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More About E-Voting and Voter Suppression

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The documentary, "Hacking Democracy" was shown last night on HBO, in spite of Diebold's protests.

Don't have HBO? Me either. As an alternative, here's Amy Goodman's Democracy Now report which focuses on vote tampering and voter suppression -- zip through the first twelve minutes of news to get to the relevant parts. All of us here at Dakota, who consider ourselves to be on top of matters such as these, were appalled.

Goodman interviews Bev Harris from Black Box Voting, who recommends bringing a video camera to the polls, Wendy Weiser, the deputy director of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU, who exposes the monumental obstacles that have been put in place for voter suppression, and Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, authors of "What Happened in Ohio: A Documentary Record of Theft and Fraud in the 2004 Election" who expose the purging of registered voters by Diebold that took place in democratic precincts in Ohio, and other, equally fishy. manuvers that are happening now. They are convinced that Karl Rove is behind the fraud.

Harvey Wasserman:

The voting machines on which 80% of the ballots in this country are cast or counted are all controlled by Republicans. Diebold is a Republican corporation, ES&S has Chuck Hagel as a principal, a senator from Nebraska. He's been elected twice on machines that he owns. We have a distinct aroma of a third world country bering manippulated by the CIA.

Sadly, this issue is only being called to our attention a few days before another crucial election. In November of 2003 Ira Glass of this American Life, aired an indepth report on on the diabolical Diebold. Where, oh where, were we, as more and more hackable machines have been put into place, and more and more methods of disenfranchising voters have been created?

Just in case you didn't hear it the first time. THE VOTING MACHINES ON WHICH 80% OF BALLOTS ARE CAST AND COUNTED ARE ALL CONTROLLED BY REPUBLICANS.

The wise voter will rush right out to buy, borrow or rent a video camera before showing up at the polls. Documentation of any difficulties and/or irregularities experienced or observed is crucial. In some states, plan to spend the entire day at the polls fighting for your right to cast a ballot, and being diverted and harassed. Here's a state-by-state map delineating what you need to know about e-voting in your area.

Remember, criminal behavior in this administration is ubiquitous. It's time to do more than vote.

Photo note: Note the For Sale sign

Posted by Dakota at November 3, 2006 09:40 AM