Good introductory article on rigged elections from Jackson Thoreau

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Never Say Die-bold: So You Don’t Think the Bush Campaign Stole This Election? Think Again

http://www.opednews.com/thoreau_110404_diebold.htm

By Jackson Thoreau
opEdNews.com

If you’re looking for one word to sum up the way the Bush-Cheney campaign stole another election Tuesday besides obvious ones like “cheated,” try this one: Diebold.

An election judge where I voted Tuesday in a heavily Democratic precinct in Maryland knows what that means and wasn’t adverse to sharing his opinion of the Republican-owned company. As I was about to vote with the electronic system, I asked this judge if they had a way to check people’s votes through a paper backup.

The official said no, and then in a low voice so no one else would hear, added, “And that really makes us nervous, with Diebold as the owner of that system.”

Goodbye, hanging chads. Hello, computer fraud that leaves no trace, no chads hanging.