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選舉權的系統的破壞
星期一, 2008年7月28日 談論這個報告在RINF論壇 > 由 Heidi Stevenson | 您也許認為您有權利投票。 您也許認為您的表決計數。 您也許認為有問題這裡或那裡,但他們是例外。 您也許認為2000總統選舉是變型,美國。 最高法院違犯了道德并且求婚先例加冠競選失敗者,抵抗人民的意志。 您也許認為它不可能可能是一個持續的問題。 您也許非常哀傷地弄錯。 選舉權受到系統的攻擊在美國。 技術包括: *徹底的公民權的剝奪。 *表決開關在競選機器。 *允許公眾的拒绝看怎麼表決計數。 *對人民法院的用途由政黨和 公司 推翻法律。 *對訴訟威脅的用途由大公司反對現金被束縛的當地政府防止他們審查 投票 機器。 每一個也許不似乎像一個主要爭論點,但一起採取,它確切有對美國公民的一次協同攻擊』權利投票。 表決翻轉 曲頭釘弗裡德曼跟隨問題多年來,但平衡他震驚了,當它發生在他身上,當他在洛杉磯投票了在6月3日加利福尼亞競選期間: 「在我的眼睛,我使用的表決系統導致的計算機打印的選票,不正確地被填裝的泡影之前為 四 種族我投票in。 有我不是 難以置信地 仔細,在選票被印了之後,刻苦比較什麼打印了對什麼我實際上投票支持,我不会知道我的表決被給我沒有投票為的候選人」。 因為弗裡德曼指出,如果他是瞎的,將沒有方式知道改變了他的表決。 他的表決的百分之四十被翻轉了。 由於他的突起,他投票了的機器被檢疫。 沒人麻煩檢查機器在那個投票所或其他的其餘同一個類型。 選民關進籠子 合法 選民 誰可能投票支持「錯誤」候選人從選民捲被辨認和系統地被排除。 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 Discuss this report in the RINF forums > Have Your Say: The Systematic Destruction of Voting Rights This entry was posted on Monday, July 28th, 2008 at 7:38 pm and is filed under Political News . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. |
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