Alexandrovna: Baked-Cooked Election Reform

[paineinthearse]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/larisa-alexandrovna/bakedcooked-election-ref_b_7629.html

Baked-Cooked Election Reform

We can all breath a sigh of relief at having had James A. Baker III single handedly rescue US elections from the clenched jaws of dirty tricksters like Jim Dyke, election reform charlatans like Thor Hearne, and corporate wise guys from the likes of Diebold.

Oops, Dyke, Hearne, and Diebold were the experts and panelists for the Baker-Carter -blue-blooded, blue-ribbon, blue light special on honor – Commission on Federal Election Reform (or something).

For some reason yet to be determined by any rational creature or even slightly rational mental health professional, Jimmy Carter co-hosted this bullshit extravaganza.

Recently, the Commission birthed out a report to better enhance voter disenfranchisement, err, integrity, which not surprisingly met opposition from the 2+2=4 crowd, darn them, those factualists are always in the way.

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Links to three related DU posts:

Carter endorses national ID card to vote. –

2005 election forum - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?

GDP - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?

Stop Baker3 & Carter's national ID requirement to vote.

GDP - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?

[OneBlueSky]

1. it really disheartens me that Jimmy Carter allowed himself to be . . .

suckered into this national ID card bullshit . . . seems he not thinking as clearly as he used to . . .

[AX10]

2. I agree.

[Griffy]

8. Well, they would do it with or without him.... perhaps...

I think Carter is for fair, honest elections and to that end he went to the commision and did what he could... thats my impression. and this is just a step.. the fight is far from over!

[glitch]

3. Let's get this one read by more people. Kick and nom. nt

[papau]

4. Link to PBS Election Reform and links to documents below

MARGARET WARNER: Well, what's your evidence that the American people don't have confidence in it now?

JAMES BAKER: Well, just look at polls. There's still a lot of questions out there on the part of the people. As the president indicated, a lot of people don't think their votes are going to be adequately counted or accurately counted. Many people fear fraud on the other side and many people fear there's a denial of access.

And what this report does, frankly, in our opinion, is to hopefully eliminate the sterile debate that we have had in this country for so many years between the advocates of ballot integrity on the one hand and the advocates of ballot, greater access on the other.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec05/reform_9-19.html

Report (7.6MB)
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/full_report.pdf
(Download will take approximately 20 minutes on a dial-up connection, 4 minutes on a cable or dsl connection, and under 30 seconds on a LAN.)

The individual sections of the report can be downloaded below:

Introduction (130KB)
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/CFER_introduction.pdf
(Table of Contents, Letter from the Co-Chairs, Preface by Executive Director, Executive Summary)

Section 1 -- Goals and Challenges of Election Reform (1.1MB)http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/CFER_section1.pdf
Section 2 -- Voter Registration and Identification (950KB)
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/CFER_section2.pdf
Section 3 -- Voting Technology (690KB)
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/CFER_section3.pdf
Section 4 -- Expanding Access to Elections (1.1 MB)
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/CFER_section4.pdf
Section 5 -- Improving Ballot Integrity (660KB)
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/CFER_section5.pdf
Section 6 -- Election Administration (1.0MB)
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/CFER_section6.pdf
Section 7 -- Responsible Media Coverage (490KB)
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/CFER_section7.pdf
Section 8 -- Election Observation (520KB)
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/CFER_section8.pdf
Section 9 -- Presidential Primary and Post-Election Schedules (430KB)
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/CFER_section9.pdf
Conclusion (135KB)
(Conclusion, Appendix, Endnotes)
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/CFER_conclusion.pdf
Summary of Recommendations (83KB)
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/CFER_summary.pdf
Additional Statements (60KB)
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/CFER_additional.pdf
About the Commission (980KB)
http://www.american.edu/ia/cfer/report/CFER_about.pdf

[lala_rawraw]

5. thanks

[paineinthearse]

7. I love your new sig line

:rofl:

[mod mom]

6. Come on DUers can we get this on the GREATEST page?

[tom_paine]

9. kick

:kick:

[faithnotgreed]

10. kick

[lala_rawraw]

11. Conyers on Randi talking about Baker Carter

n/t

[paineinthearse]

14. Darn, missed it

Hope White Rose captured it. Anyone have a link?

[faithnotgreed]

15. ommmsweetommm was just giving me details in another thread

i will get that link to make sure its in this thread

thank you

on edit:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4830365

[Nothing Without Hope]

12. Another relaated thread on Conyers' opposition to the Baker/Carter report:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1792847
thread title: Conyers Opposes Baker/Carter Commission Report
BareNakedLiberal LBN Forum Tue Sep-20-05 01:45 AM

Recommended

[paineinthearse]

13. See related post in LBN.

Source is CommonDreams (when did Common Dreams become a news source? thought it was a blog, which are not allowed as sources in LBN)

:shrug:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1792847&mesg_id=1792847

[mod mom]

16. People, election reform is an important component in our movement.

Please read this important piece!

[bleever]

17. We need to say this over, and over, in order to catapult the

propaganda onto the trashpile of history.

Another great post by LA.

:thumbsup:

[lala_rawraw]

18. I have been trying to get people to look at that map for months

It is like pulling teeth:(

[bleever]

22. Keep it up. We stubborn 2+2=4 types are continuing to make progress.

And I love the world "factualists". Did you coin that one?

[paineinthearse]

19. Raw Story - Baker-Carter commission recommends national voter ID card

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/BakerCarter_commission_recommends_national_v_0919.html



Baker-Carter commission recommends national voter ID card
John Byrne

A voting reform commission which has already taken heat for playing host to sham voting rights groups run by members of the Bush-Cheney campaign has now recommended the institution of a national voter ID card.

The full recommendations of the commission, led by erstwhile Secretary of State James Baker III and former President Jimmy Carter, can be found here.

Among other major recommendations, the commission calls for voter verifiable paper trails for electronic voting machines, and elections run by nonpartisan officials rather than party-affiliated secretaries of state.

more....

[stickdog]

20. What a fucking transparent joke! Carter ought to be ashamed of

himself!

[paineinthearse]

21. .

Morning :kick: