Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Sequoia has done a good job in an attempt to misrepresent the facts in the Brennan Report. They seem to have twisted the facts in order to deceive potential customers in New York. Read more in the NY section / “There is something you can do NOW, even before the election starts. Verified Voting’s Election Transparency Project is enlisting members of the public (and especially organized groups) to help find out what really goes on in our elections. Our aim is to document everything we can, so that we actually know what happened after election day. The project has six questionnaires to guide you through the observation process. You can choose one of them or all of them. You can even do them if you are involved in other election observation projects, such as the Election Protection Coalition or Pollworkers for Democracy (consult Google for more information on these projects).” For more information see directly below….
NAtional: Verified Voting’s Election Transparency Project LINK
NAtional: A Vote We Can Believe In LINK
NAtional: ‘The Lamest E-Voting Machine Editorial Ever’… LINK
NAtional: Brennan Center Report Finds Most Voting Machines Fail to Address Needs of the Disabled LINK
NAtional: Voting electronically? Be very afraid! LINK
AZ: Arizona Attorney General will appeal voter ID case to U.S. Supreme Court LINK
CA: Absentee balloting has changed voting — and that’s good LINK
CA: Alameda County elections chief promises ‘secure’ voting LINK
CA: Alameda County votes secured against fraud. OAKLAND: Ballot counters being shrink-wrapped and bar-coded before distribution to polling places LINK
CA: Alameda County – Voting System Is Secure, Says County Registrar LINK
CA: Riverside County – Elections officials to post results at polls LINK
FL: Volusia County – Ballot omission newest elections department complaint LINK
HI: Kauai County fights challenge to election LINK
IA: Electronic voting machines may not eliminate election problems. New machines have their own set of problems LINK
IL: Sangamon County – Paper trail backed for electronic voting. But legislation in Congress wasn’t voted on LINK
IN: Hamilton County – Democrats cast doubt about ballots’ accuracy. Missing name, absentee ballots sent a day late have been addressed, says Richardson. LINK
MD: Montgomery County – County executive recommends absentee voting. Duncan says he has no confidence in county or state elections boards LINK
MN: Minneapolis offered choice of instant-runoff voting LINK
MS: Jackson County – Poll workers sought LINK
NM: Santa Fe – Panel suggests amendments to election rules (IRV) LINK
NY: Sequoia Tries Pulling the Wool over New York’s Eyes LINK
OH: Poll: Only Half Of Ohioans Believe Election Will Be Fair LINK
OH: Questions About Voting Machines Arise LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County – Review Finds Mistakes On 5,100 Absentee Ballots LINK
TN: Sullivan County – Election Commission makes changes that should result in much smoother November election LINK
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The only way they are going to get rid of these machines is if someone who knows how they are doing it, does it so their gig don’t turn out they way they know it will. They know this is the only way they are going to win. They are going to do everything they can to keep things as they are. That is why we have to play their game and play it better. Oh, yea that is a football game that is.
http://www.onnnews.com/?sec=hom...144722892.html
I blew milk out my nose when I read this…very funny.
Lisa B’s comment is one of very few I’ve read anywhere that recognizes what we are dealing with in the upcoming elections. Yes, we’re nicer people than the Republican Neocon enemy we face, not prone to being sleazy, sneaky, underhanded, backstabbing. Well, this is one time we need to forget about being decent people, learn our enemy’s tactics, and beat them at their own game–as Lisa said. We can return to being good guys on November 8th!
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been increasingly distressed, as I’ve read Posts and Diaries on Kos and elsewhere. People have been celebrating the return of the House, and possibly the Senate, to Democratic hands, based upon Polls! Too many have very short memories. In 2004 we thought Kerry would win. At my Polling Place–in the overwhelmingly Democratic Bronx, NY–the turnout was larger than usual and all for Kerry. That night, as I monitored various internet sites, media outlets, and TV talk, all indications were that Kerry had won. Suddenly, around midnight, sites were unreachable, projections disappeared, then all returned– with the totals reversed! On Tv, some talking heads seemed flustered, confused, then went with the program. I understand even Bush thought he had lost, until he received news to the contrary- suddenly, unexpectedly.
Does anyone really believe they won’t pull the same tricks again in order to hold onto Congressional control? Did Karl Rove and his cohorts suddenly become honest and fair-minded respecters of our Constitution, of our democracy? Democrats like Conyers and Pelosi will investigate, possibly start Impeachment Hearings. The truth will come out, adding the risk of prosecution to their loss of power. They will NEVER let it happen!
We need the equivalent of guerrilla warfare before, on, and after Nov. 7th, with massive involvement and absolute refusal to except anything less than an accurate count- or recount- and, if necessary, physical action (like the Republican mob in Florida, 2000- blocking a recount with a mob of raised fists and shouts) and, hopefully, enforcement of law by police or military if it comes to that. (In 2006, the Military just might be on our side.)
how about this?
Cut off the votes that come from ALL machines. Since they can not be validated, then the only thing left to do is count paper. Even if that paper is the paper that was supposed to be scanned.
So if your state runs “electronic only” votes, then you are either going to a.) Re-Vote Spare no expense on paper. b.) Loose your vote.
IN either event, START SHOVING SOME POSTER SIGNS INTO ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX0r’s elephant ass sucking faces.
I still don’t see a disruption of the media.
You want GORILLA BRAND ™ Warfare.
You better practice on the MSM.
I can hear YOU SAY the military should be on our side, but remember, THEY ARE UNDER ORDERS. That could be a disastor to your day, we are all going silently into that dark night. Some how they need to be reminded that they swore an oath, and the airwaves are public not CORPORATE.
Rid the FCC chair. Let’s lawsuit their ass up.
how many trees would one election be? I’d rather kill trees than people.