I hope this is overstated for impact

[TimeToGo]

(not sure of the link)

An Election Spoiled Rotten

Greg Palast
November 01, 2004

It's not even Election Day yet, and the Kerry-Edwards campaign is already down by a almost a million votes. That's because, in important states like Ohio, Florida and New Mexico, voter names have been systematically removed from the rolls and absentee ballots have been overlooked—overwhelmingly in minority areas, like Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, where Hispanic voters have a 500 percent greater chance of their vote being "spoiled." Investigative journalist Greg Palast reports on the trashing of the election.

Greg Palast, contributing editor to Harper's magazine, investigated the manipulation of the vote for BBC Television's Newsnight. The documentary, "Bush Family Fortunes," based on his New York Times bestseller, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, has been released this month on DVD .

John Kerry is down by several thousand votes in New Mexico, though not one ballot has yet been counted. He's also losing big time in Colorado and Ohio; and he's way down in Florida, though the votes won't be totaled until Tuesday night.

Through a combination of sophisticated vote rustling—ethnic cleansing of voter rolls, absentee ballots gone AWOL, machines that "spoil" votes—John Kerry begins with a nationwide deficit that could easily exceed one million votes.

The Urge To Purge

Colorado Secretary of State Donetta Davidson just weeks ago removed several thousand voters from the state's voter rolls. She tagged felons as barred from voting. What makes this particularly noteworthy is that, unlike like Florida and a handful of other Deep South states, Colorado does not bar ex-cons from voting. Only those actually serving their sentence lose their rights.

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[TexasSissy]

1. Bullcracky. What's your link to this source?

[glitch]

2. Palast has an excellent reputation - here's a source

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/an_election_spoiled_rotten.php

[lakeguy]

3. sad but true...

i wonder how many "spolied" votes there will be this go around?

[MissB]

4. I think you need to edit your post

I'm sure a mod will come along shortly and tell you. You're only supposed to post 4 paragraphs or less, and a link.

[TimeToGo]

5. I apologize

I didn't have the link -- only an email.

[MissB]

6. You still should edit it

And I think someone else posted the link in your thread. You may be able to use that one. :shrug: The mods might delete your thread otherwise, or edit it for you.

[TimeToGo]

7. I did