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Boss Tweed, William Randolph Hearst, Huey Long, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and George W. Bush, as well as countless local and state politicians of all parties. Our elections are often held up as the model for the world's budding democracies to emulate. But after two of the most bitterly contested presidential elections in American history, this book shows how our democratic house has never been in proper order. Using a candid appraisal of our history as a guide, Deliver the Vote offers some surprising suggestions for a demoralized electorate to reclaim its democratic birthright.
Originally posted by xuenchen
They cleverly used two methods.
They used the old "switcherooo" tactic,
and they used the "throw out the ones we don't like" method.
Computers and software played a major role.
It all happened on a hard drive.
Originally posted by Tha Girl They Call Roc
edit on 13-11-2012 by Tha Girl They Call Roc because: (no reason given)
The presidential election results in Ohio were close: According to still-unofficial figures from the Secretary of State, Barack Obama won the state with 2,690,841 votes to Mitt Romney’s 2,583,582 votes — a winning margin of 107,259 votes for the president. In percentage terms, that is 50.18 percent of the vote for Obama, and 48.18 percent for Romney.
But those numbers will change. Remember when, before the election, many observers discussed the possibility the results could be decided by the large number of provisional ballots that might be cast in Ohio? Well, those provisional ballots were cast, and they have not yet been counted. Neither have a significant number of absentee ballots. Together, the number of uncounted ballots is larger than Obama’s margin of victory.
According to the Secretary of State, there are 204,927 uncounted provisional ballots and 119,535 absentee ballots, for a total of 324,462 ballots. That is roughly three times the president’s 107,259-vote winning margin.
Originally posted by DocHolidaze
i saw a documentary from discovery channel about the gangs of new york, and it indicated that voter fraud was the accepted practice of politicians in those days, and now that it is easier to commit voter fraud with a higher population and with digital re-orchestrating of vote counts, why would it be any differnt today. every election is rigged from the beginning, yet people really believe there vote counts, its a sad world when the the information is right there for everybody to see and everyone ignores it, cause they believe that we live in an un corrupt system, wtf people
Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Columbian Order, was a New York City political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789 as the Tammany Society. It was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in controlling New York City and New York State politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s. It controlled Democratic Party nominations and political patronage in Manhattan from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 through the election of John P. O'Brien in 1932. Tammany Hall was permanently weakened by the election of Fiorello La Guardia on a "fusion" ticket of Republicans, reform-minded Democrats, and independents in 1934, and, despite a brief resurgence in the 1950s, it ceased to exist in the 1960s.
Originally posted by CB328
If there was democratic voter fraud it was probably vastly outweighed by all the voter suppression and misleading that the Republicans undeniably perpetrated.
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
Electoral fraud
en.wikipedia.org...
I think it is sad that we use the old excuse, well your side does it as well,
I think we should all be very concerned, one day everyone may lose.
Maybe we all have already lost.
www.philly.com...
In 59 Philadelphia voting divisions, Mitt Romney got zero votes
#18 In Wisconsin, there were allegations that Obama voters were actually being bussed in from out of state…
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by TheAngryFarm
Anything to avoid compromise and work with the other side to get something done.
It is sad really, the lengths some people will go to avoid rolling up their sleeves and getting to work.
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by TheAngryFarm
The Election was a sham????
I would have been very surprised if Obama didn't win and so should anyone else.
He had all the blacks and immigrants and most of the women.
How many white men do you think are left in America?
That was Romney's voting block.
Originally posted by TheAngryFarm
Originally posted by newcovenant
reply to post by TheAngryFarm
Anything to avoid compromise and work with the other side to get something done.
It is sad really, the lengths some people will go to avoid rolling up their sleeves and getting to work.
Odd youre not chastising Obama for his refusal to compromise as well. He could always agree to not raise taxes on anyone, and be on the way to fixing the countless problems his policies have caused. He refuses and stands ready to accept another recession unless "the wealthy" pay more taxes.