From what I can tell, the entire point of the discussion about electoral fraud seems to be to talk about why we aren't talking about election fraud more, and about who is keeping us from talking about it more.
I applaud every word of this except for this part. I don't know about other states, but the gentleman who runs Virginia Verified Voting also serves on the local Democratic committee, runs an outstanding precinct operation in addition to his full time job and taking care of his family. The people who care about this do much more than talk.
I also think the press has done a better job than lefty blogosphere, reporters like Kim Zetter of Wired, Rachel Konrad of AP and Michael Hardy of Federal Computer Week have all done outstanding work, you should take a look at it.
But you are correct, the silence of Democrats and progressive leadership has been thunderous.
No one in lefty blogosphere has ever said anything remotely as insane as Ann Coulter or Karl Rove for that matter, and you don't see Republicans moving away from them.
Hear, hear!
I do volunteer work for the Coaltion for Voting Integrity, which is a Bucks County group dedicated to getting state and federal legislation passed to mandate voter-verified paper pallot and proper audits. Everyone in the group has a family to take care of and other jobs to do. I volunteer for a local candidate's campaign in my spare time.
We don't want the conversation to be about why we don't talk about the disappearance of our democracy. We want the conversation to be about the fact that it's happening every day and that it would be a good idea to stop the process now.
Velvet Revolution 6/16/06 http://www.velvetrevolution.us/
The BRAD BLOG reports that the Diebold machines used in the Busby-Bilbray congressional race to replace the corrupt Duke Cunningham are not in compliance with state or federal law. Sending them home with poll workers overnight immediately decertified them for use in the election by both state and federal law. This is another reason that Americans must demand the results are verified! Please sign our petition demanding a 100% hand count of the paper ballots and paper trails from that election.
Why is this issue important for a liberal blog? My Perspective: You know my agenda. I say cooperate with the real conservatives, who I do not agree with, to deal with the neocon. Do not rest until every last neocon has been removed. No exceptions.
The nocon are the ones who love computer voting. Most liberals and conservatives are appalled by it. We do not seem to have much in common with the conservatives, but this is an exception. The conservatives are certainly doing their part to end computer voting, and it would be very mistaken, in fact just wrong, if we were to fail to hold up our end on this issue. The neocon and their infernal machines must be eliminated.
Yoda, the ancient and revered Jedi Master: "If democracy you would keep, the Empire you must destroy."
