A shocking factoid from Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s comprehensive analysis of the theft of the 2004 Election at Rolling Stone:
In what may be the single most astounding fact from the election, one in every four Ohio citizens who registered to vote in 2004 showed up at the polls only to discover that they were not [...]
From The Washington Post via Randi Rhodes
Anatomy of a Trip
In August 1997, Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) and several staff members traveled to Russia, where the lawmaker met with two lobbyists, Jack Abramoff and Julius “Jay” Kaplan. Abramoff and Kaplan had registered to lobby for a Bahamian corporation, which listed building support for Russian government policies [...]
This man is the candle on the G.O.P. slime cake! What does it take for action to be taken.
Not only is he on the payroll of some dubious interests. His Wife and Daughter are taking payolla too.
1997 DeLay trip to Russia questioned
Reportedly sponsored by business interests
By R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post | April [...]
It seems the US isn’t the only Western country losing its democracy. It is positively grotesque to see the Labour party, once the people’s party, systematically cheating people of their right to vote.
It brings to mind those 50s sci-fi b-movies in which a trusted character’s body gets taken over by aliens, only this [...]
Since electronic voting worked so well in the States, acheiving exactly the outcome it was designed to acheive, Blair is now planning to introduce it to the UK:
Michael Meacher in the Guardian:
The government is keen to deploy e-voting despite evidence of ballot rigging
For the first time, vote-rigging may become a serious issue at a [...]
From Raw Story:
Serious new election tampering allegations have emerged from an Ohio county, where witnesses allege that stickers were placed on presidential election ballots, RAW STORY has learned.
Several volunteer workers in the Ohio recount in Clermont County, Ohio have prepared affidavits alleging serious tampering, violations of state and federal law and possible fraud. They name [...]
Here is some tangible ammunition for the left
Yahoo - COLUMBUS, Ohio - The state’s chief elections officer, accused of mishandling the presidential vote in Ohio, sent a fund-raising letter for his own 2006 gubernatorial campaign that was accompanied by a request for illegal contributions.
A pledge card with the letter from Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, [...]
From Raw Story:
Senator Kerry’s and Senator Edwards’ state counsel for Ohio has issued a letter to Ohio Republican Secretary of State and Bush-Cheney ‘04 chair Kenneth Blackwell demanding an official investigation into voting machine tampering in Hocking County.
The letter can be seen at Raw Story.
Meanwhile:
The Ohio Supreme Court’s chief justice on Thursday threw out [...]
RAW STORY - David Cobb, the unsuccessful Green Party presidential candidate, aired startling allegations at the Democratic House Judiciary Committee’s Columbus hearings Monday, alleging that a voting company representative tampered with voting equipment in an unspecified county last Friday and attempted to plant false information into the Ohio recount…
Cobb says that a witness who had [...]
At last, a Guardian op-ed that talks about the theft of the election. Shame it took them so long. Jesse Jackson draws parallels between the US and the Ukraine:
In the Ukraine, citizens are in the streets protesting what they charge is a fixed election. Secretary of State Colin Powell expresses this nation’s concern [...]
Breaking News from Raw Story:
In a sworn affidavit (pdf file) Monday, a former programmer for a NASA contractor said that he developed a vote-rigging prototype at the request of a then-Florida state representative who is now a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
RAW STORY acquired the affidavit from The Brad Blog, which has been [...]
When you get a chance, could you nose around over at the forum they are trying to get running over on Black Box Voting’s website? Seems they are getting hacked about every 15 min. They need forum & web security help something fierce. If it’s not your forte, can you pass this along to [...]
