Election fraud in the House, CAFTA no vote not recorded

[Robert Oak]

Check this out!

http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/7/28/135655/198
Something very weird happened in the CAFTA vote last night. The bill passed the House by only two votes -- amidst what's been described as unprecedented arm-twisting and gaming on the floor.

One seemingly-strong opponent of the bill, Rep. Charles Taylor (R) of North Carolina, was reported this morning as not voting.

But he says that's not true. This morning his office was telling constituents that he had in fact voted "NO" and that the House clerk had "botched" the record and failed to record his vote.

These means it passed by one vote, now what about the other "no show".

[fooj]

1. Hell, they've probably got him stuffed in a closet somewhere.

Assholes! Those rat bastards never sleep, do they?


Peace.

[sandnsea]

2. Deals were offered

Pelosi is on CNN and a headline read "Democrats Told of Deals Offered". Oh this would be so great to really expose the Republican corruption.

[William769]

3. They had diebold doing the counting.

[DanCa]

4. Now thats interesting (nt)

[wli]

5. this House of Representatives vote brought to you by Diebold

We have fraud in Congressional votes now. Brilliant.

[LittleClarkie]

6. Well, they do vote electronically

Yikes...

[necso]

7. This bears investigation.

Has every representative checked his (her) recorded as opposed to actual vote?

[mod mom]

8. As we learned in Ohio, you can't trust repugs with the vote! nt

[kansasblue]

9. dailykos.com now mentions the CAFTA vote problems

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/7/28/17729/3301

[mod mom]

10. Come On folks let's get this story rec'd and out there! nt

[wildflower]

11. So do we call? Not sure what this means or what to do.

Thank you for posting it!

-wildflower

[Kevin Spidel]

12. offical statement...

http://www.house.gov/charlestaylor/


still passed :(

[mod mom]

13. Why, if it just passed by 2 votes:

Here is his quote from the site:

  Statement from Rep. Taylor regarding CAFTA vote

“I voted NO on the Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA) in the vote last night. I informed the Majority Leader and the Appropriations Chairman I was voting no, as I had informed my constituents I was voting no. Rep. Howard Coble and I voted “no” together. Due to an error, my “no” vote did not record on the voting machine. The Clerk’s computer logs verified that I had attempted to vote, but it did not show my “nay” vote. I am re-inserting my “No” vote in the record. But even with my NO vote re-inserted, the bill still passed.”

shouldn't there be at least a re-vote?

[jsamuel]

14. no, it was computer error by one voter, it still passed, unless...

the other missing vote was also a No vote.

I wouldn't push this until we know the status of the other Repub who didn't vote. Don't call it Election Fraud either, that is bad association.

[progressoid]

15. OK so who has a few extra hours to verify all of the other votes.

I don't think we can count on the gubment doing it.