I'm especially struck by James Pinkerton's cry of anguish, in his blog (below) on foxnews.com, over the grave dangers posed by Internet voting, which, he fears, will make the Democrats "a permanent majority."
Yes, white man, Internet voting is a really bad idea--and so are all the other forms of electronic voting, most of which somehow don't have you freaking out. And the reason why you don't, and never have, is that those systems, now in place from coast to coast, maintained your party in the catbird seat, quite against the will of the US electorate. In fact, the Democrats have been in the majority throughout this decade, but millions couldn't know it from the vote-counts rustled up by the Republicans through their e-voting machines, optical scanners, computerized vote tabulators, electronic voter rolls and other high-tech vote- erasing gadgets. In any case, if Pinkerton were really a believer in democracy and fair elections, he would join us EI activists who also want no on-line voting, or any other electronic voting system that allows manipulation by the gnomes of either party. However, since he surely cares far more about his party than he does about the people's voting rights, he is not likely to stand up, out here, with us. MCM >From Ellen Theisen: More New York counties join the resistance to switching from lever machines to optically scanned ballots. Smartmatic brought the wrong cable to its all-important demo in the Philippines and caused a short circuit in the optical scanner. Voter ID and Internet voting continue to be in the news. And an error was discovered in TrueBallot’s counting of the votes in Aspen’s IRV election – but it didn’t affect the outcome. NAtional: SOTOMAYOR v SESSIONS: Obama Supreme Court nomination sets up battle over voting rights <http://www.democracyfornewhampshire.com/node/view/6626>http://www.democracyfornewhampshire.com/node/view/6626 NAtional: Congress Must Help Military Vote <http://www.usnews.com/blogs/peter-roff/2009/05/28/congress-must-help-military-vote.html>http://www.usnews.com/blogs/peter-roff/2009/05/28/congress-must-help-military-vote.html NAtional: The Court's NAMUDNO Decision: Judging the Costs and Efficiency of Preclearance <http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20090527_crayton.html>http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20090527_crayton.html NAtional: Lower the Voting Age <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-lublin/lower-the-voting-age_b_208699.html>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-lublin/lower-the-voting-age_b_208699.html NAtional: JAMES P. PINKERTON: Will Democrats Become a Permanent Majority Thanks to Internet Voting? <http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/05/26/pinkerton_democrats_internet/>http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/05/26/pinkerton_democrats_internet/ CO: [Aspen] Mayoral Vote Tally Corrected; Outcome Stays the Same <http://www.aspenpitkin.com/apps/news/news_item_detail.cfm?NewsItemID=1082>http://www.aspenpitkin.com/apps/news/news_item_detail.cfm?NewsItemID=1082 HI: Poor turnout in Hawaii election clouds use of digital voting technology <http://www.startribune.com/nation/46263892.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ>http://www.startribune.com/nation/46263892.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUsZ KS: Beware of claims of voter fraud <http://www.kansas.com/781/story/829045.html>http://www.kansas.com/781/story/829045.html MN: Despite Coleman-Franken fallout, Pawlenty scotched all election reform <http://minnesotaindependent.com/35557/pawlenty-veto-election-reform-omnibus>http://minnesotaindependent.com/35557/pawlenty-veto-election-reform-omnibus MN: Minn. group sues over voter registration records <http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/581070.html>http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/581070.html MS: Hosemann hopeful for voter ID effort <http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20321763&BRD=1377&PAG=461&dept_id=172922&rfi=6>http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20321763&BRD=1377&PAG=461&dept_id=172922&rfi=6 NY: City Resists State on Voting-Machine Program <http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/city-defies-state-on-voting-machine-program/>http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/city-defies-state-on-voting-machine-program/ NY: County protests voting machine rule <http://www.thedailystar.com/local/local_story_148040035.html>http://www.thedailystar.com/local/local_story_148040035.html NY: Long live the voting lever <http://www.riverreporter.com/issues/09-05-28/head3-lever.html>http://www.riverreporter.com/issues/09-05-28/head3-lever.html NY: More counties urge state to keep lever voting <http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20090527-4.html>http://www.empirestatenews.net/News/20090527-4.html TX: Controversial Voter ID Bill stalled with split vote; Strauss may decide issue <http://www.mysanantonio.com/sacultura/46241757.html>http://www.mysanantonio.com/sacultura/46241757.html Estonia: Estonia opens way to digital voting <http://theeulobby.wordpress.com/>http://theeulobby.wordpress.com/ Philippines: Smoke comes out of a poll machine: But poll exec satisfied with demo <http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090528-207636/Smoke-comes-out-of--a-poll-machine>http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20090528-207636/Smoke-comes-out-of--a-poll-machine Philippines: Accuracy of poll machines to be tested again <http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090528-207544/Accuracy-of-poll-machines-to-be-tested-again>http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090528-207544/Accuracy-of-poll-machines-to-be-tested-again ENtertainment: American Idol results: Adam Lambert was robbed! <http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/27/american-idol-results-adam-lambert-was-robbed/>http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/27/american-idol-results-adam-lambert-was-robbed/ Published by VotersUnite.Org Ellen Theisen (<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]), Director and Managing Editor Dave Klein (<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]), Editor John Washburn (<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]), Editor Daily Voting News was founded on February 6, 2004 by John Gideon (1947-2009). 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