'Terror' on Election Day!

[madmax]

Mondo Washington by James Ridgeway
'Terror' on Election Day!
Here's a scenario in which a phony terrorist threat could really blow up the November 2 vote
July 16th, 2004 2:45 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Thursday's request by New York Senator Hillary Clinton for an independent study of the nation's voting system before the November election comes amid growing fears that the Bush administration may try to fix the vote in a tight election. According to Clinton press aides, Clinton and a group of other top congressional Dems asked the GAO "for a thorough independent review," adding, "We already know of the potentially serious problems posed by the widespread use of electronic voting machines."

Clinton's press aides went on, "There are, however, other problems that have received little notice but have great potential to disrupt the election process and cause voters to be disenfranchised on November 2." The group asked the GAO (which just last week changed its name to Government Accountability Office, from General Accounting Office) to take a look at protections for voter registration and requirements for identification and to see whether voter rolls are properly purged of dead people and felons—and also to see what safeguards are in place to guard against "erroneous purges."

There may be more to fear than just those problems. Wayne Madsen, who worked at the National Security Agency (NSA) during the Reagan administration and currently is a journalist, sketches a more plausible scenario than the recent trial balloon floated by the administration-controlled Election Assistance Commission about possibly postponing the vote if there is a terrorist attack. Here's Madsen's scenario, step by creepy step:

More: http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0428/mondo7.php

[ima_sinnic]

1. am I alone in thinking this won't work at all?

First of all, people are so used to hearing the false wolf-cry of "terrorist threat" that they won't take this seriously, either.
Secondly, with more than 3 months to go, the idea of this fake terrorist threat should have spread through the West by then and people hopefully will have either already mailed in an absentee ballot or made a point of voting early in the morning, on their way to work. Why does the author believe that only Republicans will vote early? That is a baseless assumption. Democrats are so galvanized and mobilized this election year that I truly believe people will vote first and go to work later.
Third, when the "threat" blows over, Californians can vote the next day if need be.

The PNACers have shown themselves repeatedly to be total dumbasses who so far have succeeded at, basically, nothing. Why should this be any exception?

[liberalitch]

2. Don't cha mean Terra?

erroneous purges....
what a great name for a Punk band!
Stalin and the erroneous purges....