Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Ever in control of the situation, Diebold is late in delivering absentee ballots to counties in Maryland. Many of the voters who have recently requested absentee ballots, heeding the advice of the governor and some elections officials, may not have a ballot to vote on next month. This will teach the voters not to mess with Diebold. / The Pennsylvania Dept. of State has determined that absentee ballots must be counted by hand and not by the counties voting machines. / The head of the county government in Montgomery Co. Maryland is asking voters to vote absentee. / The DoJ has now announced that they will be filing a lawsuit in Mississippi for violations of the VRA. In this case, the suit is being brought against blacks suppressing the right to vote of whites. / The EAC seems not to have liked the results of a study on voter fraud that they commissioned. Amid some apparent dissent within the agency they chose to not issue the report rather than have a report that said that there is NO evidence of wide-spread voter fraud as many would have us believe. / But on the other hand; officials in Missouri have found that ACORN may have turned in over 1500 fraudulent voter registrations. …
NAtional: Report refutes fraud at poll sites LINK
NAtional: U.S. Elections Assistance Commission Withheld Report Showing ‘Voter Fraud’ (as Opposed to ELECTION Fraud) Not a Problem! LINK
NAtional: HBO to Premier ‘Hacking Democracy’ Just Prior to November Election! LINK
NAtional: New equipment provides independence for voters LINK
NAtional: New voter registration laws leave thousands off the rolls LINK
NAtional: CNN’s Lou Dobbs: Two Back-to-Back Segments From Florida LINK
NAtional: Interview with electronic voting machines expert Dan Wallach LINK
CA: Dan Walters: Mailbox is today’s war zone LINK
CA: Alameda County – Report: Voting system is A-OK. Rights advocates dismiss findings as spin, want hack test performed LINK
CA: Alameda County – Early votes show few problems with Alameda County ‘arrow’ ballots LINK
CA: Riverside County – Voters needn’t wait long to learn results LINK
CO: Adams County – Voting machines secure, accurate, easy to use, seniors say LINK
CO: Larimer County – County kicks in more money for election security LINK
FL: Sarasota County – Sarasota to appeal ballot issue LINK
LA: Suit raises questions about election LINK
MD: Maryland Elections Officials Fear Shortage of Absentee Ballots LINK
MD: Elections Officials Worry About Getting Out Absentee Ballots LINK
MD: Montgomery County – Duncan to vote absentee. Montgomery chief, critical of polls, urges others to do same LINK
MN: Election officials reassure voters about voting machines LINK
MO: Fraud Alleged in St. Louis Voter Sign-Up LINK
MS: U.S. Says Blacks in Mississippi Suppress White Vote LINK
NY: Albany County – Optical-scan voting machines endorsed. County legislators vote to recommend them to elections commissioners LINK
NY: Suffolk County — Editorial – Voting machine switch LINK
OH: Political scientists choose Ohio to examine election LINK
OH: Ohio Dems not confident election will be fair LINK
OH: Cuyahoga County – Cuyahoga poll workers go back to school on voting machines LINK
PA: Some manual ballot counting will return. The Department of State has decided the new electronic voting machines aren’t suitable for absentee ballot tallies. LINK
PA: Adams County – County voter registration office set for upcoming mid-term elections LINK
PA: Montgomery County – Software problems fixed; Montco upgrading voting machines LINK
TN: Voter registration breaks record in Madison County LINK
TN: Hamblen County – Recount confirms Hamblen County election results LINK
TN: Shelby County – Official defends Diebold voting machines LINK
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Ever in control of the situation, Diebold is late in delivering absentee ballots to counties in Maryland. Many of the voters who have recently requested absentee ballots, heeding the advice of the governor and some elections officials, may not have a ballot to vote on next month. This will teach the voters not to mess with Diebold. / The Pennsylvania Dept. of State has determined that absentee ballots must be counted by hand and not by the counties voting machines. / The head of the county government in Montgomery Co. Maryland is asking voters to vote absentee. / The DoJ has now announced that they will be filing a lawsuit in Mississippi for violations of the VRA. In this case, the suit is being brought against blacks suppressing the right to vote of whites. / The EAC seems not to have liked the results of a study on voter fraud that they commissioned. Amid some apparent dissent within the agency they chose to not issue the report rather than have a report that said that there is NO evidence of wide-spread voter fraud as many would have us believe. / But on the other hand; officials in Missouri have found that ACORN may have turned in over 1500 fraudulent voter registrations. …
A message from Cindy Sheehan:
Good comes from the bottom up—crap rolls down hill. I am tired of getting crapped on by our government—when will it be enough for you? We are covered with crap and our leaders aren’t going to clean it up—we have to.
Gold Star Families for Peace is planning on convening on the White House on election day and the day after (Nov. 7 & 8).
We hope that there are enough Americans who are willing to stand up and be counted with us to demonstrate to BushCo and Congress, Inc. that we are tired of having our rights taken away from us faster than our bombs destroyed Babylon. We are tired of having our young people die and kill innocent people to enhance corporate America’s bottom line. We are tired of the constant drip, drip, drip of the wearing away of everything that we hold dear.
I withdrew my consent to be governed by maniacs long ago. I withdraw my consent to be hauled off to Guantanamo and be stashed away for matriotically dissenting from this crime-ridden regime.
Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired of the corruption and heartache?
Show your discontent with us.
Vote absentee so your vote will have a better chance of being counted and join
Gold Star Families for Peace and other prominent peace groups and organizations in our continuing quest to end the illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq and hold our government accountable.
If the Republicans steal another election, it is time for we the people to stand up (or sit down) to demonstrate that we are finally not taking corrupt and illegitimate elections anymore. We need to surround the White House by the tens of thousands those days.
But equally important, if a miracle occurs and the Democrats take back one or both Houses of Congress, we also need to be out in great numbers to remind them that we will hold them to the same standards of peace with justice that we are about to hold the Republicans to.
This will be a non-permitted event. It is time that we also take back our First Amendment rights to peaceably gather, exercise our freedoms of speech and to petition our government for redress of wrong.
War is over if we want it and WE are the ones we have been waiting for.
Come and make history with us by being the checks and balances on our government that are so sorely needed! Or organize sit-ins in your community if you can’t make it to DC.
Go to Gold Star Families for Peace for more information. Or email: CampCaseyMom@yahoo.com
‘TN: Voter registration breaks record in Madison County’
Are them the Sproul induced registrations ?
Both DemocRATs with their perverts Sen. Kennedy
and Barney Frank,……………. and
the RepublicRATs are bought and paid for with the
same RAT money created out of thin air from the FED.
Reserve… and BOTH should be ignored in Nov. 2006
Elections. WRITE in None Of The Above for all offices
that are Partisan and in gerrymandered districts, where
the INCUMBENT Party has pre-selected the Voters who will
[they think] guarantee them a safe RE-Election.
http://www.OnSecondThought.TV
Cindy,
You are a brave God Send, a Gold Star Mom.
When you next cruise thru Santa Maria, CA, stop
and do a LIVE TV show with me.
To STOP WAR, I think we have to sell it as good
for Middle Americans, not just the lefties. The Corporate fascist have definitely stollen the rigged
elections. 96% of All incumbants will win and Demicrats like Lois Capps and Jane Harman, etc. voted for WAR
Voted for Patriot ACT… so the solution does not
lie with either Major Party. We must create a new
super 3rd Party and since there is only the Libertarian
Party on 45 ballots or more this 2006, 49 ballots in 2004, 50 ballots in 2000 & 2002. Voting Libertarian,
where there IS no Green or Constitutional Party makes
sense to NOT CONSENT to the usurper of the OVAL office.
Otherwise, WRITE IN “NONE Of The Above” on the ballot by absentee. God Bless you Cindy, and I look forward to doing a LIVE TV show with you.
William : http://www.OnSecondThought.TV
I finally got an answer back from Bill Nelson. Here it is.
Dear Ms. B:
Thank you for contacting me regarding the issue of military tribunals
for illegal combatants captured in the war on terror. As a member of the
Senate Armed Services Committee, I have followed closely the evolution of
this important issue.
Congress needed to establish a system for trying terrorist suspects,
because the President’s plan for secret trials could have put our own
captured troops at risk. I voted for Senator John McCain’s proposal for
trying terrorist suspects in military courts and ruling out secret trials.
I believe the legislation respects international law and our treaty
obligations by preventing abuses during interrogations. I also voted for
an amendment to restore habeas corpus rights, but it was narrowly defeated.
I appreciate the opportunity to share my position on this very
emotional issue. It is a privilege to serve Florida in the Senate, and I
value the views of my constituents. Please do not hesitate to contact me
on other issues that are of interest to you.
All I can say is WHAT! What does he mean by this? “the President’s plan for secret trials could have put our own
captured troops at risk.” What is he talking about, didn’t he just give Bush the go ahead to do this. Am I reading this right????
Meanwhile, could it be that our friend Brian Bilbray is being investigated by a grand jury? Apparently he has made several conflicting claims about his primary residence and he may not even live in the district he “represents” … unbelievable …
Lisa B #5
Don’t you wish they would quit being so polite in these form letters and just say what they mean:
#7 Good one Larry. First laugh I’ve had today ! I’m still fuming over the 12 Dems who voted for U.S. to torture.
If george bush II was found in a compromising position with Barney, would O’Reilly insist that bush is a Democrat?
Meanwhile, in Colorado, Sequoia has introduced an error into the absentee ballots: The Denver Post reports
link
If a company cannot be relied upon to proofread a printed ballot, why should it be trusted during an election?
Oh, sorry, probably just some badly trained election workers, I guess.