Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
For the first time in over four years of putting out “Daily Voting News” with only a one or two day break ‘DVN’ is going on a hiatus beginning after tomorrow’s edition and for a week. We will be back on Friday, June 1.
The Texas Voter ID bill has gone down in flames in and my new hero, State Senator Mario Gallegos has returned to be under his doctor’s care. Gallegos said, “”It’s time to go home and do what the doctors tell me. It’s something that had to be done. If I hadn’t been here, they would have passed it.”
Meanwhile US Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell has submitted an amendment to the immigration bill presently being heard in the Senate that would do the very thing that Senator Gallegos risked his health to stop.
Those stories, and many more, linked below…
Their challenges include an early presidential election and replacing touch screen machines. LINK
At a meeting of Florida’s elections chiefs, many were critical of a new state law mandating a change from touch-screen voting machines to optical-scan machines. LINK
Council hopeful says woman worked as voting machine operator while running active write-in campaign. LINK
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High probability 2006 elections were fixed in a way no one ever thought of
OK here is the info on the Blank Check Iraq Vote:
10 freshmen senators
8 Democrats
1 independent
1 Republican
Independent voted NO
Only one other (Whitehouse) voted NO
The rest voted YES
Here is the info:
Brown (D-OH), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Yea
Casey (D-PA), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Yea
Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Webb (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
Can someone else check into this?
In the Senate:
Voting NO:
Boxer (D-CA), Burr (R-NC), Clinton (D-NY), Coburn (R-OK), Dodd (D-CT), Enzi (R-WY), Feingold (D-WI), Kennedy (D-MA), Kerry (D-MA), Leahy (D-VT), Obama (D-IL), Sanders (I-VT), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wyden (D-OR);
not voting – Brownback (R-KS), Coleman (R-MN), Hatch (R-UT), Johnson (D-SD), Schumer (D-NY), Thomas (R-WY);
All the rest voted YES.
Conclusion: The democrats caved and the republicans marched in lock step as usual.
RE: funding the Iraq war:
In the House, 140 Democrats, along with 2 republicans voted NO.
Conclusion: The democrats caved and the republicans marched in lock step as usual.
… Dredd said on 5/25/2007 @ 4:58 am PT…
Real Conclusion: We spent time, Energy, Money, Emotions supporting a change in government for the sole purpose of ending the war. We have been swindled BIG TIME!
Con someone find out what happened? I think this is the most important issue, do we really have a transparent government or is the whole thing a facade?
Grand Illusion? All The World’s A Stage?
I just posted this at RawStory:
When they begin to talk about September and we tried, I can’t tell them from the republican war mongers.
At least the Republicans tell you they are screwing you, the Democrats rape you in the middle of the night. Listen to this speech 40 years ago that discussed the same exact thing about taxation without representation.
Start at [13] of this document.
Happy trails, thanks to you and yours!
2006 Elections
If you think bad democrats means the republicans are good you are nuttier than a neoCon fruitcake.
2006 Elections
If you think bad democrats means the republicans are good you are nuttier than a neoCon fruitcake.
… Dredd said on 5/25/2007 @ 2:58 pm PT…
I think you might be misinterpreting my attempt to call attention to a bigger issue than republicans v. democrats. A large amount of congressmen from both parties seem to be controlled by the same companies / NGOs. I did not believe it until now. I was just saying that one screws you with your eyes open, the other when your eyes are closed, but either way we are screwed.
I will never vote for party above individual again. I will scrutinize their record and their ties to companies and NGO’s. I also am curious as to how 80% of the senatores we put in to get us out of the war, are keeping us in. Does this not concern you? Are you still playing the Dem v. Rep game while our children get slaughtered in the meat grinder?