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Jessica C.	November 06, 2008 5:53 PM All Diebold Touch-Screen Systems Impounded By Judge in PA County US Politics & Gov't (tags: 2008 elections, voting machines, touch-screen, DREs, Diebold/Premier ) Jessica - 1 minute ago - bradblog.com Straight-Party Ticket Votes Failed to Allow Voters to Review Names of Presidential Candidates Before Casting 'Ballot' \| Same Flawed, Hackable, Unverifiable Machines Being Used in GA Senate Race, Elsewhere... add a comment \| visit site \| problem? [ send green star]
Jessica C.	October 07, 2008 2:23 PM Election 2008: Election Law (and How They Break It) US Politics & Gov't (tags: election 2008, corruption, obama, mccain, law ) Natasha - 2 hours ago - washingtonpost.com There's rigging elections with illegal tactics, (e.g. the NH phone jamming effort that I can speak to), and there's the rigging by use of responsive cord messages that are effective in getting voters to even vote contrary to their self interest. [ send green star]
Jessica C.	September 27, 2008 7:06 PM Veterans For America Let Ohio Troops and Vets Vote!Please Sign!!! US Politics & Gov't (tags: petitions, abuse, constitution, vetrans, military ) Maryann - 5 hours ago - veteransforamerica.org IT IS UNTHINKABLE that anyone from any political party would try to block our servicemembers and wounded veterans from voting, but a new lawsuit in Ohio is threatening to do just that. Ohioans are allowed by law to register to vote and cast an absentee [ send green star]
Jessica C.	September 26, 2008 4:48 PM American Election Hacker Testifies visit site Offbeat (tags: 2008, elections, republicans, democrats, independents, computers, hacking, hackers, malware, fraud, computers, crime, business, investigation, voter, fraud, rigged, technology ) Gregory - 8 days ago - youtube.com Computer programmer Clinton Eugene Curtis tells how he was hired by Congressman Tom Feeney in 2000 to build a prototype software package that would secretly rig an election to sway the result 51 / 49 to a specified side. How honest will 2008 be? [ send green star]
Jessica C.	September 20, 2008 2:21 PM Conyers Calls McCain Out Over Voter Suppression US Politics & Gov't (tags: Conyers Foreclosure Vote Blocking, Conyers McCain, Conyers Mccain Vote Suppression, Conyers Warns Mccain, Gop Foreclosure Vote Blocking, Gop Vote Suppression, John Conyers, Mccain Vote Suppression, Republican Vote Suppression, Politics News ) Blue - 1 day ago - huffingtonpost.com ...using lists of residents of foreclosed homes to block their participation at the ballot box -- a voter suppression tactic called by some a form of "vote caging." Conyers called on John McCain to direct his supporters to stop the practice. [ send green star]
Jessica C.	September 20, 2008 2:10 PM Night of the Living Vote-Snatchers US Politics & Gov't (tags: bush, cheney, candidates, VOTES, corruption, dishonesty, republicans, government, Govtfearmongering, lies ) Susie - 33 minutes ago - gregpalast.com In 2002, George W. Bush signed the Help America Vote Act.When a Bush tells you he's going to "help" you vote - look out!The result: in the 2004 presidential election, over three million votes - 3,006,080 - were cast and not counted. Like, what the !@#!? "THEY'RE STEALING YOUR VOTE... WELL, STEAL IT BACK!" US Politics & Gov't (tags: vote, Steal the Vote, corruption, elections, ethics, crime, republicans, freedoms, americans, usa ) Susie - 41 minutes ago - stealbackyourvote.com Willie Nelson has his copy. In just days, you'll be able to get yours, too. Sign up for updates, and we'll let you know the moment it's ready!Robert F. Kennedy Jr. blew the lid off the Theft of 2004 in his masterful Rolling Stone article.Investigative [ send green star]
Jessica C.	September 18, 2008 9:46 AM Lose Your Home, Lose Your Vote? visit site US Politics & Gov't (tags: 2008 election, voter caging, voting rights, McCain, Republicans, Michigan, foreclosuresdishonesty, corruption ) Jessica - 38 seconds ago - youtube.com This year, Republicans in Michigan have hit an all-new low -they plan to target homeowners subject to foreclosure and prevent them from voting. [ send green star]
Jessica C.	September 13, 2008 12:33 PM A Must Watch Story!! Free for 2 Weeks Only..Documentary of USA Lobbyist!!! visit site World (tags: corruption, usa, politics, Congress, Lobbyist, HumanRights, government, freedoms, bush, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', war, world, unitednations, news ) Roxie - 13 hours ago - youtube.com In a recent CNN poll 67% of Americans said they believe the American government is corrupt. Even more alarming, it seems 99.9% of the population does nothing to change it. Things in Washington are even worse than I imagine!! [ send green star]
Jessica C.	September 11, 2008 6:40 PM McCain Sends Out 1 MILLION Faulty Abesntee Ballot Apps. US Politics & Gov't (tags: McCain, election fraud, disenfranchisement, dirty tricks ) Jessica - 6 minutes ago - dailykos.com The McCain campaign has mailed over 1 million fraudulent absentee ballot applications to registered Democrats in Ohio, Michigan, New Mexico, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Florida (i.e. swing states). [ send green star]
Jessica C.	August 14, 2008 4:12 PM Georgia War a Neocon Election Ploy? World (tags: Georgia, Russia, Randy Scheunemann, John McCain, war, October Surprise, 2008 election, dirty politics ) Jessica - 1 minute ago - truthdig.com Before you dismiss that possibility, consider the role of one Randy Scheunemann, for four years a paid lobbyist for the Georgian government who ended his official lobbying connection only in March, months after he became Republican presidential candidate [ send green star]
Jessica C.	August 07, 2008 3:18 PM The New Dirty Politics McCain US Politics & Gov't (tags: Democrats 2008, Dirty Tricks, Jack Kemp, John McCain, Mccain, Michelle Obama, Obama, Presedential Election, Republicans, Politics News ) Blue - 19 hours ago - huffingtonpost.com The new Dirty Politics McCain is the Republican's man of the hour, and Republican heavy hitters are conveniently forgetting that for years they have regarded McCain as mentally unfit for the presidency. [ send green star]
Jessica C.	August 07, 2008 3:17 PM Record Number of US Voters May Cast Paper Ballots US Politics & Gov't (tags: elections, americans, abuse, usa, government ) Cal - 11 hours ago - ap.google.com Come November, more Americans might cast their ballots on paper than in any other election in U.S. history [ send green star]
Jessica C.	July 13, 2008 11:22 AM Former Voting Machine Exec Looking to Become America's Next Vice President? US Politics & Gov't (tags: 2008 election, Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, voting machines, one-party system ) Jessica - 3 minutes ago - bbvforums.org Two significant dangers of an Obama-Hagel ticket: 1.) The few remaining differences between the two corporate parties could cease to exist; and 2.) Chuck Hagel's past--esp. his ties to a controversial voting machine corporation. [ send green star]
Jessica C.	July 06, 2008 1:32 PM Exclusive: Secret Film Reveals How Mugabe Stole Election - Shows Opposition Detainees Inside Harare Central Jail World (tags: Zimbabwe, secret film, angry prison officer, secret camera, Guardian, vote-rigging, Zanu-PF, supervision, Harare, central prison, former staffer, MDC, prisoners, general secretary, Tendai Biti ) Jill - 1 day ago - guardian.co.uk Film made by Shepherd Yuda,who fled Zim this wk, shows how Harare jail staff had to vote under Zanu-PF supervision. At Zanu-PF rallies, voters told to pretend illiterate so ballot filled in for them. Also filmed MDC gen secretary Tendai Biti in leg irons [ send green star]
Jessica C.	June 22, 2008 6:24 PM President Morgan Tsvangirai's Statement as MDC Withdraws From the Presidential Runoff World (tags: Zimbabwe, elections ) Mark - 4 hours ago - crybelovedzimbabwe.blogspot.com ...we salute...the...masses of Zimbabwe who have been maimed, raped, tortured, lost homes and properties in the pursuit of...a free and democratic Zimbabwe...Victory is certain, it can only be delayed. [ send green star]
Jessica C.	June 22, 2008 6:20 PM Richard Hayes Phillips, Author of "Witness to a Crime: A Citizens' Audit of An American Election" US Politics & Gov't (tags: elections, crime, cover-up, usa, freedoms ) Mark - 1 day ago - opednews.com The American hero who published the "smoking gun" book of evidence that the 2004 election was stolen, talks about being a trail-blazer, musician, and election fraud investigator, plus some remarks on credibility & the freedom of paddling your own canoe. [ send green star]
Jessica C.	May 06, 2008 1:19 PM (IN) Voters Experience Problems at the Polls US Politics & Gov't (tags: 2008 election, voting problems, incompetent pollworkers ) Jessica - 42 seconds ago - wsbt.com Hums Elementary School in Mishawaka, location of three precincts, opened one hour late today. The reason? The pollworkers overslept! Nice way to start a crucial primary, huh? [ send green star]
Jessica C.	May 04, 2008 5:28 PM Dan Rather Reports: "The Trouble With Touch Screen Voting Machines" US Politics & Gov't (tags: Dan Rather, Election fraud, stolen elections, Sequoia Voting Systems, faulty voting machines, ethics, crime, cover-up, corruption, dishonesty, lies ) Elisa - 1 day ago - hd.net Dan Rather Reports presents conclusive evidence of the failure of touch screen voting machines across the country. The episode, "The Trouble with Touch Screens", is an entire hour devoted to new information [ send green star]
Jessica C.	April 24, 2008 10:57 AM It's Official! Paper BALLOTS for the State of New York! US Politics & Gov't (tags: New York, voting machines ) Mark - 1 hour ago - bradblog.com Last of the DRE (Touch-Screen) Voting Machine Vendors Withdraws Attempt for Certification in the Empire State. Though There Remains Plenty About Which to Remain Vigilant... [ send green star]
Jessica C.	April 23, 2008 6:30 PM Pennsylvania Changed Nothing, But Cable News's Need to Hype Overrides Reality US Politics & Gov't (tags: 2008 elections, corporate news drama, "horse race" ) Jessica - 35 seconds ago - cjr.org So, where are we after the epic seven-week-long, make-or-break campaign for Pennsylvania? About the same place we were before it. But you wouldn't know that if you watch cable news. [ send green star]
Jessica C.	April 21, 2008 9:42 AM If ABC Ran the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858 Business (tags: Controlled Media, Corporate Media, Debate, Media Shills ) Barry - 6 hours ago - opednews.com If this were any other time in history, it would be funny......... [ send green star]
Jessica C.	April 21, 2008 9:36 AM Hart/Sequoia Hostile Takeover: Brad Blog Report Publicly Confirmed By Sequoia US Politics & Gov't (tags: voting machines, privatized elections ) Mark - 1 hour ago - bradblog.com jurisdictions across the country --- including New York state which is in the middle of a $100 million deal with the company --- could be adversely affected by the takeover of the cash-poor Sequoia, whose equipment currently control elections in some 20% [ send green star]
Jessica C.	April 17, 2008 5:36 PM Anti-Democracy Activist: Sarasota's Supervisor of Elections, Kathy Dent US Politics & Gov't (tags: elections officials, crooks ) Mark - 20 hours ago - bradblog.com concerning her inappropriate (and illegal) placement of pro-touch-screen brochures in polling places, Dent admits she was aware of a voter's complaint about it, but ignored it "because she had assumed it was from 'one of the activists' that had been criti [ send green star]
Jessica C.	April 17, 2008 5:34 PM You Can't Count Your Change US Politics & Gov't (tags: elections, optical scanners, central tabulators, secret vote counts ) Mark - 17 hours ago - opednews.com Would you like it if banks and store clerks counted out your money but told you that you could not recount your change until after you had left the bank or the store? (This is an article I just wrote about why machines in elections are never good.) [ send green star]
Jessica C.	April 15, 2008 6:04 PM Political Snarl Has Election Watchdog on a Short Leash \| Freep.Com \| Detroit Free Press US Politics & Gov't (tags: elections ) Mark - 3 minutes ago - freep.com The nation's election watchdog sits paralyzed -- unable to meet, give advice, fashion rules or open investigations, even as the most intense presidential campaign in recent memory rages on. [ send green star]
Jessica C.	News to Note April 15, 2008 5:39 PM Hart Intercivic Attempts Hostile Takeover of Sequoia Voting Systems US Politics & Gov't (tags: privatized elections, hostile takeovers, screw the voters ) Mark - 9 hours ago - bradblog.com Your state tests voting machines from two companies, rejects one as shoddy and buys the other. Then the first company buys out the second. You're stuck with a multi-million-dollar contract with the company you had rejected. Read this and weep. [ send green star]