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BradBlog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 03:50 PM
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CA Election Official Gets 43 Criminal Counts: PLUS: Crier, Dobbs & RFK Jr.
Catherine Crier to cover the Busby/Bilbray CA50 "Sleepovers" tonight on CourtTV at 5pm ET/PT! Much happening, more soon. For now, see below... Brad

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13-Year California Registrar of Voters Facing 43 Criminal Charges!
Now-Former Monterey County, CA Head Election Official, Tony 'Trust Me' Anchundo, Told Brad on Air that Voters Need to 'Have Trust and Faith' in Election Officials…

He Now Faces Charges of Forgery, Misapplication of Funds, Embezzlement, Falsification of Accounts and Grand Theft to the Tune of $70,000…

"There is obviously going to have to be some trust and faith in the elections official, or in this case, it's me."
– Then Monterey County, CA Registrar of Voters, Tony Anchundo on the Peter B. Collins radio show, 10/24/05

"Anchundo to face 43 criminal charges
DA: Ex-registrar spent $70,000 on personal purchases"

– Headline of the Salinas Californian, 7/6/06

FULL STORY:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3043

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CNN's Lou Dobbs: 'Federal Government is Failing to Protect Democracy from an Imminent Threat'
Reports on Lack of Security Standards for Electronic Voting Machines…

Kitty Pilgrim: 'The federal government has basically dropped the ball'

VIDEO, TEXT-TRANSCRIPT:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3053

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Former Bush-Appointed EAC Chair Decries Lack of Standards for Running Elections in the U.S.
Says Little Interest in Washington for True Election Reform, Federal Agency Created after Florida 2000 Election 'Put Together With Spit'


"We really had to put together a federal agency with spit," says Rev. DeForest Soaries in a great interview by Tim Dickinson for Rolling Stone exposing (again) the cruel federal hoax.

URL: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3054

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Brad on 'Ring of Fire' with RFK Jr. & Mike Papantonio
On Busby/Bilbray, Diebold, California and Democrats Fears of Fighting for Electoral Integrity…


AUDIO OF INTERVIEW:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3051

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...And in case you missed these previously...

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CA Sec. of State Document on Voting Machine Certification 'Disappeared' from SoS Website…
UPDATE: SoS Now Claims They've 'Abandoned' Previous Procedures, but — in Yet Another Apparent Violation of State Law — Have Failed to Issue Any New Ones!


URL:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3048

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EXCLUSIVE: Busby/Bilbray Registrar's Office Quotes Three Different Prices for Cost of Hand Count to Voters, Media; No Explanation Given for Disparities!
Election Integrity Advocates told Hand Count Fees to be $6000/day, While Media told Fees Would be $2000-3000/day

ALSO: No Documents for Ballot Chain of Custody, Machine Audit Logs, 1% Random Audit, as Requested by Hand Count Filing, Have Been Produced by San Diego County Registrar's Office Despite Demand for $6000 Payment Due Tuesday…

FULL STORY:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3045

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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 03:53 PM
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1. thank you Brad.
Crier did a great job
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sybylla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 03:59 PM
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2. Wow...just. Wow!
I'm so sorry to read of the troubles in the first place but so thrilled to see people facing criminal charges for mishandling the people's trust.

It's about effing time!


:Bounce: :Bounce: :Bounce: :Bounce: :Bounce: :Bounce:
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ray of light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 04:03 PM
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3. great!
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 04:06 PM
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4. if the tides of fascism are somehow rolled back, it's people
like B. Friedman we have to thank
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 04:09 PM
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5. Catherine Crier on now. She's talking about a murder?
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JAYJDF Donating Member (322 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 04:36 PM
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6. Finally! Someone being held accountable!
And thanks for passing the word along.

This is a nice start.

Might be something illegal about the changing cost too, although I believe they can charge anything.
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 04:43 PM
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7. Tom Coburn on. WTF?
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 04:51 PM
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8. on now
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 04:55 PM
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9. OMG! Catherine Crier kicked ASS!
Edited on Tue Jul-11-06 05:01 PM by Joanne98
If you want to thank her, you can post on her board. You have to register first.
http://www.courttv.com/onair/shows/crierlive/
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 04:58 PM
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10. that was pretty damn GREAT! did you see that, Lou Dobbs?
you don't want to let some WOMAN get all the glory for this, do you?

time to do some more stories like that on your show.

don't want to let her scrounge around in your territory, do you?
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 05:00 PM
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11. She made Lou look like a wimp. Go Crier Go!
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 05:25 PM
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12. Kitty Pilgrim doing a story on this now, but from the technical failure
standpoint, so far

why do we allow voting machines that have less reliability than a freaking VCR???
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mod mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 05:30 PM
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13. WOW! WOW! WOW! That was excellent! I tried to register to post
but it says my hmtl is off and I can't-any suggestions anyone? I tried to modify my profile but couldn't figure it out.

Thanks Brad! for posting this.
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 05:48 PM
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14. I couldn't post either. But will try again tommorrow.
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Reckon Donating Member (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 10:25 PM
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15. Nice job, Brad! .... nt
Edited on Tue Jul-11-06 10:39 PM by Reckon
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-11-06 11:56 PM
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16. Heh-heh
:thumbsup:

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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 12:51 AM
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17. Your work is paying off!
I'm calming down now, but not much!
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 11:05 AM
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18. In politics, "trust me" = "don't look" n/t
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