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AnIndependentTexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 02:06 AM
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The Purging of votes just like in 2000 starts as we speak
http://www.tompaine.com/print/an_election_spoiled_rotten.php

An Election Spoiled Rotten
Greg Palast
November 01, 2004

Greg Palast, contributing editor to Harper's magazine, investigated the manipulation of the vote for BBC Television's Newsnight. The documentary, "Bush Family Fortunes," based on his New York Times bestseller, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, has been released this month on DVD .

John Kerry is down by several thousand votes in New Mexico, though not one ballot has yet been counted. He's also losing big time in Colorado and Ohio; and he's way down in Florida, though the votes won't be totaled until Tuesday night.

Through a combination of sophisticated vote rustling—ethnic cleansing of voter rolls, absentee ballots gone AWOL, machines that "spoil" votes—John Kerry begins with a nationwide deficit that could easily exceed one million votes.

The Urge To Purge

Colorado Secretary of State Donetta Davidson just weeks ago removed several thousand voters from the state's voter rolls. She tagged felons as barred from voting. What makes this particularly noteworthy is that, unlike like Florida and a handful of other Deep South states, Colorado does not bar ex-cons from voting. Only those actually serving their sentence lose their rights.
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DeadHead67 Donating Member (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 02:34 AM
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1. WHY ISN'T SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THIS?!!!!!!!!!
Are they just going to stand by and let the MOTHER******s steal another one? SON OF A BITCH!!!!
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AnIndependentTexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 03:55 AM
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2. who knows hopefully other DU'ers will pay attention too
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