"Could AP Rig Election" -- Yahoo Finance. WTF?

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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041022/phf016_1.html?printer=1

Could the Associated Press (AP) Rig the Election? Asks Journalist Lynn Landes

Friday October 22, 11:15 am ET


"PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Associated Press (AP) will be the sole source of raw vote totals for the major news broadcasters on Election Night. However, AP spokesmen Jack Stokes and John Jones refused to explain to this journalist how the AP will receive that information. They refused to confirm or deny that the AP will receive direct feed from voting machines and central vote tabulating computers across the country. But, circumstantial evidence suggests that is exactly what will happen.

And what can be downloaded can also be uploaded.

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ES&S, the nation's largest voting machine company that will reportedly count 50% of all votes, describe on their webpage how "accessible" their results are, "At ES&S, we know election administrators and the public want fast and accurate election results. That is why we have developed several election management system software solutions to make the reporting process easier, more reliable, and more accessible." Diebold, the second largest voting machine company, advertises a similar service. Both ES&S and Diebold have close ties to the Republican Party.

But, can't the AP be trusted? Isn't it an objective non-partisan news organization? Some say no. The AP is batting for a Bush presidency."

If this is a dupe, sorry. It's amazing. DU influence spreading to mainline press!

[LoZoccolo]

1. PRNewswire?

Isn't that like, you pay for them to put your press release on the wire?

Someone used this to put out a story about Andy Kaufman returning on the 20th anniversary of his death.

[aquart]

2. Every local precinct better make their own tally.

This is gonna get ugly.

I suggest doing some really nasty things to those machines on the New Year.

[WMliberal]

3. why would advanced placement do that?

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