If it were not for the electronic voting malfesance on the part of Republicans in this last election in Ohio and Florida, the outcome of the Presidential election would have been different.  With or without the help of Coulter.

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Here in my home state of Missouri; we have had the same problems with computerized voting.  Though optical scanners were made available; the voting public was not openly informed—you had to ask for the optical scanner on election day at your polling place.  The information was not provided otherwise.  Both political parties here, democrats and republicans were involved in forcing computerized voting on the public with no receipt.  Voters were not given the option of refusing this method.  Here’s what needs to happen: election boards must be forced to hold frequent open meetings any time a change like this is possible.  The meetings should be as long as needed to satisfy the public’s right to know.  Missouri is every bit as corrupt as Florida in this regard.  At my polling place, when I attempted to inform other voters that the optical scanner was available, and the computer votes provided no proof of your vote—I was threatened with arrest.  So much for democracy.  It’s time to demand our rights.  Never settle for less.

In the “70’s Jim and Ken Collier were writing and lecturing about ” Vote Scam, the Stealing of America”. No one was listening than…what about now? Please don’t just blame the repugs for this theft. Anyone remember Nixon being cheated out of the presidency under the daily machine of Chicago. Many a dead stiff voted for Kennedy. Oregon’s vote by mail seems to be the best method for honest voting. What is so sad is that it takes my fellow man to Wake up to what has been the norm for more than 35 years.

Diane, the number of votes “stolen” is made significant because most voters feel the minute differences between candidates makes going to the polls futile.  Our sick system of electing is symptomatic of a much larger problem.  We need to reform elections before we worry about votes being stolen.  Put up a candidate worth voting for, keep lobbyists away, and there will be so many votes it will be impossible to steal them all.

An easy fix would be have these electronic machines give a paper reciept in the form of an official ballot.  Which then could be placed in a ballot box.  If an exit poll indicated a discrepancy of over lets say 5%, then break open the boxes and find out why.

Many have lost confidence due to the 2000 and 2004 elections.  Lets do away with the electorial college and vote system too.

All the blogging in the world is not going to solve this important problem.  There is a movement afoot to educate and inflame us all into action aimed at effective election legislation.  Dorothy Fadiman, award winning director, is taking her latest documentary, “Stealing America, Vote by Vote” on the road.  She (with Steven Freeman—co-author of “Was the 2004 Election Stolen,” and Paul Lehto—prosecutor of voting fraud) will present the documentary and their expertise in Kansas City on Feb. 26 and 27.  Google them to find out if they are available to present their evidence in your town!

Before reforming handicapped voting system we have to “rebuild” this handicapped President and his administration.

In the 2006 elections, the Republican operatives who tried to fix elections in many places by intimidating potential Democratic voters, and by jury rigging the electronic machines, miscalculated the extent to which they would have to manipulate the process in order to control the outcome.  They won’t be so sanguine the next time around.  The next time, they’ll make sure that the numbers skew in their favor, no matter how blatantly they fail to jibe with the exit polls.  If something isn’t done in the meantime to make sure voting machines are secure from tampering, the Republicans will recapture the government at all levels.

Two things, since we are in the 21st century the information/electronic age, why not have a direct vote. 2nd: if all 3 branches of grovenment had term limits (2 four year terms)the people that we elect to serve us, would come closer to doing that than they do now.

I think you miss the mark, Marie.  For the next two years Americans will be subjected to hopefuls and their parties spending obscene amounts of money getting their empty messages out to voters which will ultimately result in business as usual in DC.  If we’re going to reform, let’s please start with the campaigning idiocy and then go from there.  For starters, I should think a week or two should be more than ample time to tell voters nothing.

what makes you think that the bad guys can’t create a fake paper trail which will tell you that your vote went one way while the tabulation software gives out a different result? The way they cheat is to compromise the TABULATION software, AND short of a hand count of paper votes, what keeps the vote frauders from compromising the tabulation of votes over and over in the same equipment? If one could develop certified other counting equipment which would ALWAYS be used in any recount, then perhaps . . . but I doubt it . . . once you let the bad guys in on CREATING the vote machinery, you have opened the door and the horse is gone.

What people like the crooked Jeb Bush and whatshername (Katherine) Hairass did in Florida ought to make the world aware that there will never again be such a thing as a fair election anywhere. Ohio told us that in 2004, and no one paid any attention.