On this coming weekend’s Ring of Fire on Air America Radio, attorney/co-host Mike Papantonio can’t stop laughing as he reads our headline from last week: “Georgia Supreme Court Rules Unauditable, Unverifiable Elections Are Just Fine”.
Though they give me the credit, it was Rady Ananda’s story here last week which expertly covered Diebold’s wholly unverifiable touch-screen voting machines receiving the thumbs up for use across the entire state of Georgia, where they’ve been using them since 2002. That, even though there is no way to determine that any vote ever cast on any of them has ever been recorded accurately as per any voter’s intent.
Once Pap stops laughing at our headline, he and David Bender discuss the article noting its even more terrifying “subtext”, our previous coverage of the horrifying ES&S takeover over of Diebold’s election division.
“Bad as Diebold was, it’s now gonna be ES&S, their largest competitor … ES&S may be the single voting machine company — this one Goliath that will be unaccountable, unauditable to anybody — and that’s really where we’re headed,” Bender accurately warns. He advises folks to call Congress at 202-224-3121 in support of Sen. Chuck Schumer’s demand for a DoJ antitrust investigation on this matter. We’ll also point you to BlackBoxVoting.org who instructs how you can send your own antitrust complaint to the DoJ.
Finally, after Pap details ES&S’ legendarily monumental “screw-ups” over the years (his firm was one of those who took on the state of Florida and ES&S after their voting machines simply lost 18,000 votes cast in the 2006 FL-13 U.S. House race, decided for the Republican candidate by just 369 votes), they go on to say some extraordinarily kind things about our work here at The BRAD BLOG.
My thanks to both Pap and David along with the swell Ring Of Fire producers for tipping us off with the exclusive heads-up in advance of this weekend’s show — both for their coverage of this issue, and for those exceptionally kind accolades.
Here’s the 4.5 minute conversation [MP3] to air this weekend:
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congrats brad,it is well desrved praise
woo hoo! I might’ve scooped MSM on this (it was originally posted on the day the decision was handed down), but the piece was perfected by your editorial help, Brad.
Thanks! Kudos to BradBlog and to all who work toward honest elections, including RFK Jr, whose post in Rolling Stone used much of the research we collected in Ohio in 2004.
I am SO GLAD that national media is keeping this issue alive.
It is sad that voting isn’t done by people, on paper, with a pencil, with a signature and a letter you send back to the registrar.
In all states. Only a few of us are lucky enough to get to vote in this country. That should be the norm, but it is a small exception.
It is time to completely eliminate machines for voting. There are jobs for people waiting. What’s the rush?
OldTree – Eliminating voting machines sounds fine to me. But if you’re suggesting all vote-by-mail, I won’t be going there with you.
Brad, do we have any info yet on V-tech and their next elections role now that Connell has been retired? It only stands to reason that those in control will carry the same illegal baton for the republicans in stealing elections. Any word out there yet? Appreciate all your hard work Brad, thanks, Joe
Joe – “V-tech”? You mean GovTech? If so, then I’ve got no particularly fresh info on that front for the moment…
Oops, yes, gov-tech, sorry, and thanks! Who says age is a state of mind? lol
I podcasted ROF (KTLK is so unreliable) and heard it. I felt really good for you that they said such nice things AND that they covered this story in the first place! It’s a good show & Pap is definitely a “take no prisoners” kinda guy in his assessment of the money interests controlling everything we care about.