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What Happened To All The Cries Of 'Voter Fraud'?
RightBias ^ | November 8, 2006 | Nancy Morgan

Posted on 11/08/2006 11:09:53 AM PST by nancyvideo

Ever wonder why questions of voter fraud are only raised when Democrats lose? When liberals prevail, not a peep is heard about intimidation, fraud or hanging chads. All but forgotten are the ten thousand lawyers standing by, ready to jump in and save our electoral system from the faulty voting machines. I guess the machines must be working after all, since they tallied in favor of the democrats. Whew, that's a relief.

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To: lifelong_republican
The electronic systems aren't the real problem. A good article in Computerworld magazine recently explained that in Florida, poll workers were permitted to keep the Diebold machines at their houses for several days prior to the election, and Florida officials didn't see anything wrong with that. It's the parochial mindset that leads to fraud opportunities.

Most vote fraud happens the old fashioned way - corrupt (usually Democrat) officials adding false ballots for their own side or tossing out valid ballots for the other side during the counting process. In my county, absentee ballot envelopes display party registration on the outside - pretty easy to just dump a pile of "REP" envelopes into a nearby shredder.

63 posted on 11/17/2006 6:58:30 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ("When the government is invasive, the people are wanting." -- Tao Te Ching)
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To: lifelong_republican

You are right on both counts. Many states reformed after 2000, but the worst just ignore it.


65 posted on 11/17/2006 4:29:27 PM PST by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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I think you are way off base. I think the real problems are the crooks, not the machines. They are very devious and, it seems, that lots of people know what they do. They just do their deeds in no-go areas and scream racism at anyone who gets cloe to calling them on it.


67 posted on 11/18/2006 5:05:05 AM PST by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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To: lifelong_republican

The safeguards come from citizen involvement. Both parties need to check the code. You can't sit home and expect everything to go fine. Furthermore, manual recounts have lots of human error. If I were deciding, I would find a way to contract with banks and use the ATM's, because they are going all of the time . The whole idea of setting up for one day with temp workers is fraught with all kinds of problems. But it is not the machines. that is just Luddite thinking. Every Dem objection increases the potential for fraud. I heard about the 27 counties, and frankly, I am holding my breath. I will not be surprised if there are indictments, arrests and revisions of results after investigations to certify election results.


69 posted on 11/18/2006 6:08:34 AM PST by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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I think it is irrational paranoia to argue that machine use is any more suspect in voting than in banking. What critics usually try to introduce is paper which has a much higher error rate and uncontrollable human error factor. The fraudulent motives seem obvious to me.


71 posted on 11/19/2006 4:06:26 PM PST by ClaireSolt (Have you have gotten mixed up in a mish-masher?)
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