Media Need to Discuss Tainted Election & Not Bush Mandate

[BayStateBoy]

I e-mailed the following to some of the news media. You are welcome to use any part of it:


The legitimacy of democratic elections is predicated upon the electorate's ability to verify the results. This is only possible with a ballot which leaves a permanent record. Indeed, The history of democratic voting in America is a history of ballot recounts and the ability to conduct them. To deny any candidate the option of a recount is I believe directly contrary to the democratic principles upon which this nation was founded.

Electronic (bbv) voting or any ballot that cannot be physically verified or interrogated is no different than a vote by someone with no verifiable name or residence. It's like making a bank deposit with no receipt and for which the institution retains no hard copy of the transaction. If it's not good enough for our financial transactions, it's not good enough for our elections.

Yet, this was the voting method used in about 1/4th of US precincts including 7 counties in Ohio. At best, such systems are an open invitation to voting fraud by whichever political party controls the state voting machinery.

The presumed results of this election are suspicious given the following facts: No incumbent President whose approval rating was less than 50% just prior to voting has been reelected except GW Bush; hundreds of polls by dozens of organizations found the candidates in a dead heat with no evidence of a break for either, yet now Bush has a large popular vote "bump." Despite criticism, exit polls are the most accurate polls and they clearly showed Kerry leading comfortably in 9 states. As of this writing, the voting tallies very closely match the exit polls except in four states, all of whom use electronic voting or a combination of methods (OH, FL, NH, NC).

With so many "smoking guns" this election can at best be described as tainted. Instead of propagating myth of a Bush "mandate," perhaps the media should focus on why America needs to rid itself of our balkanized mess of voting systems and forever eliminate any system that does not leave a permanent voting record thereby depriving the public of a full accounting and verification of the results.

[Cinletharwi]

1. Falling on deaf ears in Corporate MSM

It's not in their best interests to inform the people of anything, which is why people are so utterly ignorant of their own best interests.

You can forget the MSM ever informing us about corruption. They are not only complacent in what has happened, but accomplices.

Corporate control of media, politicians, and government is the end of Democracy. They don't care about your votes, they don't care about you. They own the ballot machines now.

The only thing they care about is your dollar, so vote with it - it's the only Democratic vote they will ever count again.

[leftofthedial]

2. call Rush Limbaugh

or Tweety

or any of the other repuke PR flacks and tell them.

Let me know when they start saying something meaningful when their lips flap.

Until then, I'll continue to ignore them.

[sendero]

3. You or I...

... have about as much chance of getting this story out as I have of monkeys flying out of my ass, green monkeys.

Who the fuck cares, it is over.

[Kahuna]

4. They have already pronounced the election squeaky clean..

Don't look for any help from them.