html (Note: Senate Bill-SB 330 and House-HR704 simply require a "voter verified paper audit trail" (VVPAT), which may be best for the moment.) Also of interest: Michael Collins (Autorank)'s searing election reform article for New Zealand's Scoop.com http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x971363 Bob Koehler (-- four recent election reform initiatives in Ohio, predicted to win by 60/40 votes, flipped over, on election day, into 60/40 LOSSES!--the biggest flipover we've seen yet; the election theft machines and their masters are now dictating election policy! Title: "Poll Shock" 11/24/05) http://commonwonders.com/archives/col321.htm Bob Koehler's latest: "Trust us: Take this box and stuff it" (3/16/06) http://commonwonders.com/archives/col337.htm More Koehler: www.tmsfeatures.com/tmsfeatures/subcategory.jsp?file=20051124ctnbk-a.txt&catid=1824&code=ctnbk Amaryllis (Diebold, ES&S, Sequoia lavish lobbying of election officials - Beverly Hilton, Aug. '05) www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x380340 HOWARD DEAN remarks on electronic voting machines 04/06 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x994507 ------------------------------------------------ Throw Diebold, ES&S and ALL election theft machines into 'Boston Harbor' NOW! :think: :patriot: :woohoo: :patriot: :think: ----------- "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it." --Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence |
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