Overturning a "Mandate" thru Recounts (Its for Real)

IdaBriggs

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Mon Nov-08-04 11:02 PM
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Overturning a "Mandate" thru Recounts (Its for Real)

Edited on Mon Nov-08-04 11:04 PM by IdaBriggs

Let me explain what appears to have happened with the election last week: Vote Fraud. And yes, there is something to be done about it THIS YEAR before the electoral college meets.

There are two types of Vote Fraud: "on purpose" and "on accident." When it comes to the "counting" problems, I'm going from the "on accident" theory until proven otherwise. Take off your tin-foil hats for a second, and recognize that Software Programmers are not necessarily perfect; we make mistakes. In fact, we make a lot of our money FIXING mistakes. As in "glitches" or "bugs." Oops! What do you mean we switched the numbers? Tee hee. No one will probably notice; after all, they only use the thing once every few years...

There appears to be some seriously out of whack numbers happening in areas where "sophisticated" equipment is being used to count ballots. At *my* instigation -- not the Kerry campaign or Karl Rove -- Ralph Nader has agreed to have a MANUAL RECOUNT done in New Hampshire for those precincts where Diebold AccuVote machines are being used.

I also want MANUAL recounts done in every state. That is taking a little more work.

The big issues are funding, timing and resources. You will ALL be asked to give MORE MONEY to fund the effort, even though you already gave so much. And honestly, after the recounts happen, there are two possibilities:

Possibility One is that everything is fine, and the RAW DATA (meaning the votes) will match the REPORTED DATA (meaning the final numbers). If that happens, its going to be time to suck it up, get over it, and start the healing.

Possibility Two is that everything is NOT fine, and the numbers are being reported WRONG. Maybe its going to be because of some buggy software, or maybe its going to be because of some nefarious activity, or maybe its going to be a combination all-of-the-above.

Either way, despite what SOME people want to believe, the ELECTION IS NOT OVER until after the Elector College meets. That means ALL VOTE RECOUNTS HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE THEN.

This is not something that is a Main Stream Media Issue. This is something specific to EACH STATE and that State's citizens. My question to the Democratic Leadership is this: Why NOT help with this? What's the worst thing that can happen -- maybe you could LOSE some more? This is bigger than Kerry, this is bigger than Nader, this is bigger than Bush; this is about the INTEGRITY of the American voting system -- a "free democracy" where every vote counts.

I need help. I need people to track down numbers (bless all of you who have been helping with this today!). I need people to crunch those numbers so we have something to compare against when the recounts happen to demonstrate the discrepancy rate. I need people to help FUND the dratted things (there is going to be a specific place to send money, starting tomorrow, or you can give an unlimited amount to the Ralph Nader team at www.votenader.org as long as you specify it is FOR RECOUNTS and not campaign debt), and in some states, I'm going to need citizens to go down and file the paperwork to make it happen. And when I'm tired, I need other people to remind me that I'm not alone, and we can get this done, and this is a fight worth fighting.

Both the Republican AND Democratic party appear to have forgotten WHO is in charge. That would be US -- "WE THE PEOPLE." I'm one of the people, and I've been willing to step up while Kerry and his team take a bit of a break, and recover from the ego blast they took last week. Hopefully they will come out swinging (and call me so we can talk about what the heck is going on with this stuff), but I'm not counting on them to "give me my rights" -- I *OWN* my rights, and I WANT A RECOUNT.

In my wildest dreams, the numbers turn for Kerry. In my more pragmatic ones, I am assured of the integrity of the voting system. Either way, I have not surrendered, I will NOT surrender, and I am CONFIDENT that WE WILL WIN THE FIGHT.

So, if you want to show "someone" what a REAL mandate looks like, JOIN ME in the fight to MANUALLY COUNT THE VOTES. Until then, if Bush wants me to believe he won, my answer is this:

PROVE IT!

ON EDIT: The New Hampshire study can be found at www.invisibleida.com