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ALL Diebold, ALL the Time: It's the New Hampshire Primary
Submitted by Ginny on Tue, 01/15/2008 - 1:00pm.
By Michael Collins / Scoop News
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00057.htm
1/8/2008
It's primary season. Why not start it off right in this most important election in our lives with a bogus election. 81% of the voting machines in NH are Diebold Optical Scans, purchased from a Mass. distributor. The votes are counted in Mass by another firm, in secret. Sorry, no verification. It's faith-based elections. Didn't this all get fixed? What an amazing series of non events we've had in election reform. Now we'll pay the price. Almost every primary will be characterized by secret vote counting. Some democracy, some primary. The citizens of the country deserve so much more than this cynicism. We are paying attention.
"1st in the Nation" with Corporate Controlled, Secret Vote Counting
By Nancy Tobi, Democracy for New Hampshire
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0801/S00057.htm
Introduction. The more things stay the same, the worse they smell
By Michael Collins - "Scoop" Independent News - Washington, D.C.
Tomorrow's New Hampshire primary represents a major turning point in the presidential primaries. We've got the rising star of Obama, the stunned Clinton camp, and the populist efforts of the fast moving Democrat, John Edwards, just off a 9% increase in the national polls. At this juncture, the Republican race is less compelling unless you happen to be John McCain or Mitt Romney.
Does Obama's highly favorable corporate media image stack up against reality? Is this the end of Hillary, or at least the beginning of the end? Can Edwards kick in the door with a strong showing and demand coverage? Will Ron Paul embarrass Giuliani by edging him out for fourth?
We'll never know for sure.
Why? It's been nearly eight years since the debacle of Florida and nearly six since the miracle Chambliss win against Cleland. Surely we have reliable, verifiable voting systems in place? It's been almost four years since the nationwide disaster of the 2004 election with irregularities still emerging.
Hasn't all this been fixed?
