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Documents show Georgia's Secretary of State knew of Diebold
rawstory.com — Documents provided to RAW STORY by a whistleblower close to Cox ’s office show that one of the key problems Georgia officials were trying to resolve was related to an unauthorized patch installed on machines prior to the election.
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- justguessing, on 07/31/2008, -2/+110And the same machines will be used again in November. Still no paper trail.
- mikelieman, on 07/31/2008, -2/+21Show up, say the machine's broken and keeps messing up your vote, and demand a paper ballot.
Fill it out, and stick around to make sure they don't throw it out and it actually gets counted.
That's the key, I think... Taking the day off work to MAKE SURE that *YOUR* vote gets counted and there's no hanky panky between the ballot box and the tabulation.
And, rhetorically, who can take a whole day off the ensure the fairness and proper operation of the vote?
Screwed Again.- subgeniusd, on 07/31/2008, -0/+15From the article - "They controlled the warehouse, the machines, and the certification. There were no state employees.” In the intown Atlanta precinct where I voted in 2002 I remember some clown with a Diebold name tag "observing" the activity.
And to your point about "claiming machine malfunction" there are like 20+ machines in most urban precincts so that won't work at all.
I in fact asked that dope why there was no hard copy voting reciept and he said it was not necessary with their "secure technology". I asked "so my vote just went into the ether I guess" ( I vividly recall this having just heard about Diebold fraud on Coast to Coast).
And this is how we got 8 sad Bush years.........corrupt bastards. - SolitarySoviet, on 07/31/2008, -2/+9take a nail and scrape the edge of the touchscreen to destroy it... silent but effective, they wont have time to replace the machines so they would have to start doing paper ballots.
- subgeniusd, on 07/31/2008, -0/+15From the article - "They controlled the warehouse, the machines, and the certification. There were no state employees.” In the intown Atlanta precinct where I voted in 2002 I remember some clown with a Diebold name tag "observing" the activity.
- stretch611, on 07/31/2008, -0/+8And this year, thanks in part to Bob Barr, it should be a close election between Obama and McCain in Georgia.
I wonder what 'patch" Diebold will install this year. - scojac, on 07/31/2008, -0/+7Exactly, justguessing. I hear all of these outrages against our democracy again and again... and nothing ever gets done about it. Rove, executive powers, Diebold, Blackwater, you name it: it seems that all of these abuses are just catalogued and thrown on the backburner.
I sincerely hope that there isn't just too much going wrong to fix it. But how can a person expect change when the people who are responsible for these things aren't held accountable and aren't really elected?
- mikelieman, on 07/31/2008, -2/+21Show up, say the machine's broken and keeps messing up your vote, and demand a paper ballot.
- irobot2, on 07/31/2008, -2/+71Yep...and this is only what happened in Georgia. Good luck America.
- Elissar, on 08/01/2008, -0/+1When I voted on the 15 in the primaries, I saw the Diebold machines. I just sighed and voted, crossed my fingers and hoped not to be screwed.
- RavagesOfTime, on 07/31/2008, -4/+26This ought to make November really interesting.
- Hangly, on 07/31/2008, -0/+27Actually I think it will make it tediously predictable.
- AssJuice, on 07/31/2008, -2/+1yup no need to go out an Vote....
- ConAmoreEFuoco, on 07/31/2008, -1/+7Alright, I'm calling this scenario:
"Despite a clear lead in the polls, Barack Obama lost the presidential election to John McCain, 55% to 43%. Media pundits rationalize the unexpected results: "It turns out that a lot of white people who had said they would vote for the black candidate were lying to pollsters to appear politically correct."
And that will be it. Hey, maybe we can win in 2012 though.
- N3M3515, on 07/31/2008, -0/+3agreed.
- VitriolAndAngst, on 07/31/2008, -0/+5Obama has to win by at least 15% to be shown to win.
But it's all the little crooks they let in that will make the real difference.
Rigging the vote for Max Cleland was just too obvious -- the problem is on all the elections where we aren't looking, or don't know who should be winning.
- Hangly, on 07/31/2008, -0/+27Actually I think it will make it tediously predictable.
- chicofaraby, on 07/31/2008, -2/+36Anyone think Georgia is alone?
- diothar, on 07/31/2008, -0/+5Not at all.
- Cadenzah, on 07/31/2008, -2/+50It's not the people who vote that count; It's the people who count the votes - Joseph Stalin
BTW, they had elections in East Germany too. Democracy is the biggest lie ever. - muckemuck, on 07/31/2008, -2/+34Watch this.. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4463776866 ... at least the last few minutes of it. That's when they do a mock election showing how a hacked sim card can change the vote and alter the paper trail.
... he who votes changes nothing, he who counts the votes changes everything..- poiuytrewq44, on 07/31/2008, -2/+1HACK THE PLANET!!!
- swrostmore, on 07/31/2008, -3/+66Voter fraud is real, it's here, and its already taking place in preparation for the 2008 elections. Hundreds of thousands have already been disenfranchised.
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Call_to_action_V ...- thegreatgazoo, on 07/31/2008, -5/+0How the flip can you be disenfranchised 3 months before the vote? If you are, get yourself 're-enfranchised'.
- swrostmore, on 07/31/2008, -0/+8Do you think, when voter rolls get purged, each person who's name is removed gets a little valentines' card that says "we're sorry, you are no longer registered to vote?"
- VitriolAndAngst, on 07/31/2008, -0/+2And bloggers who are paid to call Voting Fraud a tin-foil-hat conspiracy theory -- is also, another thing that is true that is called a tin-foil-hat conspiracy theory.
- thegreatgazoo, on 07/31/2008, -5/+0How the flip can you be disenfranchised 3 months before the vote? If you are, get yourself 're-enfranchised'.
- owenkun, on 07/31/2008, -2/+53It's pretty sad that I have more trust for Microsoft's undocumented software patches than I do for Diebold's.
- badbadmike, on 07/31/2008, -23/+2then go buy a mac and stfu
- dafragsta, on 07/31/2008, -28/+8Why does nothing on RawSewage or Fluffington Report EVER make it into the mainstream media? Probably because they are the tabloid press of the far left set. I give Alex Jones far more credibility, but they don't even cover his stories. Why did neither of these sites cover the Bilderberg meetup? Oh right, because far left and far right figureheads are there planning your globalist future for you.
- swrostmore, on 07/31/2008, -1/+20http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/21/60minute ...
Raw Story began reporting on this story months before CBS' 60 Minutes picked it up.- dafragsta, on 07/31/2008, -9/+2Ok, while I admit there are probably SOME things that carry over, it's not often. The point is that this is talking about Diebold voting machines and I'm talking about the typical MO for these two sites. Don't mistake my distaste for EXTREMELY biased and sensationally desperate news sites (every bit as equally biased as Fox News) for discrediting anything ever said about Diebold.
My point is that these sites are the counterpoint to O'Reilly, Hannity, etc. and that's not exactly a good thing. They just make objective journalism far less necessary. Sensational journalism is the only way all these media outlets to get traction on the internet. - swrostmore, on 07/31/2008, -0/+10While I agree the Rawstory and Huffington are obviously partisan, comparing them to right-wing propagandists is stupid. When has O'Reilly or Hannity EVER broken a story that has been covered in the mainstream news? What they do is not journalism. Rawstory does engage in journalism, whether or not it is partisan is almost besides the point, because what they report is TRUE regardless of whether or not you agree with the slant they put on it.
- digitalhair, on 07/31/2008, -0/+6@dafragsta:
give me a ***** break...
not all of their reporting has been "sensational" as you and your buddy Karl Rove would like everyone to believe.
stop poisoning the well water with your talking points about bias - we already know which source is sensational (1- because we're not shoulder-biting morons, and 2- ) by weighing their respective Britney Spears and Paris Hilton references w/in their front page headlines at any given moment.
LIKE RIGHT NOW:
http://img374.imageshack.us/img374/2424/33417228wb ...
- dafragsta, on 07/31/2008, -9/+2Ok, while I admit there are probably SOME things that carry over, it's not often. The point is that this is talking about Diebold voting machines and I'm talking about the typical MO for these two sites. Don't mistake my distaste for EXTREMELY biased and sensationally desperate news sites (every bit as equally biased as Fox News) for discrediting anything ever said about Diebold.
- ProgressBar, on 07/31/2008, -1/+5Ooh... served.
- swrostmore, on 07/31/2008, -1/+20http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/02/21/60minute ...
- beezneez, on 07/31/2008, -21/+6The article fails to mention that Cathy Cox is a Democrat. So much for the Republicans stealing the elections in Georgia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy_Cox- swrostmore, on 07/31/2008, -3/+22“People working for Diebold were told to keep this quiet so Cox would not find out,” the whistleblower said. “They knew she was in over her head and had come to completely rely on Diebold. They controlled the warehouse, the machines, and the certification. There were no state employees.”
- beezneez, on 07/31/2008, -6/+3That's just a CYA excuse. If Cathy Cox had been a Republican, this would be dismissed as BS.
- IMJGaltstill, on 07/31/2008, -10/+4So the end result is that lack of competence on the part of a DEMOCRAT has once again screwed the citizens. Shocker.
- JoeVet, on 07/31/2008, -2/+9So the end result is that lack of competence on the part of a DEMOCRAT has once again Allowed the Republicans to screwed the citizens. Shocker.
Fixed! - digitalhair, on 07/31/2008, -0/+7IMJGaltstill
another Ayn Rand fan, John Galt idolizer that wants us to believe he's upset that citizens got screwed over by anyone. Oh yeah...you're SUPPOSED to be an *****, I forgot.
Who is John Galt?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/23/the_skin ... - CryRightardCry, on 07/31/2008, -3/+1@imjgalt
It's funny when you pretend to forget that the GOP has been targeting black voters down south.
Of course you KNEW that, but as an honorless scumbag you thought you'd try the old right wing "I forgot that we do this too" stupidity.
So you still haven't enlisted, despite being a warmonger. That makes you a ***** coward.
What a loser you are.
- ProgressBar, on 07/31/2008, -3/+6You + Reading Comprehension = Fail
- zip000, on 07/31/2008, -1/+5The current Secretary of State is a Republican:
Karen Handel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Handel- beezneez, on 07/31/2008, -5/+1You are correct, the current SOS is a Republican. However, this article is an attempt to absolve the former SOS, Cathy Cox (D), of any responsibility of a perceived, yet unproven allegation of vote tampering.
I don't like the Diebold machines any better than anyone else, especially when there is no paper trail. However, Cathy Cox was instrumental in implementing these machines in Georgia. - digitalhair, on 07/31/2008, -0/+4hahaha nice try beezneez. it's like watching a fish flopping around on the ground, gasping for air...
- beezneez, on 07/31/2008, -5/+1You are correct, the current SOS is a Republican. However, this article is an attempt to absolve the former SOS, Cathy Cox (D), of any responsibility of a perceived, yet unproven allegation of vote tampering.
- swrostmore, on 07/31/2008, -3/+22“People working for Diebold were told to keep this quiet so Cox would not find out,” the whistleblower said. “They knew she was in over her head and had come to completely rely on Diebold. They controlled the warehouse, the machines, and the certification. There were no state employees.”
- Wartyboskfapped, on 07/31/2008, -2/+38Just a conspiracy theory, eh?
Just like the many, many other examples of real conspiracies in history, this newly proven one will be conveniently ignored, and those who mocked people who looked seriously at this will slink away and not have the courage to admit they were wrong. Certainly, nothing will be done. - crash331, on 07/31/2008, -3/+45I thought it was really weird that Georgia, which has pretty much been Democratic up till 2002 all of a sudden cleaned house and replaced everyone with Republicans.
Sonny Purdue is the first Republican Governor of Georgia since 1872.- bakstuh, on 07/31/2008, -1/+14Sonny Purdue is a serious *****-bag. I'm a Georgian native and currently reside here, and because of Sonny's recent controversies (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Perdue), I doubt that another republican official will be elected in after Sonny.
- crash331, on 07/31/2008, -1/+6Sonny lied! lol. Yeah, I live in GA, too.
- zip000, on 07/31/2008, -1/+7Yeah, Sonny lied...lol.
If you drive through any backwater redneck region of Georgia....i.e. 9/10ths of the state...you're likely to see big signs with rebel flags all over with the slogan "Sonny Lied" on them. The signs are complaining about Purdue's campaign promise to restore the old Georgia flag with the confederate flag on it....which he did not do....which is maybe the only good thing that he's done in office.
The Sonny Lied posters were much more popular a few years ago, but you can still see them in around. - str1fe, on 07/31/2008, -0/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Perdue#Controve ... for a proper clickable link :)
- Hangly, on 07/31/2008, -0/+3Not if the robots have their way.
- zip000, on 07/31/2008, -0/+7Well there was Zell Miller...sure he is technically a Democrat, but he and many other Southern Democrats are often democrats in name only.
- thegreatgazoo, on 07/31/2008, -0/+1That's because he was running against 'King' Roy Barnes, who was trying to ramrod the outer perimeter in (which we still need), but they kept moving exits on it to places where his contributors owned. He started the flag mess, by replacing an arguably racist flag with an inarguably ugly flag (that still had the stars and bars on it). At least the 'Sonny' flag looks decent (though somehow it is still racist, or more racist than the ugly flag)
And he's an ex-Democrat. He switched so he could run against Roy Barnes. - VitriolAndAngst, on 07/31/2008, -2/+1Nah. A lot of the people in Georgia still think the Media is Liberal. Neal Boortz is the brightest man ever. And that the Iraq war was for our own good.
Propaganda has a foothold in Georgia, and I notice that a lot of Conservatives and NeoCons are a lot quieter today than they used to be. But I just overheard a Landscaping Contractor say; "Yeah, now that George got those drilling rights, that should sure help the price of gas." The guy selling the materials, just nodded. We have some seriously ignorant people who think they are smart. It's too much for them to remember that the price of gas ALWAYS goes down before an election.
- bakstuh, on 07/31/2008, -1/+14Sonny Purdue is a serious *****-bag. I'm a Georgian native and currently reside here, and because of Sonny's recent controversies (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Perdue), I doubt that another republican official will be elected in after Sonny.
- h3lx, on 07/31/2008, -2/+16Someone, anyone, The Spaghetti Monster, Jesus, Krishna, I don't care who needs to compel the DoJ to act. This is a year or more after this story first broke, since then we've had scores of professional people come forward with testimonials to how it was done, who was doing it, and why it allowed to continue... it shouldn't take a congressional hearing to determine that something is not quite right in Dodge and the matter deserves the attention of the FBI. Some of that no-warrant wire-tapping could be useful in unraveling this conspiracy.
- stretch611, on 07/31/2008, -0/+10Are you referring to the same DOJ that has only been hiring Staunch Republican party supporters and has been caught firing people for politically motivated reasons?
- VitriolAndAngst, on 07/31/2008, -0/+5Yup.
I guess we know why the main people getting arrested these days are whistle-blowers.
- VitriolAndAngst, on 07/31/2008, -0/+5Yup.
- stretch611, on 07/31/2008, -0/+10Are you referring to the same DOJ that has only been hiring Staunch Republican party supporters and has been caught firing people for politically motivated reasons?
- FredFredrickson, on 07/31/2008, -1/+37This isn't a partisan issue - this is a human issue, and one which we should all be concerned about, Democrat, Republican, or what have you.
Fixed voting machines are a problem for everyone because they will always go to where the money is. Corruption is something we should all be against. It doesn't matter if it benefits your party or not, because if you play with this sort of fire, it will come back to burn you later. Eventually, your party will not be the one that's favored by the guys who rig the machines, and then you'll be in a deeper pit than you were before.- adamsetzler, on 07/31/2008, -0/+13The source code for gambling machines is publicly available. But not voting machines. Conflicting priorities?
- VitriolAndAngst, on 07/31/2008, -0/+1I wish my voting machine would throw up a few slots at the end with Cherries and Lemons so that I at least know how it interpreted my ballot.
- adamsetzler, on 07/31/2008, -0/+13The source code for gambling machines is publicly available. But not voting machines. Conflicting priorities?
- adamsetzler, on 07/31/2008, -0/+19When can we get to the mobbing of corrupt politicians already?
- cosinezero, on 07/31/2008, -0/+4Mobbing? How about execution for treason?
- Hangly, on 07/31/2008, -0/+2That requires a justice system that is not also corrupt.
- fredrockbluff, on 07/31/2008, -0/+3mobbing has a nice ring to it... now where's my torch and pitchfork....
- cosinezero, on 07/31/2008, -0/+4Mobbing? How about execution for treason?
- yosserhughes, on 07/31/2008, -3/+16And the reaction from the American publis is:......................................................where's that ***** channnel changer got to?
- digitalhair, on 07/31/2008, -0/+3*****... the reaction is right here.
- yosserhughes, on 08/01/2008, -1/+1Here is not where the avverage American goes.
- digitalhair, on 08/01/2008, -0/+1the "average american" does not exist. If you don't believe me, look up the phrase.
- digitalhair, on 07/31/2008, -0/+3*****... the reaction is right here.
- CaliforniadDude, on 07/31/2008, -7/+1It's not the people who vote that count; It's the people who count the votes...for other cool videos... see here: http://coolvids.hostwq.net/
- nickels, on 07/31/2008, -0/+7How is it that we still use these machines again?
- berryessence, on 07/31/2008, -1/+18You can fix this by VOLUNTEERING FOR THE ELECTIONS POLLS!
This can curtail voter fraud! GET ACTIVE...I'M GOING TO BE A POLLSTER INNOVEMBER!- Trenchcoat77, on 07/31/2008, -0/+10Volunteering is good, but how exactly can you prevent Diebold from screwing up the results?
- Waiting2awake, on 07/31/2008, -1/+4With all due respect, you seem to be under the impression that the "system" is still fine. It isn't. There are systemic failures in all branches, all balances. The system has been gamed - and while I really respect your decision to help - are you not just propping up a broken system? Putting a body on life support, isn't the same as living.
If you do your job perfect, and even walk the citizens to the both, stand guard at the booth, take their vote and count it correctly - you will then send them to another office. What happens there is out of your control, and I will bet you outside of any public control. That is why, IMO only, what you are doing will ultimately be fruitless, but I wish you the best of luck.
Keep the faith.
- AttilaD, on 07/31/2008, -1/+23Every time I read these articles I roll my eyes and think, "time for the tin-foil hats..."
Then I think some more and realize there's more evidence to support a hacked election than there was for Iraq's WMDs.- Stavrosian, on 07/31/2008, -0/+10The tin-foil hat reaction is understandable. There are plenty of people out there who believe in conspiracies which clearly have no basis in truth, and when we people of the internet, good and true, are bombarded with them daily it's easy to just dismiss every conspiracy claim as nutty.
Unfortunately, this is what has historically been relied upon to convince people to look the other way while nefarious plots are carried out. In years to come, when people study American history and take a close look at this highly controversial period, I suspect they will sit looking at all the evidence we have available to us and wonder just how it is that a nation founded in revolution as a reaction to tyranny blithely sat by and did nothing while democracy was hi-jacked. The family ties, the backdoor deals, the selective hiring, the voter blocking, the swings between exit poll data and actual results described by experts as "statistically impossible" to justify, the incomprehensible decision not to allow a recount, the swathes of colored voters denied their basic right to vote...people will wonder how naive we were to assume that nobody could possibly attempt to corrupt the electoral process. After all, it's not as though we are not aware that such things happen in other parts of the world, are we just so arrogant as to assume that our politicians, whom we see lie, cheat and steal on a daily basis, are somehow above this behavior?
Basically, yes. There's much more evidence, and I believe you are correct to re-evaluate your first impression, reasonable though it initially appears to be.
- Stavrosian, on 07/31/2008, -0/+10The tin-foil hat reaction is understandable. There are plenty of people out there who believe in conspiracies which clearly have no basis in truth, and when we people of the internet, good and true, are bombarded with them daily it's easy to just dismiss every conspiracy claim as nutty.
- zip000, on 07/31/2008, -0/+11I live in Georgia (unfortunately) and one of the biggest deals in voter fraud right now is actually absentee voting. The state government has made it increasingly difficult for people to vote in person, and have, at the same time, made it increasingly easy to vote absentee.
I am also very concerned about diebold as well obviously.- thegreatgazoo, on 07/31/2008, -0/+0How is it harder to vote in person? You can early vote for weeks, or you have 12 hours on election day. You do need an ID, but you need that to live in society.
I seem to remember needing a notarized statement in Missouri to vote absentee, and I don't think that's required in Georgia.
And if you are 'unfortunately' living in Georgia, rumor has it that Delta will take you damn near any place you want to live. Why live somewhere you hate?- zip000, on 07/31/2008, -0/+4Lots of people live in places that they hate due to circumstances that are beyond their control. Sure, I could just up and move elsewhere, but first I'd have to sell my house, find a job wherever it is that I'm moving etc.
I know that fundamentally I have the choice to leave, but practically speaking, it is a long process that I can't realistically undertake right now.
And actually, I kind of like the city that I live in, it just unfortunately happens to be located in Georgia.
It's harder to vote in person than it used to be. It is easier to vote absentee than it used to be. They have added restrictions to in person voting and taken restrictions away from absentee voting; I think that is pretty clear.
- zip000, on 07/31/2008, -0/+4Lots of people live in places that they hate due to circumstances that are beyond their control. Sure, I could just up and move elsewhere, but first I'd have to sell my house, find a job wherever it is that I'm moving etc.
- thegreatgazoo, on 07/31/2008, -0/+0How is it harder to vote in person? You can early vote for weeks, or you have 12 hours on election day. You do need an ID, but you need that to live in society.
- elarson, on 07/31/2008, -0/+2I also knew of Diebold, ever since its ATM ate my card. Damn you Diebold!
- unradical, on 07/31/2008, -0/+4There's a lot of weird stuff happening here in Florida pertaining to the upcoming elections. My father registered to vote late last year as a Democrat, and he still has not received a voter card. My mother changed her affiliation from republican to democrat about a month before he did, and she has still not received her card. I changed my address and got the card within weeks. I know a few other folks who have changed their affiliation to democrat, or who have recently registered to vote and have been waiting months for their cards. I have a feeling November is going to come and these people will not be allowed to vote. My mother called the elections office and she was told they were backed up on "voter cards", which is obviously a lie considering I got mine right away.
- swrostmore, on 07/31/2008, -0/+7"In swing-state Florida, the state is refusing to accept about 85,000 new registrations from voter drives – overwhelming Black voters.
In swing-state Colorado, the Republican Secretary of State conducted the biggest purge of voters in history, dumping a fifth of all registrations. Guess their color.
In swing state New Mexico, HALF of the Democrats of Mora, a dirt poor and overwhelmingly Hispanic county, found their registrations disappeared this year, courtesy of a Republican voting contractor.
In swing states Ohio and Nevada, new federal law is knocking out tens of thousands of voters who lost their homes to foreclosure."
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Call_to_action_V ...
- swrostmore, on 07/31/2008, -0/+7"In swing-state Florida, the state is refusing to accept about 85,000 new registrations from voter drives – overwhelming Black voters.
- poiuytrewq44, on 07/31/2008, -0/+10Diebold keeps saying that a paper trail is impossible, and yet their competitors in a so-called dictatorship have been doing it for years. http://digg.com/politics/Venezuelan_Voting_Machine ...
- Hangly, on 07/31/2008, -0/+1Maybe we can get Chavez to monitor our elections.
I'm going to go cry now.
- Hangly, on 07/31/2008, -0/+1Maybe we can get Chavez to monitor our elections.
- FLUX, on 07/31/2008, -4/+1This could be a really interesting story if it were not from raw story their credibility is right up their with huffington post. Is this being covered any where else
- drgonzo33, on 07/31/2008, -0/+1I worked on that project in Atlanta, built a good percentage of the servers. It was in this really crappy warehouse off Bankhead highway, the area was infested with crackheads and the warehouse was so bad there were rats everywhere and you could not drink the water there.
One time they had us work for nearly 3 days without a break building the servers. They were doing updates all the time on the software. - graahBrains, on 07/31/2008, -0/+0We have machines that count ballots in Virginia. They work quite like the standardized test form you used in high school. Electronic counting and a paper trail?! What a dreadful idea.
- silicongat, on 07/31/2008, -1/+2Abolish the Government now! We'll all live in peace and prosperity.
- VitriolAndAngst, on 07/31/2008, -0/+5I am in Georgia, and even knowing that Diebold will be rigging the vote -- I must vote. Because I must force them to steal it each time. We cannot complain about rigged elections if we stay home. More and more people are accepting that our elections are manipulated -- people I used to argue with -- now they agree.
So don't stay home. Don't let the bad guys make you quit. If we never give up, they can never really win. Little by little, election by election, we can get good people into politics if we never quit. - dorkino, on 07/31/2008, -0/+3The article states, "What initially raised questions, according to the source, was the behavior of then-Diebold CEO, Bob Urosevich, who personally flew in from Texas and applied the patch in just two counties, DeKalb and Fulton, both Democratic strongholds."
It should be noted that Dekalb and Fulton counties are the two counties that comprise Atlanta proper. - GSnake, on 07/31/2008, -1/+5Maybe 'anonymous' can provoke people to destroy/damage the touch screens. If enough random/anonymous people disable the touch screens as previously mentioned, they'll be forced to go to a paper trail balloting system. If this happens at enough polling locations, you could lead an effective offensive against those slimy bastards that attempt to sway the outcome of the most important election in the history of the known universe.
- cosinezero, on 07/31/2008, -0/+3Seriously? This is one of the best civil disobedience protest ideas I've ever heard. This might actually _work_.
- Hangly, on 07/31/2008, -0/+2One good hack deserves another.
- jlhoben, on 07/31/2008, -0/+9People get 10 years in jail for growing some pot and these scum escape justice? Let's not stand for this any longer!
- DestroyFascism, on 08/01/2008, -0/+1Don't worry, America Won't! In fact they have already sat down...
- LenBaird, on 08/01/2008, -0/+1This is what happens in the New USA. The commoners are aggressively prosecuted for non-crimes and things that shouldn't be crimes while our leaders get away with whatever they want.
- AvangionQ, on 07/31/2008, -0/+2"Documents provided to RAW STORY by a whistleblower close to Cox's office show that one of the key problems Georgia officials were trying to resolve was related to an unauthorized patch installed on machines prior to the election." ... in other words, someone hacked the easily tamperable DieBold voting machines and rigged the election -- a recount is required!
- DestroyFascism, on 08/01/2008, -0/+1It was and the GOP appointed its own team of "mates" or GOP friendly judges to preside over the bench. The victory was a no brainier and the corruption continues.
- gasin, on 07/31/2008, -0/+1I dugg this because I thought the title said "Documents show Georgia's Secretary of State knew of DIABLO"
Man, its a long wait for that game.
:) - beanphoner, on 07/31/2008, -1/+3I did think it odd that my Georgia small town was completely flooded with Ron Paul supporters & signs, but he only managed to get 4% in my county... Seriously, there might have been like one Huckabee sign in the city, thats it!
- WhoWatches, on 08/01/2008, -0/+2Very sad with some retard like hickabilly gets all those votes. Then again, and I'm a native Georgian, the South has completely lost its way. Its been brainwashed since reconstruction to be big fans of central government and coming to heel for the State.
- beanphoner, on 08/01/2008, -0/+1so true.
- WhoWatches, on 08/01/2008, -0/+2Very sad with some retard like hickabilly gets all those votes. Then again, and I'm a native Georgian, the South has completely lost its way. Its been brainwashed since reconstruction to be big fans of central government and coming to heel for the State.
- ren1999, on 07/31/2008, -1/+2The U.S.A. must ban all electronic voting and all go back to paper voting with braille where you circle the name of the candidate you choose. It is time to end the Bush's Help American Gangster Politicians Steal Your Vote Act.
- 33PercentGod, on 08/01/2008, -0/+1Where I go to vote here in Pennsylvania there's no fancy *****. There's 3 little black boxes where you stand and fill out a sheet of paper. You just fill in the bubbles on the ***** of paper and hand it to the person in charge who then files it with the rest. No computers and all of that *****.
- weebit, on 08/01/2008, -0/+1Gosh people I don't know how the American public can change this because it seems like diebold, and the election officials have full authority, and control. They may of changed to these machines because they knew it would give them the votes they wanted. But speaking from one American to another, the only way this will stop is if the public get involved and do something about it. We can't sit on our tushes this time with earplugs in both ears, and our hands to our sides muttering "woe me". Where to start though? I don't have a clue.
- Kikokun, on 08/01/2008, -0/+2banana republic...
- DestroyFascism, on 08/01/2008, -0/+1Yep. Importing from China. Taking credit from China to support an illegal war..
- DestroyFascism, on 08/01/2008, -0/+1Next you know, voting this way will be compulsory and taking time of work to vote illegal. Then they will ask you inset coins to vote and that vote will be no less rigged than it already is...
America is a con job.
Owned by the oligarchy - camdotcom, on 08/24/2008, -0/+110 other signs your Diebold machine may be faulty!
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