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(3,979 posts) Tue Oct 23, 2012, 04:50 PM Oct 2012

Thom Hartmann: Why the UN is sending election observers to the US

Hilary Shelton, NAACP Washington Bureau, joins Thom Hartmann. Now thanks to the nationwide efforts by Conservatives to keep Democratic voters away from the polls and rig the election for Mitt Romney - foreign election observers will be on hand to make sure that the voting rights of minorities in America are protected come election day. More than 44 observers with the UN-affiliated Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe will be deployed at polling stations around the nation to monitor the election and potential disputes at polling stations. These observers were asked for by civil rights groups in the United States who've raised concerns over systematic efforts to restrict the votes of minorities ahead of the election - including Voter Suppression ID laws.

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Thom Hartmann: Why the UN is sending election observers to the US (Original Post) thomhartmann Oct 2012 OP

Sad too say- ruffburr Oct 2012 #1

K&R - I can see why the GOP is pissed - they don't like referees. HopeHoops Oct 2012 #2

Paul Weyrich was one of the co-founders of ALEC-Yikes! midnight Oct 2012 #3

How embarrassing that the US needs outside intervention on this issue. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #4

Hi Sabrina! I couldn't agree with you more. louslobbs Oct 2012 #7

Hey, Lou! sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #8

That's so sweet of you. It feels good to finally find the time to post again. louslobbs Oct 2012 #9

I figured you were really busy. sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #10

The guys buying this election hate the UN, imagine that. redstatebluegirl Oct 2012 #5

I wish it were a great deal more than 44. n/t MerryBlooms Oct 2012 #6

This is really good news! Since the 2000 election, I've felt we needed some outside observers. maddiemom Oct 2012 #11

Europeans coming over to monitor US elections. Thats gonna go down well with the GOP.. Lars77 Oct 2012 #12

Fuck the GOP... Hubert Flottz Oct 2012 #13

ruffburr

(1,190 posts)

1. Sad too say-

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Tue Oct 23, 2012, 04:56 PM

Oct 2012

But I believe we need 10x that number of observers , I wonder if there is a way to test these Romney owned machines for veracity?

HopeHoops

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2. K&R - I can see why the GOP is pissed - they don't like referees.

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Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:17 PM

Oct 2012

midnight

(26,624 posts)

3. Paul Weyrich was one of the co-founders of ALEC-Yikes!

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Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:20 PM

Oct 2012

sabrina 1

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4. How embarrassing that the US needs outside intervention on this issue.

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Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:57 PM

Oct 2012

But the sad thing is that neither party will address it as it should have been first, after the 2000 election and again after the next stolen election in 2004.

It's hard to understand the silence of our elected officials on this most vital issue. We have not been a democracy for at least a decade that we know of and nothing has been done about.

When people cannot trust that their votes will be counted, when a Candidate for the Presidency or for any other elected office, can invest in the machines that count the votes, the whole system is nothing more than a joke.