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avaistheone1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 02:25 PM
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Why is Senator Feinstein making it easier to steal votes?
Senator Dianne Feinstein has joined with Senator Bob Bennett of Utah — one of the most conservative members of Congress — to introduce a bill that would allow states to use electronic voting machines with no paper trail whatsoever.

To make matters worse, sections of the bill addressing election audits are extremely vague, leaving truck-sized loopholes for falsified election results to cruise through. According to the New York Times, "This bill goes out of its way to placate voting machine manufacturers," while voter protection groups like Verified Voting weren't even allowed to give input.1

It's not yet clear whether this bill will pass before November, or how it will affect the election if it does. What is clear is this: Senator Feinstein and other lawmakers aren't standing with those of us who want to protect elections. It's time to take matters into our own hands.

One great way to take action on a local level is to become a pollworker. As a pollworker, you'll have the chance to work on the front lines of election protection, making sure that every voter in your county can cast a ballot that counts.

By signing up as a pollworker, you can support our democratic system...and get paid!

The fairness of this year's election is in your hands, and the best place to protect the election is right inside the polling place.


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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 02:27 PM
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1. Pressure from the state that does not want to pay for all that paper. nt
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 02:33 PM
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4. I'd be more inclined to look for stock in Diebold
but I'm no fan of hers.
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TechBear_Seattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 02:28 PM
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2. So that what the GOP can steal, the Democrats can too
If the Democrats can steal elections too, then there is no reason to have to pay attention to whiney voters who demand equal rights or impeachment.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 02:30 PM
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3. Feinstein always seems to carry water for the corpoDems - That wing of the party
Edited on Thu Aug-14-08 02:32 PM by blm
need to lose their power in the party BIGTIME.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 02:39 PM
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5. Another LIEberman "democrat"
Dianne DINO
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AntiFascist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 03:22 PM
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8. yup, likely a warmongering McCain supporter n/t
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Irishonly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 02:43 PM
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6. She's A Dino
I am no fan of hers.
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dkofos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-14-08 02:45 PM
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7. She doesn't have to worry about reelection.
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