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Voter Fraud Watch

Dean

Bill Hobbs has begun a special project I'm sure we can all get behind this election season: The Voter Fraud Project, a grass-roots effort to watchdog possible incidents of voter fraud.

I have a suggestion for Bill that should make it an even better campaign: Make it the Voter Fraud and Intimidation Project. The last couple of elections there have been widespread accusations of voters being intimidated and scared away from the polls. However, no one has ever so far as I've seen come up with a single documented case of voters actually experiencing this. What with all the bloggers out there with cheap digital cameras, I'm sure we must be able to find some incident somewhere of voters actually being scared and intimidated by cops, thugs, or what have you.

We want everyone to vote who has a right to, and no double-dipping or fraudulent voters, right?

This seems like a great project for citizen journalists everywhere to take part in!

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Sean Kinsell (mail) (www):

What's everyone worried about? Isn't Jimmy Carter helping the UN monitor the elections already, anyway?

9.30.2004 11:21am

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La Shawn Barber (www):

Your trackback system doesn't like me!

I'm developing a voter fraud post because these people must be stopped!

9.30.2004 2:10pm

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Matthew (mail):

I'd venture to guess that using a digital camera within 100 yards of a polling place on election day will get one accused of intimidation rather than giving one the opportunity to document it.

9.30.2004 3:46pm

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Dean Esmay (www):

LaShawn: can you give me an example of a trackback URL you are using that is failing? We can try to investigate what's wrong.

9.30.2004 3:46pm

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Casey Tompkins (mail) (www):

Carter is an idiot! If nothing else, he considers electronic voting an improvement. Dolt.

That's what I'm dreading: all the horror stories coming out of districts which have been stampeded into using unreliable systems.

10.1.2004 6:18am

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Dean Esmay (www):

I am still stunned at how this entire country has let itself go to electronic voting. It's not just the potential for fraud, but it's also the potential for false accusations of fraud. Mother of God, it's a disaster!

10.1.2004 6:52am

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Casey Tompkins (mail) (www):

I've heard that some districts (California, if I recall) have actually regressed all the way back to putting an "X" in a box next to the candiate's name.

When I think about it, that sounds like a good idea; no "hanging chads," no electronic spoofing. It should be fairly clear whether there is an X in the box, or not. Very simple.

Mind you, it may take a bit longer to count, but that would give the MSM something to hyperventilate about.

Oh, and no more "late media winners' predictions skewed voting patterns" tomfoolery either.

10.2.2004 12:23am