GAO won't study 2004 e-votes

[cyn2]

GAO won't study 2004 e-votes
BY Michael Hardy
Published on Nov. 24, 2004

Citing a lack of authority, Comptroller General David Walker has rebuffed calls for the Government Accountability Office to study voting irregularities possibly linked to electronic systems used in the Nov. 2 general election.

"While GAO has and will continue to do certain elections-related work, we are not authorized to engage in enforcement efforts relating to specific allegations of voting irregularities," Walker wrote in a statement issued Nov. 23.

http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/1122/web-evote-11-24-04.asp

[Cocoa]

1. Walker seems to have changed his mind

http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=104&sid=341371

[rehema]

5. Sarpy County Neb Totals Gave Bush 2100 Extra Votes

Excerpt from News article about GAO Investigation

"In Sarpy County, Neb., a computer problem added thousands of votes to the county total. It was not clear which presidential candidate benefited from the error in the overwhelmingly Republican state."

Another Media Blackout of the truth..


BUSH/CHENEY (Rep). . . . . . . . 40,163 68.85
KERRY/EDWARDS (Dem) . . . . . . . 17,455 29.92
http://www.sarpy.com/election/results/2004General.htm (11/17/04)

Election Night Totals
Bush 42,263
Kerry 18,361
http://www.sos.state.ne.us/elec/ElectionNite/Pres.htm

Bush got 2100 added votes
Kerry 906
due to machine malfunction in one county alone

[Straight Shooter]

8. Excerpt from Cocoa's link

Friday, Nov. 26:

Congress' investigative agency, responding to complaints from around the country, has begun to look into the Nov. 2 vote count, including the handling of provisional ballots and malfunctions of voting machines.

The presidential results won't change, but the studies could lead to changes.

The Government Accountability Office usually begins investigations in response to specific requests from Congress, but the agency's head, Comptroller General David Walker, said the GAO acted on its own because of the many comments it received about ballot counting.

GAO officials said the investigation was not triggered by a request from several House Democrats, who wrote the agency this month seeking an investigation. The effort, led by senior Judiciary Committee Democrat John Conyers of Michigan, was not joined by any Republicans.

[Karenca]

2. Feds to Investigate Voting Irregularies

Fom today's AOL News:
http://aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20041126085509990006&cid=946

[zann725]

6. ...and would this be the 'Feds' that Porter Goss oversees?

n/t :crazy:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. >>we are not authorized to engage in enforcement efforts

Seems the checks and balances of our "democracy" have gone the way of the horse and buggy... tsk tsk... just one more example of the golden rule... those who have the gold, rule.



http://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/0906-06.htm

White House Refuses GAO Request for Documents on Cheney's Energy Task Force

Imagine if big dog had just "refused" to answer questions. I am sure leg irons woudld have come out in short order.

[brindis_desala]

4. This is great news!

This gives us a "talking point" to ram at the MSM. No one can deny there were abundant machine malfunctions across the country. This is a dereliction on the part of the GAO and they seem to be blatantly reversing positions. We need to scream until someone listens. ASK: "what is our government hiding?"

[righteous1]

7. The GAO is bi-partisan

At least they have been in the past, They have gone after accounting irregularities concerning both parties. I'd rather they WERE looking into this