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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 08:10 AM
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GOP Laying Ground To Claim Fraud In Tennessee Election....Brad Blog
Drudge Gets the Ball Rolling, Everyone Else in the Corporate Media Follows Dutifully
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Meanwhile…As reported long ago, the GOP is planning to declare fraud after next Tuesday's election. As initially linked by DRUDGE (which should tell you almost all you need to know) earlier today, the GOP is laying the groundwork:

Several electronic voting cards, used to cast ballots, are missing from a polling place in Memphis, according to the Tennessee Republican Party.

In a letter to the Shelby County Election Commission, state GOP chairman Bob Davis Jr. charges the "lack of oversight and control" over the so-called Smartcards "has created a situation which could allow for voter fraud."

The situation is not "lack of oversight and control" of these smart cards. It's lack of oversight and control of our electoral system such that we've come to a place where there are so many access points to the system, it's virtually impossible, with this equipment, to have any kind of security that could ensure a legitimate vote.

You'll also note this unsubstantiated allegation from the AP coverage of the claims in TN:

Davis sent his letter one day after Gibbons said he asked the Tennessee


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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 08:11 AM
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1. So, when they steal it we hang them with their own rope.
Seems fair enough to me.
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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 08:16 AM
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2. My my, the kettle calling the pot black: sounds like a dirty trick ruse
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babsbunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 08:21 AM
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3. maybe this will backfire
:shrug:
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Uben Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-05-06 08:39 AM
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4. this can be easily avoided
All they have to do is encode a serial number on the cards they use. The stolen ones would not have it and would be rejected. Will they do it? Nah, too easy.
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