Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
Last weekend a diverse group of members of the Election Integrity community met in Palo Alto, CA. One of the group’s jobs was to write a mission statement. This statement became known to them as the “Creekside Declaration” and was recently memorialized by Chicago Tribune Columnist Robert Koehler, a participant in the meeting, in his column. The “Creekside Declaration” gives the mission of that small group, and I would argue all of us who work on elections integrity issues, as; “Mission: To encourage citizen ownership of transparent, participatory democracy.”
Back from New Orleans so today I will catch up on a few of the big stories that took place while I was gone and catch up with the latest.
Did you think that no one uses punch cards any longer? You were wrong. One of the last, Ada Co Idaho has decided to change over to optical-scan because their punch-card machines and tabulators are just getting too old….
- NAtional: Keep the Republic
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-koehler/keep-the-republic_b_93726.html - NAtional: The Creekside Declaration…
https://bradblog.com/?p=5846 - NAtional: Justice Dept. Staff Cleared in Election Report Inquiry
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/29/AR2008032901762.html?hpid=topnews - NAtional: Whistleblower: Voting Machine Company Lied to Election Officials About Reliability of Machines
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/whistleblower-v.html#more - NAtional: Federal Fraud Complaint Against Voting Machine Company Unsealed
https://bradblog.com/?p=5847 - NAtional: Editorial – Fix census plan
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20080330/NEWS/803300303/1022/OPINION01 - CA: California review of the ES&S AutoMARK and M100
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1269 - ID: Ada County Drops Punch Cards
http://www.fox12news.com/Global/story.asp?S=8089725 - KS: House approves voter ID/primary bill
http://www.kansas.com/news/legislature/story/355334.html - OH: The Mysterious Case of Ohio’s Voting Machines
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/the-mysterious.html - PA: Fayette County – Fayette election officials consider how to record certain votes
http://www.heraldstandard.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19436677&BRD=2280&PAG=461&dept_id=480247&rfi=6
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I’m pleased to see huffington post leading the way in the “breaking news” of election fraud. Hope it isn’t because of the RFK Jr. lawsuit and they just don’t want to look ..uh ..7 years late on the breaking part of the news. Maybe Kos and Firedog Lake and Crooks and Liars will follow suit.
Texas just finished its caucus. I was a backup delegate for Obama, in case someone got sick or the like.
The Texas vote was “not exactly” like the MSM presented it a while (month?) back:
(McClatchy).
I’m hoping every one who reads this blog actually reads Koehler’s article, goes to the Uncounted web site and buys a copy to show their community, and person by person we stand up and get this job done! American Democracy is a work in progress that sure could use a surge of its own right NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All the best Bob and folks,
Ancient
Yeah Dredd, if Hillary was smart she would bow out gracefully now. Just no accounting for some people’s interests! Anyway, I’ sending copies of Uncounted to some real smart Philly lawyers, and will be doing my citizen thing on April 22(?) here in PA at the polls. I told an Obama caller, white men in PA are for him, so don’t believe the bs.
Dredd, I did say that Election Integrity is the issue I’d like to see addressed!
Okay, here’s what I was thinking about on my way home from a beautiful wedding…instead of trying to get these criminals on trial…lets throw them out of the country! I’d love to see blow-your-face-off continue to shove his nose up those sheik’s butts. Let them go run and beg for sanctuary. Hey Paraguay, they bought your biggest aquifer. I’d have a second look at that!
Ancient
A lawsuit filed two years ago, and just now being unsealed, in effect asks the Department of
JusticeJust Us to wank themselves. And it was based on election events two years before that.And it will take countless years to “resolve”. Now that is real time baby.
The part of it that alleges that Hart Throb “deceived Election Officials in Texas” perplexes me.
If you take a look at this video of Texas election officials (they make election law), you will realize that they do not have enough neurons to become deceived.
They are automotons.