Re: [A-List] US elections 2004

["Ralph Johansen" <michele@xxxxxxxx>]

All may be true enough, but first it seems to me you exhaust administrative
and judicial remedies, and then you see more transparently what the beast
looks like and proceed from there. Not a great waste of time, maybe you
prevail, but in any case if you don't prevail, it's more like a necessary
step in demonstrating in many dimensions the depth of the problem and the
range of solutions. As to whether and how it will appear in the media, I'd
act
on the assumption that they'll print it prominently - but let them ignore
it -
legitimacy and credibility are to that extent diminished as a
matter of record. It will be useful and will be picked up elsewhere.

Bush's appointments only extend to the list of court vacancies, since
federal
judges are appointed for life.

If voting mechanisms are characterized by the courts as in fact proprietary,
(without knowing the law in that area, not likely in my view in light of
judicial
decisions protecting voter rights), then you have a precedent that you can
use
against the whole charade of "representative government" under a
delegitimized
regime. May not be a significant advance, but one to keep in your quiver.

As to the abolition of exit polls, that has a plausible rationale in how the
eastern
exit poll results affect voter participation in the west. Also, if I
remember correctly
the gag is on publication, not on the taking of polls.

Ralph


Bob Enoch wrote:

Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: [A-List] US elections 2004


> Ralph asks:
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> " I don't understand why, if this
> technology is of such benefit to one party,
>  the other party isn't acting against it;....." (snip)
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> It's a bit of a catch-22, Ralph.
> A Democrat, or a Liberal Republican
> who believed these allegations must also believe that the mass media have
> ignored the many stories that have "come out", (put "computer voting
fraud"
> into your search engine).
> This might lead you to fear that your charges would appear(if at all). on
> page 52d, right next to a story suggesting that your campaigns are funded
by
> Islamic charities.
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> You would also know that the first use made of Bush's new majority after
the
> last elections was to flood the judiciary with friends of the Junta.
> This takes the excitement right out of a court challenge....and suggests
> what you might expect when you are sued for libel....
>
> Finally, you  could be expected to assume that the surest result of your
> initiative would be an unexplained "shift" in the vote in your own
District.
>
> Better to ask: " How could it be that the programs which control the
> computers that control the elections
> are deemed "proprietary", and thus secret,and beyond the jurisdiction of
> State election officials?"
> Or, "Why are exit polls now being suppressed?"
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