How American Elections Became a Criminal Enterprise (Michelle Mairesse)

[peanutbrittle]

How American
Elections Became a Criminal Enterprise

Michelle Mairesse

Part One

Every day we hear laments about the state of the state or the nation or the world. The twenty-first century seems to be a powder keg rolling downhill. We have already witnessed enough chicanery, bad faith, fecklessness, and desecration to make us wary of the future. Yet we hope.

But hope, be it wan or fervent, is not enough. Most Americans are by nature pragmatists. For us, remedies begin in action.

What can I do to heal a sick planet? we ask. What can I do to feed the hungry? What can I do to stop wars? What can I do to bring wise leaders to the fore?

Very often we are told we can make the most lasting changes, the most powerful statements, the largest contributions to the health and happiness of the state by pondering all the possibilities and exercising our franchise. Participating in free elections is at the same time a duty and a privilege.

rest of article,,,,,http://www.hermes-press.com/criminal_vote.htm

Part 2 of this essay will deal with the GAO report, exit polls, and the 2004 election.





References:

* Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

* Mark Crispin Miller, Fooled Again

* Citizens for Legitimate Government: Vote Fraud

[Clara T]

1. SAIC

The first act began after Jeb's election in 1998. Jeb and his cohorts let special interests know that they expected political donations of $2 for every $1 donated to Democrats or defaulters would lose access to the governor and the legislative leadership, and their businesses would tank. As they say in lobbyist circles, "Pay to play."





A few visuals from excellent article.

[msongs]

2. don't you wish the USA had an opposition party that opposed?and

did something about vote fraud across the board?

Msongs
www.msongs.com/political-shirts.htm

[TexasLawyer]

3. thanks for posting....

lots of great sites. I hadn't read the Ann Ryder article, which she discusses:


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In 2002, Diebold bought Global Election Systems, which then became Diebold Election System. Global was founded by three men, one of whom spent a year in prison for fraud against the Canadian government and was part of the collapse of the Vancouver stock exchange. He was first convicted in 1974 for political corruption. Another of the founders was jailed for stock fraud, tax evasion, and money laundering. The last of the trio defrauded Chinese immigrants and sold the real estate that had been posted as bond to bail out one of the jailed partners.

The staffer who handled the ballot printing for Global was a convicted cocaine trafficker. He brought into the company a fellow former inmate who had been in the slammer for computer-aided embezzlement. This embezzler became the lead programmer for the Global Election Systems’ vote-tally product that is still in use. By late 2000, Global’s voting system contained the first double set of books problem where all votes are recorded twice internally and don’t need to match. It appears to hide some forms of vote fraud. The guy quit when Diebold took over, but was then hired right back as a consultant.

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http://worldnewstrust.org/modules/AMS/article.php?storyid=2025

[Wilms]

4. Wow. n/t