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  • From: bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] post election night mayhem
  • Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:03:17 -0700 (PDT)

You would have every right to 'scream' if it happened to you. But it hasn't.
Ever. Nor has it happened to me or anyone with whom I have ever spoken .
Malfunctions do occur, but the hysteria around republican ability to
manipulate voting processes is based on nothing more credible than urban
legends.

The 'fact' is that voting processes in most states are overseen by democrats.
Another fact is the groups being investigated for 'actual' voter
registration fraud are 'democrats.

I know you are 'independent. Please don't buy into this "poor me, democrat
who cant get his vote counted" non-sense. If McCain pulls an upset and wins,
it will be because a lot of citizens, at the moment of truth, decided that
there could be good reson not to completely trust Obama, OR to give 'all'
governmental power to one party. ....bobford


--- On Wed, 10/22/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] post election night mayhem
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 12:50 PM
> It will be even worse if people actually SEE their vote
> flipped on the
> machine, as apparently is already happening in some of the
> early voting.
> Heck, if that happened to me, *I'd* be out there
> screaming. Civil unrest
> is not ALWAYS a bad thing if people have a legitimate
> complaint. Since
> 2000, people have been demanding a more transparent voting
> system.
> Instead we get machines with "little black boxes"
> instead of accessible
> code, and no paper trail (made by a company whose CEO
> promised to
> deliver the election to Bush).
>
> http://www.youdecide2008.com/2008/10/21/voting-fraud-fears-grow/
> http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/10/voting-machine.html
> http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6540
>
> Lynn Wigglesworth
>
> bob ford wrote:
> > Leading The News
> >
> > Police prepare for unrest
> >
> > By Alexander Bolton
> >
> > Posted: 10/21/08 07:58 PM [ET]
> >
> > Police departments in cities across the country are
> beefing up their ranks for Election Day, preparing for
> possible civil unrest and riots after the historic
> presidential contest.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Excerpts:
> >
> > ......" (James) Carville said earlier this month
> that “it would be very, very, very dramatic out there”
> if Obama lost, a statement some commentators interpreted as
> predicting riots.".............
> >
> > ........But Tate declined to describe what the
> worst-case scenario might look like, speaking gingerly like
> other police officials who are wary of implying that black
> voters are more likely than other voting groups to cause
> trouble.................
> >
> > ...............Shelton, of the NAACP, said he
> understands the need for police to maintain order. But he is
> also concerned that some political partisans may point their
> finger at black voters as potential troublemakers because
> the Democratic nominee is black..........
> >
> > ...........Some worry that if Barack Obama loses and
> there is suspicion of foul play in the election, violence
> could ensue in cities with large black populations. Others
> based the need for enhanced patrols on past riots in urban
> areas (following professional sports events) and also on
> Internet rumors.
> >
> >
> > Democratic strategists and advocates for black voters
> say they understand officers wanting to keep the peace, but
> caution that excessive police presence could intimidate
> voters................"
> >
> >
> >
> http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/police-prepare-for-unrest-2008-10-21.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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