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Por Heidi Stevenson | Usted puede ser que piense que usted tiene la derecha de votar. Usted puede ser que piense sus cuentas del voto. Usted puede ser que piense que hay un problema aquí o allí, pero que son las excepciones. Usted puede ser que piense que las 2000 elecciones presidenciales eran una aberración, en la cual los E.E.U.U. El Tribunal Supremo violó ético y corteja precedentes para coronar al perdedor de la elección, contradiciendo la voluntad de la gente. Usted puede ser que piense que no puede posiblemente ser un problema en curso.

Usted puede ser que sea confundido muy tristemente.

Los derechos al voto están bajo ataque sistemático en los Estados Unidos. Las técnicas incluyen:

* Disenfranchisement absoluto.

* Conmutación del voto en máquinas de la elección.

* Denegación para permitir que el público vea cómo se cuentan los votos.

* Uso de las cortes de gente por los partidos políticos y corporaciones para derribar la ley.

* Uso de las amenazas del pleito por corporaciones grandes contra gobiernos locales efectivo-atados con correa de evitar que examinen votación máquinas.

Cada uno no pudo parecerse como una edición importante, pero tomado junto, está claro que hay un ataque coordinado contra derechas de los ciudadanos americanos las' de votar.

El mover de un tirón del voto

El alfilerillo Friedman ha estado siguiendo el problema por años, pero lo iguala fue atontado cuando le sucedió cuando él votó en Los Ángeles durante la elección del 3 de junio California:

“Derecho antes de mis mismos ojos, la balota computadora-impresa producida por el sistema de votación que utilizaba, incorrectamente completadas burbujas para cuatro de las razas votaba el pulg. Tenía no sido increíblemente cuidadoso, después de que la balota fuera impresa, comparar cuidadosamente qué fue impreso por a lo que voté realmente, nunca habría sabido que mis votos eran dados a los candidatos que no voté por.”

Pues Friedman se encendió precisar, si él hubiera estado oculto, no habría habido manera de saber que sus votos fueron cambiados. Cuarenta por ciento de sus votos fueron movidos de un tirón. Debido a su prominencia, la máquina que él había votado encendido quarantined. Nadie incomodaron comprobar hacia fuera el resto de las máquinas en ese lugar de la interrogación o de otras del mismo tipo.

El enjaular del votante

Legítimo votantes quiénes son probables votar por el “incorrecto” identifican y se excluyen sistemáticamente a los candidatos de los rodillos del votante. Different techniques are used, but one documented by reporter Greg Palast tells of one method.

Before the 2004 election, military personnel who came from predominantly black neighborhoods were targeted. The Republican National Committee sent them letters addressed “Do Not Forward”. Most, if not all, of the addressees were serving their country in foreign lands. Lists were drawn up of the names on the letters that had been returned as undeliverable. The lists were sent to the RNC. These soldiers had been “caged”.

Their voting registrations were challenged, based on the returned mail. Once their names had been removed from the voting rolls — without any attempts to locate and inform them — they lost the right to vote in the next election, whether they had returned home and gone to the polls or they had sent absentee ballots.

Through voter caging and other techniques, over half a million voters were disenfranchised during the 2004 election. The vast majority of those who were disenfranchised by caging were black military personnel.

Lack of Transparency in Vote Counting

In the recent June 3rd election in Monterey, California, two election observers were harassed and prevented from observing the process and the equipment used for tabulating votes. From the first, when they formally requested access, citing the California code that specifies the rules for observation — which quite clearly gives the right to check out all phases of the election, along with all computer and tabulating equipment — they were stonewalled.

In spite of the attempts to stop them, Valerie Lane and Brian Rothenberger were able to see obviously illegal activities and clear indications that it would be easy to tamper with the vote count. They were stalled, ordered to leave, and threatened with arrest.

The second article in this series will discuss the specifics of how Mr. Rothenberger and Ms. Lane were prevented from doing precisely what the law — and democracy — requires.

Lawsuit Threat

In New Jersey’s Union County, paper records of the number of voters in the recent primary election did not match the results produced by Sequoia Voting Systems’ machine printouts. Naturally, the County Clerk, Joanne Rajoppi, wanted the problem investigated. The Constitutional Officers Association of New Jersey, an organization of state sheriffs, county clerks, and other similar officials, concurred, calling for an independent review. They planned to have it done by a Princeton University computer scientist who has experience with voting machines.

It isn’t going to happen. Sequoia claims, without any proof, that the errors were the result of errors by poll workers — an interesting concept, considering it’s never happened before. Using double-speak without a hint of embarrassment, they say that they “welcome all such responsibly executed review activities.” How that can be done, though, they don’t say — but they aren’t going to let Union County do an investigation.

Sequoia threatened a lawsuit against Union County, claiming that an independent investigation would violate their licensing agreement. The county has no option but to capitulate. The cost of defending such a lawsuit is prohibitive for them.

Left in the balance are the voters who have been disenfranchised.

A Chilling Subversion of Our Democracy

The implications for American democracy are chilling. A concerted and systematic effort has been underway to prevent the will of the people from being heard. The very basis of the governance of our nation is at extreme risk.

Thomas Jefferson wrote: “Should things go wrong at any time, the people will set them to rights by the peaceable exercise of their elective rights.” He had faith in the people’s ability to make good decisions through voting. What would he think now, when that most basic of freedoms — the one at the heart of our society — is becoming a ghost, nothing more than the image of what it was meant to be?

Alexander Hamilton said that a republic’s right to vote “ought to stand foremost in the estimation of the law.” Now, the right to vote is becoming little more than a shadow cast behind the actions of those who cast their votes into a void. Increasingly, it exists more in form than in substance.

Different techniques that have been used — and continue to be used — will be discussed in depth in upcoming articles. The only way to stop the theft of democracy is through awareness of what’s happening. If you know that you’re a potential target of vote theft, then you can protect both yourself and the future of the nation.

References

The Brad Blog, by Brad Friedman, (http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6043) , (http://www.blackboxvoting.org/)

Black Box Voting, (http://www.blackboxvoting.org/)

“Buffalo Soldiers Scrubbed by Secret GOP Hit List”, by Greg Palast, ((http://www.gregpalast.com/massacre-of-t…)

“Plan for voting machine probe dropped after lawsuit threat”, by Diane C. Walsh, Real-Time News, ((http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/0…)

“Sequoia Threatens Lawsuit Over E-Voting Machine Review”, by K.C. Jones, Information Week, ((http://www.informationweek.com/news/man…)

About the author

* Heidi Stevenson, BSc, DIHom, FBIH
* Fellow, British Institute of Homeopathy
* Gaia Therapy (http://www.gaia-therapy.com)
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* The author is a homeopath who became concerned with medically-induced harm as a result of her own experiences and those of family members. She says that allopathic medicine is the arena that best describes the motto, “Buyer beware.”
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* Iatrogenic disease is illness, disability, and death caused by medical practice. It is common, resulting in huge costs to society and individuals. It’s possible - even common - to suffer an iatrogenic illness without realizing its source.
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* Heidi Stevenson provides information about medically-induced disease and disability, along with incisive well-researched articles on major issues in the modern world, so members of the public can protect themselves.

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