New Election Fraud Article in NH paper - comments welcome

[helderheid]

http://www.keenesentinel.com/main.asp?SectionID=43&SubSectionID=105&ArticleID=65626

Tuesday, May 10, 2005

Election reform

It’s unlikely that all Americans will ever agree on the accuracy and fairness of the 2004 election that gave Republican George W. Bush a second term in the White House. Pointedly, some critics of the outcome cite polling-place exit interviews that strongly suggested Democrat John Kerry would win the key state of Ohio, which he officially lost. The company that conducted the interviews later explained, without any apparent embarrassment, that the discrepancies stemmed from the fact that it didn’t factor in the possibility that Kerry supporters would be more willing to talk about how they voted than were Bush backers.

A national group of statisticians doesn’t buy a word of that. The organization, called “US Count Votes,” says the discrepancies ought to be investigated further.

To be sure, aspects of the 2004 election were not pretty. Election officials in parts of the country made voting extremely difficult or impossible for some citizens. Further, a number of people with considerable clout — including the head of the company that makes electronic voting machines and top voting officials in the key state of Ohio — had publicly committed themselves to winning Bush a second term.

In short, last November’s election smelled. The odor wasn’t nearly as foul as that of the 2000 edition, where voters in Florida were disenfranchised wholesale. But it stunk nevertheless. The question is what to do about it.

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[TalkingDog]

1. Thanks! Done. n/t

[helderheid]

2. Thank you!

Keep this issue ALIVE and praise where we can!

[Wilms]

3. Done. Kick. n/t

[Carolab]

4. Done.

I brought up Bob Koehler's articles (with links) and the fact that his editors are trying to stifle him.