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Headlines : GovernmentGovernment Accountability Office Report Confirms 2004 Stolen Election Findings
In a public letter, Rep. Conyers has stated that “by and large, when it comes to a voting machine, the average voter is getting a lemon – the Ford Pinto of voting technology. We must demand better.”
But the GAO report now confirms that electronic voting machines as deployed in 2004 were in fact perfectly engineered to allow a very small number of partisans with minimal computer skills and equipment to shift enough votes to put George W. Bush back in the White House
[Posted By Judy]Republished from FreePress.org
The latest critical confirmation of key indicators that the election of 2004 was stolen comes in an extremely powerful, penetrating report from the Government Accountability Office that has gotten virtually no mainstream media coverage.
The government’s lead investigative agency is known for its general incorruptibility and its thorough, in-depth analyses. Its concurrence with assertions widely dismissed as “conspiracy theories” adds crucial new weight to the case that Team Bush has no legitimate business being in the White House.
Nearly a year ago, senior Judiciary Committee Democrat John Conyers (D MI) asked the GAO to investigate electronic voting machines as they were used during the November 2, 2004 presidential election. The request came amidst widespread complaints in Ohio and elsewhere that often shocking irregularities defined their performance.
According to CNN, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee received “more than 57,000 complaints” following Bush’s alleged re-election. Many such concerns were memorialized under oath in a series of sworn statements and affidavits in public hearings and investigations conducted in Ohio by the Free Press and other election protection organizations.
The non-partisan GAO report has now found that, “some of [the] concerns about electronic voting machines have been realized and have caused problems with recent elections, resulting…
Posted by Judy
Born and raised in Toronto, I'm now heading over to the UK to pursue an MA in Russian Politics, Security and Integration. I'm crazy about feminism, multilateralism, peacekeeping, the Toronto Maple Leafs and puppies.
I don’t think anyone should be suprised by these findings or low level of attention this report has produced. Bush stole the first election in an obvious fashion and got away with it. Why should it be any different the second time around?
Sincerely, a perpetually cynical optimist
lets get out there and spread this demockery ahhhhh,,,, democracy for all to enjoy, oh by the way thats not purple on your finger
lets get out there and spread this demockery ahhhhh,,,, democracy for all to enjoy, oh by the way thats not purple on your finger
The solution to this situation is painfully obvious, extremely simple, and while it will cost money, it will be an investment well worth it:
Pass state-level legislation which mandates:
(a) that voting machines shall create a paper receipt;
(b) that voters shall be able to verify their own paper receipts and then shall place them by hand in traditional locked ballot boxes;
(c) that disputed electronic counts shall be recounted by hand;
(d) that private companies shall not be entrusted with the public task of counting votes;
(e) that adequate and equal facilities (measured in units and budget per capita at the precinct level) shall be made available to all voters regardless of district.
MCB
What a surprise. If something isn’t done soon (i like disgruntled’s idea, especially about not allowing private companies to count votes) expect a bomb to be detonated in some random American city in the fall of 2008 to give Bush and his warmongering douchebags a chance to suspend elections so they can finish their job destabilizing the Middle East.
If you think this is interesting look at Tlaloc’s blog too!
Computer programmer Clinton Curtis testified at the December 13th, 2004 Congressional hearing in Columbus, Ohio naming Republican Congressman Tom Feeney as the person who hired him to prepare vote-rigging software.
http://www.iwilltryit.com/fixed1.htm