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johan helge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-08 11:15 PM
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Will the Democrats now be able and willing to give the US an election process where one can trust that the votes are counted accurately?
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-06-08 11:20 PM
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1. I think so - or rather, they better
I'm not sure they can ignore the groundswell/grassroots kind of thing which has happened because of the internet, blogs, etc.

If it helps, I saw on Obama's site that the first thing he wants to do is to make the government more transparent and less crony-riddled. A damn good start.
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demodonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-07-08 12:22 AM
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2. Not unless we keep fighting for it -- hard. Many Dems are as clueless as Repubs on this. n t
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emlev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-07-08 12:57 AM
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3. I agree. n/t
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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-08-08 07:55 AM
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4. No. By definition, officeholders are people who have won elections.
If it was by 52/48, they could give a rat's ass that the real numbers might have been 54/46. And if the real numbers were actually 49/51 and they lost, they REALLY don't want to know.

Therefore citizens just have to keep pushing at them until they do something.
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