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Electronic Voting: Your Worst Nightmares are True
jfreon writes "On Democracy Now Bev Harris of BlackBoxVoting fame, disclosed (near the end of the transcript) that in the compromised 1.8Gigs off Diebold's FTP site they uncovered "an actual election file containing actual votes on election day from San Luis Obispo County, California". Problem is, the date stamp was 3:31pm - during voting hours! The Diebold system uses a wireless network card. Worse: "So that means if they can pull the information in, they can also send information back into those machines. ""
"The head of a company vying to sell voting machines in Ohio told Republicans in a recent fund-raising letter that he is "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year."
Yes. Your votes are being scammed to keep the neocon scum in power.
BOO! TERRO
Yeah George Bush is a big leftist commie. *rolling eyes*
Even more interesting is that Diebold would MAKE MORE MONEY if they sold voting machines with add-on printers so you could deposit a paper record of your vote in a separate ballot box! However, Diebold - and the other voting machines companies that happen to be owned by Republicans - OPPOSE this!
What about the companies owned by Democrats? Do they support or oppose this? Why can't they be right or wrong independant of their political views? Is everything you do in your job clouded and retarded by the fact that you are a whiny progressive?
Si vis pacem, para bellum
The only thing more annoying than a Libertarian is an (un|mis)informed Libertarian
No matter the merits of the story, I am shocked and appalled at the lack of journalistic judgement used by these people. Do they not remember the counties that had "troubles" in the 2000 election? Palm Beach county, the seminal example, had a Democrat for a Supervisor of Elections and a ballot that was designed and approved by Democrats. Whiny crybabies, that's what these people are. Bush received a majority of the Electoral College votes; get over it. Presidents have never been elected by popular vote.
For what it's worth, I'm for a repeal of the Seventeenth Amendment and give the States a voice in the Federal Government again! The original Constitution of the United States was a finely balanced work of art; the Seventeenth Amendment destroyed that balance by stopping the voice of the States and giving that voice to the People, already represented by the House of Representatives. Senators were originally, and rightly, to be elected by State Legislatures.
The main reason were are even dealing with electronic voting systems is because a bunch a geriatric dumbasses couldn't muster enough force to push a metal stick through a piece of paper with a big fucking, black arrow pointing at the entry point even these people are experts at bingo and lotto tickets. Instead of electronic voting, we need to ban elderly idiots from voting along with driving.
Attack Christians. Check.
2) The USA isn't "better" than other countries from a humanistic standpoint. There isn't anything super-special about the US that God would put it up on a pedestal over anyone else.
Attack America. Check.
People who try to inject God's will into the US government are most often arrogant, naive, and ignorant Christians who think their rules are superior to any others (again violating the First Amendment).
Attack Christians. Double check.
The US is a country ruled by the People, all inclusive, regardless of faith.
Attack America's history and destiny. Check again!
Wow, that was a near perfect "Whiny Liberal(tm, Clinton, Gore)" response to reality. Typical anti-American drivel from the kind of people who want to destroy our country. I thank the Lord each day for Bush and keeping power out of the hands of dangerous people like you.
There is *NO* evidence to support the *THEORY* of Evolution. And you use this as some unquestionable truth, to show how irrational people are.
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If you cater to a socioeconomic group with a high number of felons in it, then I'm sorry... get a higher-quality constituency. People who consistently violate the law, particularly in a violent fashion, SHOULDN'T vote... they don't respect society's mores and laws, so why should society feel an obligation to cut them any slack in regards to their vote, especially if they haven't yet payed their debt to society? After they rehabilitate themselves, pay their debt to society, and the court has decided to restore their civil rights, fine... before then, no way.
You didn't get the point. The list was basically inteneded to target groups of individuals that tended to vote democratic. The vast majority of the list was completely FALSE. They identified individuals with "close" names and scrubbed them from the roles.
The database contracter was paid $2.3 million to cross-check their info against public databases. They were also supposed to make phone calls verifying that the people identified by name and address WAS INDEED the individuals who were supposed felons. But they were subsequently told NOT to do the quality checks they were paid for by the Jeb Bush administration.
Individuals targeted by the list were told they HAD TO prove they weren't a felon. As if someone who was never convicted of a crime would have certificates to that effect on hand.
Last point, how did ChoicePoint know how to choose blacks and democrats for "deletion" over other groups??? Simple, it's part of their voter registration. The exact formulas ChoicePoint used are "trade secrets". So we really can't tell what the SQL statement looked like.
Thats why I said that "FELONS" in Florida politics is a code word for "minorities and democrats".
Sounds like a Facist plan to me. Your guilty until proven innocent. You can only vote if you vote for us.
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