> Too many voting ’irregularities’ to be coincidence
7 November 2004, 17:57
Another good site to explore this issue is www.bradblog.com Lot’s of links and graphics and looks like he will follow the issue updating daily for some time to come. It is also thankfully free of commentary dispensed from those who only seek to distract concerned citizens.
Is is unreasonable to demand that our votes be tallied accurately and transparently?
According to the official election results posted on the Palm Beach County election website, 542,835 ballots were cast for a presidential candidate while only 454,427 voters turned out for the election. Discrepancy of 88,408 votes.
Other election oddities occurred throughout Florida with some counties registering a 400% increase in expected voter turnout among Republicans while Democrats supposedly experienced a -60% decline in expected support in certain counties. The 50+ counties experiencing the high percentage fluctuations were using optical scan voting machines.
Citing concerns about potential terrorism, Warren County, Ohio officials locked down the county administration building on election night and blocked anyone from observing the vote count as the nation awaited Ohio’s returns.
County officials say they took the action Tuesday night for homeland security, although state elections officials said they didn’t know of any other Ohio county that closed off its elections board. Media organizations protested, saying it violated the law and the public’s rights. The Warren results, delayed for hours because of long lines that extended voting past the scheduled close of polls, were part of the last tallies that helped clinch President Bush’s re-election.
Commissioners made the security decisions in a closed-door meeting last week, but didn’t publicize the restrictions that were made until after polls closed.
The last paragraphs of a November 5 House Judiciary Committee letter to General Accounting Ofice:
"We are literally receiving additional reports every minute and will transmit additional information as it comes available. The essence of democracy is the confidence of the electorate in the accuracy of voting methods and the fairness of voting procedures. In 2000, that confidence suffered terribly, and we fear that such a blow to our democracy may have occurred in 2004.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this inquiry.
Sincerely,
John Conyers, Jr. / Jerrold Nadler / Robert Wexler
Ranking Member / Ranking Member / Member of Congress
House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution
DON’T WAIT FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE THIS GETS INVESTIGATED — GET INVOLVED. AT LEAST SPREAD THE WORD AND ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW TO DO LIKEWISE.
Another good site to explore this issue is www.bradblog.com Lot’s of links and graphics and looks like he will follow the issue updating daily for some time to come. It is also thankfully free of commentary dispensed from those who only seek to distract concerned citizens.
Is is unreasonable to demand that our votes be tallied accurately and transparently?
According to the official election results posted on the Palm Beach County election website, 542,835 ballots were cast for a presidential candidate while only 454,427 voters turned out for the election. Discrepancy of 88,408 votes.
Other election oddities occurred throughout Florida with some counties registering a 400% increase in expected voter turnout among Republicans while Democrats supposedly experienced a -60% decline in expected support in certain counties. The 50+ counties experiencing the high percentage fluctuations were using optical scan voting machines.
More...
http://www.washingtondispatch.com/spectrum/archives/000
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Citing concerns about potential terrorism, Warren County, Ohio officials locked down the county administration building on election night and blocked anyone from observing the vote count as the nation awaited Ohio’s returns.
County officials say they took the action Tuesday night for homeland security, although state elections officials said they didn’t know of any other Ohio county that closed off its elections board. Media organizations protested, saying it violated the law and the public’s rights. The Warren results, delayed for hours because of long lines that extended voting past the scheduled close of polls, were part of the last tallies that helped clinch President Bush’s re-election.
Commissioners made the security decisions in a closed-door meeting last week, but didn’t publicize the restrictions that were made until after polls closed.
More...
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/11/05/loc_warrenvote05.html
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The last paragraphs of a November 5 House Judiciary Committee letter to General Accounting Ofice:
"We are literally receiving additional reports every minute and will transmit additional information as it comes available. The essence of democracy is the confidence of the electorate in the accuracy of voting methods and the fairness of voting procedures. In 2000, that confidence suffered terribly, and we fear that such a blow to our democracy may have occurred in 2004.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this inquiry.
Sincerely,
John Conyers, Jr. / Jerrold Nadler / Robert Wexler
Ranking Member / Ranking Member / Member of Congress
House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution
More...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/
DON’T WAIT FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO TAKE CARE THIS GETS INVESTIGATED — GET INVOLVED. AT LEAST SPREAD THE WORD AND ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW TO DO LIKEWISE.