The FOA seem to think he is the only person who can deliver Democrat victories by exposing Republican fraud. It seems only the Democrats are being prosecuted for vote fraud. Some even convicted. So far, I haven't read in the news about Republican fraud. Oh, that's right, the media is pro-Republican. They never report on the dirty deeds of our Republican politicians. Never mind....
I thought Andy was a Nader supporter/Green Party? I read a post of his somewhere where he smacked down John Kerry. I've read numerous comments on other messageboards that he is a Green.
They need a new face for election reform. I think Andy is into the cause more for the money and adulation than actually doing anything substantial for election reform/vote fraud. He and others have tapped into a sweet deal. Notice all these organizations are Democratic based? You've got angry Democrats losing election after election and willing to give money to overturn these lost elections. Very sweet deal indeed. The donors to these orgs should require action and results before donating any MORE money. Throwing more money at someone who promises results is ignorant. The reason I feel this way is because of the alleged fraud by Bev, who Andy was a partner of and then his going on to fundraise again. Plus his choice of spokespersons/goons is abhorrent. You just don't treat donors the way they have been treated by Andy & Co.
This vote fraud crusade is just another "feel good" activity for the disaffected--who COULD expend their time, energy, and money on premature infants on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, or fraternizing with AIDS patients in a hospital in New York City, or being a mentor to fatherless children.
What gets me is there is a very simple answer to vote fraud.
(a) Paper ballots, marked by pencil.
(b) Identification of voters at the polling places.
(c) Severe penalties for abusing the ballot.
That's all, nothing more. Nothing fancy, everything simple.
It still irks me that that one student at Marquette University in 2000 got to vote six times for Gore, while I got to vote only one time for Bush, and his six votes counted just as my one vote.....and there were no penalties.
One man, one vote.
Very simple to do, without all this nonsense about using computers and machines and all that.