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Election Reform

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robinlynne

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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 08:05 PM Nov 2012

DU read up. This is what happened in Ohio on election night: [View all]

from Mark Crispin Miller and Victoria Collier. Their words are better than mine could ever be.
just read at the link:


Late last night, after Obama took Ohio, Karl Rove was on Fox News, doggedly refusing to concede. He insisted that Ohio was still in play, as Romney was going to win in Hamilton County—where the votes were “counted” on machines made and maintained by Hart InterCivic, a company effectively controlled by Romney’s family. (The same machines were also used in Williams County.)

So it’s not surprising that the GOP’s Lord Voldemort foresaw an “upset victory” in that county. It is surprising that he said it on Fox News, and when the game was obviously lost, so that a sudden Romney “victory” in Ohio would have seemed especially suspicious—even in the eyes of Rove’s old allies on Fox News (or those not in the loop).

To those of us with vivid memories of Election Nights 2000 and 2004, it was a creepy moment—and things got even creepier when Brad Friedman reported that the website of the Ohio SoS had suddenly gone down, which had also happened at that very hour eight years before; and when it had come back on, Kerry, who had been ahead, was now behind. And—horribly—the rest was history.

But that didn’t happen this time, as Rove had obviously lost control—of himself (his recklessness in mouthing off like that was staggering), and, infinitely more important, of his well-oiled, fabulously subsidized election-theft machine. For all his plans, and all the preparations made by Ohio SoS Jon Husted (among others), Rove was clearly overruled on this Election Day, as cooler heads prevailed.

http://markcrispinmiller.com/2012/11/score-one-at-last-for-the-election-integrity-movement/

Thank-you to Bob Fitrakis, mark Crispin Miller, Clint Curtis, and others who went to DC on election day to speak to the press about Ohio voting software, and all citizens who watch our elections! Thank-you to the amazing woman in Florida who filed a lawsuit because they did not count her absentee ballot! Thank-you to the people who stood in line for hours! It is time for everyone at DU to understand election fraud and how it is happening all over our country.

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Wow onlyadream Nov 2012 #1
Bush would never have taken office. instead of Alito and Roberts, Gore would have picked the judges. robinlynne Nov 2012 #3
I think we wouldn't even have had 9/11 zentrum Nov 2012 #20
makes sense. robinlynne Nov 2012 #29
I think you're right on all counts (sigh). Raksha Nov 2012 #35
Muslims would still be overwhelmingly GOP. leftlibdem420 Nov 2012 #38
I think what really stopped them RandySF Nov 2012 #2
You don't think it was the judge watching them? The public speeches in DC about the Ohio software? robinlynne Nov 2012 #4
They're saving that card to play in 2016. Baitball Blogger Nov 2012 #10
Vote rigging grannie4peace Nov 2012 #31
Our own Time for Change (Dale Tavris) wrote a book on this subject. rhett o rick Nov 2012 #5
I surmised the very same thing yesterday: bleever Nov 2012 #6
I think they stole 3% of the vote in Ohio. pamela Nov 2012 #8
I was puzzled why Ohio was the only state that didn't match the polling. Sugarcoated Nov 2012 #16
Thanks. nice thread. I missed that one! robinlynne Nov 2012 #9
Here's to the great folks of the Election Reform group. bleever Nov 2012 #11
yes!!!! robinlynne Nov 2012 #12
Glad I wasn't watching all that on fox or any station for that matter.. Cha Nov 2012 #7
These are great Americans! This is what democracy looks like. It should not however be this hard The Wielding Truth Nov 2012 #18
Election fraud is real, and comes in a number of forms Kurovski Nov 2012 #13
Please, please, please... the devil Nov 2012 #14
lol. Someone posted today that Rove was part of watergate. I didn't realize. robinlynne Nov 2012 #15
This is pure speculation. Marr Nov 2012 #17
Pure speculation would be a total absence of supporting evidence, but bleever Nov 2012 #21
Oh, I'd be all for an investigation, don't get me wrong. Marr Nov 2012 #24
Great point. bleever Nov 2012 #27
The U.S. CAN'T rig Venezuela's elections. Guess why? Peace Patriot Nov 2012 #36
"Where's the kaboom?" spirald Nov 2012 #19
Florida too... Liberal1975 Nov 2012 #22
And of course... Liberal1975 Nov 2012 #25
agreed. 100% . Elections, as they are now in this country , are not verifiable. robinlynne Nov 2012 #30
I didn't remember ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #23
This gives me chills. The rottenness is astounding. northoftheborder Nov 2012 #26
Sorry, Mark, the press coverage didn't stop them. You better believe they tried to steal Ohio. Maven Nov 2012 #28
press ocverage? You mean the federal judges? robinlynne Nov 2012 #37
Thank you to all who got out in front if this sandyshoes17 Nov 2012 #32
Fuck You Karl Rove Blue Owl Nov 2012 #33
People are reading too much of the improbable into Karl Rove's role in politics Coyotl Nov 2012 #34
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