Reply #31: Well, I've read horror stories about AB votes----but then, what's more [View All]

[Peace Patriot]

horrible than Bushite corporations "counting" all the votes with TRADE SECRET, PROPRIETARY programming code and virtually no audit/recount controls?

I don't agree that it should be under the radar. It USED TO BE THE CASE that AB votes tended Republican (because rich Repubs go to Tahiti and places like that, and don't want to be grounded by the need to vote). But that isn't true anymore. Now it's a very mixed bag--and many people are choosing to vote AB because they don't trust the machines; they think (and they're quite right) it's rigged for Bush and Bushites. If they mess with AB votes, they are NOT just messing with Dem votes. They would have to go through an elaborate process of matching up names and parties. And if, say, 70% of the people were voting AB, there would be more scrutiny of the AB vote counting, and they would be caught. Also, AB voting in NC and other places in '04 revealed an unmistakable, large bias toward Bush in electronic voting (by comparison with AB and other paper ballots). AB votes provide a good tool for investigators--especially in paperless electronic voting situations.

But mainly, a protest is a protest. If it's to be a protest, it must be visible. That would be the point. And who's to say Repub voters who are fed up with Bushites wouldn't also join it. (Lots of evidence that Repub votes for Kerry were stolen electronically in '04).

If you're going to do a Montgomery bus boycott, or a Gandhian salt tax protest, or a Boston Tea Party, your POINT is to be VISIBLE: to show your power, and to symbolize and epitomoze the need for change.

NO DOUBT Bushites will steal votes and elections in any way they can. That's what they do! They are like segregationists--to them, thievery is a religion (as oppressing blacks was a religion to the bigots who did it).

Why not bring it all out in the open with a GREAT BIG ABSENTEE BALLOT PROTEST? A Peoples' THUMBS DOWN on the rigged electronic systems. Make them deal with it. FLOOD THE SYSTEM with Absentee Ballots. BOYCOTT the machines!

We have 70% of the American people very unhappy with Bush. Tell them to protest with AB voting, and see what happens. I think it could be huge, and could throw a huge monkey wrench into the rigged election system.