yes. Investigation not litigation at this point, as the Democratic candidate has conceded. Therefore it doesn't matter who won the vote But I think we need more safeguards than this in the next election. Also, Bernalillo County here is a poster child for why the strategy of requesting an absentee ballot to create a paper trail does not work
Dana On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 11:07:49 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it deserves investigation though given that I've heard the CEO > of the company responsible for the software was a Bush campaign > donor. > > Further, the DNC would've had its own pollsters and I'm sure they > would've been careful not skew the results. > > I'd say the data warrants investigation. > > > > > On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 08:32:27 -0500, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Like Tom Brokow said the other night. The exit polls were clearly weighted > > for known democratic precincts. > > > > Of course the CNN Exit polls are fairly consistent with the actual results. > > > > If I stood at a precinct and asked three people with Kerry buttons on who > > they voted for as they left, I think my results may have been fairly skewed > > too. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 7:08 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Voter Fraud? Why are the exit polls so wrong in Florida? > > > > ------------------- > > Published on Thursday, November 4, 2004 by CommonDreams.org/ > > > > http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1104-38.htm > > > > *The Ultimate Felony Against Democracy > > by Thom Hartmann* > > > > The hot story in the Blogosphere is that the "erroneous" exit polls > > that showed Kerry carrying Florida and Ohio (among other states) weren't > > erroneous at all <http://www.bluelemur.com/index.php?p=388> - it was the > > numbers produced by paperless voting machines that were wrong, and Kerry > > actually won. As more and more analysis is done of what may (or may not) > > be the most massive election fraud in the history of the world, however, > > it's critical that we keep the largest issue at the forefront at all > > time: /Why are We The People allowing private, for-profit corporations, > > answerable only to their officers and boards of directors, and loyal > > only to agendas and politicians that will enhance their profitability, > > to handle our votes?/ > > > > Maybe Florida went for Kerry, maybe for Bush. Over time - and through > > the efforts of some very motivated investigative reporters - we may well > > find out (Bev Harris of www.blackboxvoting.org > > <http://www.blackboxvoting.org> just filed what may be the largest > > Freedom of Information Act [FOIA} filing in history), and bloggers and > > investigative reporters are discovering an odd discrepancy in exit polls > > being largely accurate in paper-ballot states and oddly inaccurate in > > touch-screen electronic voting states Even raw voter analyses > > <http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/3/52213/1921> are showing extreme > > oddities in touch-screen-run Florida, and eagle-eyed bloggers are > > finding that news organizations are retroactively altering their exit > > polls <http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/04/11/ana04025.html> to > > coincide with what the machines ultimately said. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134526 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
