The Election Monitoring Circus Leaves Town

Canadian Press ^ | November 8, 2004 | Peyton Knight

[MikeEdwards]

The 2004 presidential election has come and gone with nary a hitch. The problems that mired the 2000 election, some of them real but most of them fabricated, were practically nonexistent this go-around. Of course, there were a few blips and minor kinks that surfaced, but we can rest assured that these too will be corrected.

Why? Because our electoral system is a certified thing of beauty. It places accountability at the local level, thereby empowering citizens to effectively police themselves and solve any unique problems that only they can diagnose. Score another one for our Founding Fathers. The only dissenters, it seems, are those from the unprecedented team of international monitors that invaded this year’s electoral proceedings. . . . .

To read the entire Canada Free Press column, click on The Election Monitoring Circus Leaves Town

[jdege]

I'm not sure what the problem is.

I spent the day monitoring the polls.

I was certified by the local Republican Party Chairman.

If these election officials wanted to do the same, they could have done the same. They could have been certified by either any of the Party organizations, either at the local, Congressional District, or State levels, or by the campaign organizations of any candidate on the ballot at the particular precincts they wanted to observe, or by the Secretary of States' office, etc..

State law grants unrestricted access to certified poll challengers, and there are dozens of organizations that are authorized to certify challengers.

But, oddly enough, the US Department of State isn't among them.

[Edgerunner]

Aguayo’s specific criticisms of the U.S. system are a "complete lack" of spending limits, the need to secure voting rights for felons, and (here’s the big enchilada) the nationalization and socialization of our elections through federal oversight and public financing. So much for taking Sergio seriously.

Got to hand it to this lot: it takes big kahunas to criticize the OLDEST EXISTING REPUBLIC on how to set up elections!
I wonder if they are aware of how ignorant it makes them look...

[afraidfortherepublic]

Without a hitch? I need to read no further. This write knows nothing.

[dfwgator]

"...and the horse they rode in on"

[marmar]

What is the name of the swamp witch that petitioned to bring them here? That would be a project to get rid of her. I know she is from Texas......and has a different name?