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All Fifty States May Face Voting Machine Lawsuit
according to an announcement made by activist Bernie Ellis at the premier of David Earnhardt's film "Uncounted [The Movie]" all fifty states could be receiving subpoenas in the National Clean Election lawsuit. The documentary film, like the lawsuit, takes a look at the issue of voting machine failure and the need for a solid paper trail. "The lawsuit is aimed at prohibiting the use of all types of vote counting machines, and requiring hand-counting of all primary and general election ballots in full view of the public. The lawsuit has raised significant constitutional questions challenging the generally accepted practices of state election officials of relying on "black box" voting machines to record and count the votes at each polling station, and allow tallying of votes by election officials outside the view of the general public."
Awesome! Let's pretend the only solution to accountability issues in voting is to make the voting process so expensive that we can't afford to do it anymore! Way to go, America - it's nice to know that the extremists (and yes, extremists often = stupidest) are making policy once again. This is what happens when: (a) You aren't honest about the facts of the issue, in order to add weight to "your side"; and (b) You don't bother analyzing the costs/benefits and parameters of the problem before trying to solve it.
Take the tin foil hat off man and quit watching Michael Moore. The election was close, Bush contested it. They recounted the vote and it turns out that Bush had won. Fox new did not have anything to do with it. They did not drug people to get them to vote for Bush or whatever. If something so messed up as the US voting system and the results were close would you not want a recount?
Think of it like this if 500 people were in a room and some had red shirts on and others had blue on. Now to get the totals someone just eyeballs it and says yeah this side won. Well Bush took a look at it and said "no thats kinda close, lets count it out". So he got the courts involved and turns out Bush was right.
I smoked pot once. But I DID NOT inhale. Will you hire me?
I agree with you the voting system is flawed. I also thank you for your service and thank you for defending our freedom no matter if the war is wrong/right, personal/necessary (that is a matter of opinion).
I smoked pot once. But I DID NOT inhale. Will you hire me?
While I agree with helping the handicapped (blind, deaf, etc), I see no reason at ALL to print the ballots in any language but English!! A US citizen (only people allowed to vote, hopefully) should know how to read/speak English.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........