This article succinctly summarizes details of the alleged (?) voter fraud that took place during the 2004 election. It is well worth the five minute read.
http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2005/1065
Ten preliminary reasons why the Bush vote does not compute, and why Congress must investigate rather than certify the Electoral College by Bob Fitrakis, Steve Rosenfeld and Harvey Wasserman
January 3, 2005
excerpts:
"Crucial flaws in the national vote count, most importantly in Ohio, New Mexico and Florida, indicate John Kerry was most likely the actual winner on November 2, as reported in national exit polls. "
"The Bush-Cheney ?'do-everything' strategy in Ohio covered a very wide range of tactics, from disenfranchisement of minority voters to discarding of ballots to tampered tabulators and much more. ...... Taken as a whole, this compendium of error, fraud, cover-up and contempt indicates that this was not a legitimate election, and is not worthy of being certified by the Congress of the United States."
and, from the list:
More than 106,000 Ohio ballots remain uncounted. Most uncounted ballots come from regions and precincts where Kerry was strongest.
Democratic voters were apparently targeted with provisional ballots.
The Ohio recount wasn't random or comprehensive and may have involved serious illegalities. e.g there have been numerous confirmed instances where employees of the private companies that manufactured the voting machines had access to the machines and the computer records before the recount occurred. In at least two counties, technicians from Diebold and Triad dismantled key parts of voting machines before they could be subjected to audits for recount.
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There is nothing worse that the Bush administration could do to this country (and that's saying a lot) than render our elections irrelevant. Why this issue is not on the front pages baffles me, what with the so-called liberal media.
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Dear Senator Boxer,
I'm not sure if you will ever get to read this, but I had to write it anyway. People involved in a truly "great" moment often cannot sense the real impact of that moment, but I have to say, you made such a moment happen yesterday. At some point, someone had to realize that it's no longer about politics or anyone's individual career; it's about whether or not America as we know it will survive.
When they lie and take us to war for profit and power, when they threaten those who try to speak out and paint them as unpatriotic, when they alienate us from the rest of the world because of arrogance and greed, when they mock the fabric of our society by ignoring education, health care, and the environment, when they purposefully divide us over hard issues and scapegoat our fellow Americans who happen to be gay, when they use the devasting threat of terrorism to dismantle our freedoms and civil liberties, when they flood the public airwaves with bought-and-paid-for puppets to advance their extremist agenda at the expense of the truth, and when, finally, they dare to take away the only voice "we the people" have by defiantly and arrogantly instituting widespread election fraud and voter suppression .......... when America is brought to this painfully crucial and historic moment, a moment that cries out for essential leadership and extraordinary courage, we the people wait, we wait to see if someone will stand up, .... and this time, someone did.
From the bottom of my heart, as an American, as a mother, as a human being, I thank you.
