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Kentucky Officials "Changed Votes At Voting Machines"
The indispensible jamie found a report out of Kentucky of exactly the kind of shenanigans that voting-transparency advocates have been warning about: a circuit court judge, a county clerk, and election officials are among eight people indicted for gaming elections in 2002, 2004, and 2006. As described in the indictment (PDF), the election officials divvied up money intended to buy votes and then changed votes on the county's (popular, unverifiable) ES&S touch-screen voting systems, affecting the outcome of elections at the local, state, and federal levels.
I suspect that in elections from 2000 to 2006, the standards of democracy in the US fell to below what we would consider acceptable in emerging democracies. Where there would be monitoring from outside observers.
Not to make this more political than it will be, but do we know what direction those stolen votes went? Do we know how much this influenced the national vote?
Another thing I did not find in TFA: how was this uncovered?
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Seriously. How is this not treason?
"Tell me doctor, with all of your defenses, are there any provisions for an attack by killer bees?"
Since the article doesn't mention it, the people indicted were DEMOCRATS. Quite the conundrum, eh, SlashKos? On one hand, vote fraud is bad, but since it's your guys (Democrats) doing it is almost makes it ok, right?
"That's why it's critical that this be handled harshly. When the guardians deliberately attack their charges, the penalties must be severe."
The crimes by government against the people can not be tolerated. They are worse than mere murder (other than mass murder) because they damage us all. Likewise, massive financial crimes damage all of us.
People such as election fraudsters and Bernard Madoff should be executed (and not by silly lethal injection) in public. Hanging would do fine.
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Oh you get all outraged about some bonuses, but where was your false concern when 12 billion went missing in Iraq?
You're a fucking infant. A weak little baby, shaking his rattle. Let me nurse you.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
but where was your false concern when 12 billion went missing in Iraq?
Chump change compared to the Porkulus Bill Obambi rammed through.
As missing? I may have found it. William Jefferson (D) probably has it in zip lock bags in a freezer somewhere.
Or maybe Chris Dodd or Barack Obama have it right next to their AIG and Freddie Mac / Fannie Mae campaign contributions.
Nancy Pelosi was right - there is a Culture Of Corruption. She just got the party wrong - the Dems are the party of corruption.
What are you, 60 years old?
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
well a good treasurer doesn't pay out money he don't have to... right...
Please. If you can't see the problem in having a Tax Cheat as head of the IRS, then you're hopeless.
Well there's a man with a tiny cock named RailGunner crying in this thread, but you don't hear me going on and on about it.
Can I fuck your wife? By your track record, it seems that I have an 80% chance that you'll overlook my offense because I'm rich.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!