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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo we have fair elections anymore?
I mean those where all the actual votes are counted, and not redistributed to Repuke candidates? I know it has been an issue for a long time, but the truth is coming home to roost. I think Kansas and Wisconsin had big time vote "fixing" in 2014. It probably happened elsewhere as well.
Edited to add links:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/07/1376233/-Kansas-Election-Fraud-2014
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2014/12/20/voter-fraud-vs-election-theft-the-wisconsin-scott-walker-re-election/
CanonRay
(14,036 posts)I think Oregon's mail in elections are pretty fair.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)This has huge implications for the US Congress as well as the presidency.
TDale313
(7,820 posts)Our electoral system is broken. It's not just election fraud, where votes are actually changed. It's voter suppression and also just the sheer amount of money flooding our elections. Until this stuff gets better, nothing, and I mean nothing, else gets fixed.
marym625
(17,997 posts)Two great articles by Greg Palast, both of which I posted before:
From White Sheets to Spreadsheets
http://www.gregpalast.com/from-white-sheets-to-spreadsheets/
GOP-led Purge Threat to 3.5 Million Voters
http://www.gregpalast.com/gop-led-purge-threat-to-3-5-million-voters/
Millions of voters purged. Many will not be allowed to vote in the 2016 election and no one is doing a god damned thing about it
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)It's a steady stream of Repug generated electoral theft. I feel so hopeless about all this.
marym625
(17,997 posts)I feel less hopeful and more defeated.
When the bankers got away with collapsing the world economy and the OWS protesters were arrested in record numbers, we lost.
MineralMan
(146,189 posts)Absolutely. Elections are a state thing. If your state's elections aren't fair, then the place to deal with that is in your state. Elect legislators who will correct the unfairness or an Attorney General for that state who will prosecute election violations. While the Federal government investigates such things, they cannot change the laws in any state.
In what state do you live?
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)See my OP link.
MineralMan
(146,189 posts)It's also a deep red state. It doesn't really need to manipulate elections for Republicans to win. They will win anyhow.
Fortunately, for Presidential elections, it also has few electoral votes. My advice is that you work to mobilize Democratic voters who are currently not voting or not registered to vote. That is your only hope.
MoonRiver
(36,926 posts)Then suddenly BAM. I smell a Repugnant rat.
MineralMan
(146,189 posts)Build a rock-solid case for election fraud and file in Federal Court or send your evidence to the US Attorney General's office. That's all you can do to try to have it investigated.
edhopper
(33,164 posts)doesn't have fair elections.
Citizen's United has made national elections less fair.