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Originally posted by tbonethedstroyer
I hate to break it to you guys. . . But if voting changed anything "they" would make it illegal. . .
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
reply to post by eLPresidente
WOW, Oh WOW, they refused to count infront of everyone!! Oh MY GOD if that does not put up a red flag for fraud I do not know what does.
Pitchforks - check
Torches - check
Guns - check
Angry citizens - check.
Originally posted by VitriolAndAngst
Originally posted by THE_PROFESSIONAL
reply to post by eLPresidente
WOW, Oh WOW, they refused to count infront of everyone!! Oh MY GOD if that does not put up a red flag for fraud I do not know what does.
Pitchforks - check
Torches - check
Guns - check
Angry citizens - check.
Her resignation is NOT ENOUGH. What the media and the public need to address is HOW WAS SHE ABLE TO RIG THE ELECTION? Some candidate cannot do it without help. We need to find the systemic weaknesses that were used.
My guess is that the ability to electronically flip the vote is widespread and pervasive -- NO voting machines are safe and they were put in place for the express purpose of rigging the vote. While punch cards are often manipulated by sending the cards to a different voting zone (some design these so candidate A and B are switched at another pole center, so that if you send punch cards from area 1 to area 2, they are correctly tabulated but with the opposite candidate).
We have to bring back hand-checked voting and random pole surveys (which were within less than 1% of the actual vote for the history of their use, right up until the shenanigans of Bush's election in 2000 -- then they were banned). Canada does this -- they have three witnesses for every ballot that gets registered as a valid vote.
There was no cost savings from the electronic voting machines (in most cases, they cost 10x what our previous punch card system cost) -- it was all a huge lie. Like the Patriot Act being written before the attacks, it was a solution in search of a problem.
>> If you want to protest -- rip out those damn black box voting machines. There has been election fraud in the past -- but the electronic age has made it easier and harder to prove. You shouldn't HAVE to trust the corrupt election system because there is too much at stake.
Originally posted by captainnotsoobvious
reply to post by six67seven
None of those links, except the last one where one guy in an election unrelated to Ron Paul was convicted to doing things OTHER than rigging votes, have any actual proof of anything in them.
One of them is some old lady saying people were voting for Ron Paul. So what? Of course people did. Just not enough for him to win.
The Paultards are DEF extremely paranoid. Even the candidate himself says these votes are fair and accurate... I guess he's also in on it...
Originally posted by dillweed
reply to post by VitriolAndAngstYou're right, we shouldn't 'have' to trust the system when there IS so much at stake. Just the possibilty of tampering is justification for elimination of electronic voting. I've never been in favor of any form of terrorism, but destruction of these machines would be justified.
Originally posted by captainnotsoobvious
reply to post by VitriolAndAngst
Hilariously, we'd probably see even more voting machines under a Paul Presidency as they're the preferred business solution. Another job a business could do better than government.
Do I need to go on?
Originally posted by captainnotsoobvious
reply to post by Vitchilo
I think a more fair title would be, "Republicans love to cheat to win". Look at the fact, this is a pretty one-sided phenomena. From Robocalls to voter suppression to ""negro baby" leaflets, and on and on....
Not that Dems don't occasionally engage in these tactics, but not at anywhere near the frequency.
The funny thing is, Paul stands by these results. And most of you Repubs will, even knowing this stuff, still vote for the GOP candidate.
Funny stuff.