Victoria Collier (votescam) Interviews Head of Voter News Service

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On May 20th 2000, Global Report writer, Victoria Collier, called VNS. Collier asked only one question: if there was any literature about VNS that could be sent through the mail, such as a brochure. The secretary had no answer, then put her on hold for nearly five minutes. The next person to appear on the other end of the line was the head of VNS himself, Bill Headline. He wanted to know why she was calling. Following is a transcript of the interview.

WHO COUNTS THE AMERICAN VOTE?

Despite the wide-spread, and perfectly reasonable belief that the government counts the national vote on election night, the reality is entirely different: The vote is counted by a little-known private corporation named Voter News Services (VNS) located in New York City. VNS is a major media conglomerate comprised of all the major networks, including Fox and CNN, and also the wire services, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.

All of the vote results tabulated in each county, mainly by computer, are transferred to VNS where they are tabulated in secret and disseminated to the public, who accepts them without question. The computer tabulated votes at the county level leave no paper trail. Only the corporations who program the software to count votes in each state know for sure if the results are fair, or if fraud has indeed been committed. There are no checks and balances. The software is not open to public scrutiny. Neither is VNS.

Created in 1970 as News Election Services (NES), VNS has existed in near total secrecy for thirty years and may well be the most powerful corporation in the world. Most people who know of their existence incorrectly believe they are little more than a polling organization. The fact is that they have co-opted the vote count in America, despite their claims that the results they disseminate are "unofficial."

These results are accepted across the board on election night by Americans and election officials. VNS is very well aware of this uncontested power. They know that very few Americans have the time or inclination to challenge the vote count. They also know that when they are challenged, they have little to fear. Understandably, they have responded to accusations of vote fraud with the arrogance befitting the power of a private and unaccountable media corporation.

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1. Why would VNS admit this to a reporter? n/t

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2. Excellent Post -- Transparency is the enemy of these people...networks too

It amazes me that people are able to just blow off the legitimate concerns of the public by refusing to engage in an open examination of the role they play in OUR elections. Why can't we get source code for voting machines? (please no stupid answers about proprietary software, we own the votes, they are public) Why can't we get explanations from companies that hire felons in major positions? Why do election boards turn over vital public functions to corporations, almost all of whom are run by extremist Republicans?

Yet Landes is questioned as to her right to ask and her veracity of reporting. Amazing.

I'm beginning to think of the voting machine companies, the networks and the mysterious polling groups like this as trolls infecting the fabric of American political life.

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3. Ouch! We should get someone to bait these guys....

Have them admit the obvious facts about themselves, thereby discrediting Mitofsky's smokescreen. Mitofsky knows how to do piss poor polling.....Yeah right, not even close. :eyes: :eyes: