A Summary of the Evidence of Vote Fraud


by Jonathan Blank, Mon, 22 Nov 2004

I have been quite surprised to find out how few people I know are aware of the allegations of voting fraud, let alone the Green party's Ohio recount.

This is because the issue of election fraud has been covered only in passing (and almost always to debunk it) by the mainstream media. Consequently, I have been emailing everyone I know with information about the voting fraud and the recount. Please contact everyone you know about this. Democracy is too important to leave it to our corporate media. Below is a summary of some useful information.

"It's not who votes that counts. It's who counts the votes."

Check the 2004 Ohio Irregularities wiki - read or submit.

The Free Press        Black Box Voting.ORG        Black Box Voting.COM        Common Cause

"My vote for John Kerry had been neutralized. It had been reset. Now, you can call this a glitch, you can call this a design flaw, you can call it a bologna sandwich if you want, but whatever you call it, that machine nearly threw out and neutralized my vote for John Kerry."

By looking only for provable fraud, and not investigating the obvious question why minority voters and white voters had extremely different experiences on Election Day, these editors -- and each of us -- are choosing to accept as a given that when minority voters receive second-class status, it is not really news.

Voting While Black: Racism in the Coverage of the Recount? by Lynne Serpe, Common Dreams
29 Nov. 2004   How The Grinch Stole The White House... Again
Despite mainstream media attempts to kill or ridicule away the story, Talk Radio and the Internet are abuzz with considerable evidence that John Kerry was elected president on November 2.

"In Florida, the exit polls appear to have been tampered with in a similar manner. At 8:40 p.m., exit polls showed a near dead heat but the final exit poll update at 1:01 a.m. gave Bush a 4% lead." Again, the number of respondents made this swing mathematically impossible -- because there were only 16 more respondents in the final tally than in the earlier one.

All day long, touch-screen voting machines in Youngstown registered "George W. Bush" when voters pressed "John F. Kerry" -- despite complaints to police throughout the day.

(Alan Waldman on Scoop Media)
29 Nov. 2004   Kerry Supports Ohio Vote Investigation - Jackson (FreePress.org source)
John Kerry supports a "full investigation" into voting irregularities in Ohio, Rev. Jesse Jackson said Saturday, during a teleconference with media regarding a recount and legal challenge of the Nov. 2 vote.

Voters also testified under oath about machines malfunctioning and recording votes for Bush when people believed they had selected Kerry.

November 23, 2004

Government Accountability Office to conduct Investigation of 2004 Election Irregularities

The letters concerning the GAO investigation may be found by selecting "Issues & Views", then "Key Issues", and finally, "Election Reform"

***Strong indications of voting fraud***

UC Berkeley Research Team Sounds 'Smoke Alarm' for Florida E-Vote Count

Statistical Analysis - the Sole Method for Tracking E-Voting - Shows Irregularities May Have Awarded 130,000 - 260,000 or More Excess Votes to Bush in Florida

Research Team Calls for Investigation report: http://ucdata.berkeley.edu/new_web/VOTE2004/index.html

press release: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041118/sfth066_1.html

Berkeley: President comes up short

Graduate students put statistics to the test and find 'ghost' votes for Bush

http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Stories/0,1413,86~10669~2545298,00.html

"The UC Berkeley report has not been peer-reviewed, but a reputable MIT political scientist succeeded in replicating the analysis Thursday at the request of the Herald and The Associated Press. He said an investigation is warranted."

The Unexplained Exit Poll Discrepancy

by Dr. Steven F. Freeman, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

(Dr. Freeman is on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. His areas of expertise include resilience, innovation and research methods. He obtained his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.)

http://www.buzzflash.com/alerts/04/11/The_unexplained_exit_poll_discrepancy_ v00k.pdf

If you are having problems reading this file, it could be that you need to update your free Adobe Acrobat reader. You can get it here:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Six Congressmen Request Investigations Into Nationwide Voting Irregularities

http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/gaoinvestvote2004ltr111504.pdf

House Committee on the Judiciary Democratic Members "If you experienced voting problems or have first-hand knowledge of voting irregularies in the 2004 Presidential election, please contact the Committee"

http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/

Dr. Avi Rubin of Johns Hopkins University analyzed Diebold's voting machines and found exactly how easy they are to hack. You can read his report and a lot of other related information here:

http://www.avirubin.com/vote/

Complete US Exit Poll Data Confirms Net Suspicions

Full 51 State Early Exit Poll Data Released For The First Time

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0411/S00227.htm

-Keith Olberman of MSNBC is one of the only mainstream reporters covering this. His blog is here:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240

You can view a sample video of him discussing the issues here:

56k video: http://www.wildform.com/America/countdown_on_voting_irregs_56k_player.htm

300k video: http://www.wildform.com/America/countdown_on_voting_irregs_300k_player.htm

Did lawyer-observers on Election Day miss fraud incidents?

By Ian Solomon, Associate Dean, Yale Law School

http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041114/OPINION04 /111140009/-1/opinion

Green party news: The Ohio Recount is Going Forward!

http://www.votecobb.org

Compilation of problems reported in the media about the 2004 general election

http://www.votersunite.org/electionproblems.asp

Bev Harris has been doing excellent research on voting fraud. Her site is:

www.blackboxvoting.org

Votergate, a documentary about her can be viewed here:

http://www.votergate.tv/

Greg Palast is an excellent reporter who has uncovered widespread voter disenfranchisement.

Kerry Won. . .

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/kerry_won_.php

His website can be found here: http://www.gregpalast.com/index.cfm

Excellent website on the problems with our voting system.

http://www.verifiedvoting.com/

Two Interesting weblogs (out of hundreds) on voting irregularities:

http://www.solarbus.org/stealyourelection/

http://rottendenmark.blogspot.com/

The companies that produce voting machines and vote counting machines used in the US (Diebold, ES&S, Sequoia) are well known Repubican party loyalists. In fact, the head of Diebold promised to win the election for Bush in Ohio in a widely reported story (he later said he was misunderstood - here is the link:

http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/news/stories/20030827/localnews/140871. html

If you want to read more of the real news I suggest you check out http://www.buzzflash.com

***Mainstream coverage***

A smattering of news has appeared in mainstream press outlets. Here is a sample:

Indianapolis WISH TV Channel 8

Glitch gave Bush extra votes in Ohio http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/05/voting.problems.ap/index.html

Palm Beach County Logs 88,000 More Votes Than Voters http://www.washingtondispatch.com/spectrum/archives/000715.html

4000 votes missing in Pennsylvania County http://www.vindy.com/basic/news/288078640794824.php

Broward county voting machines count backward http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/news/epaper/2004/11/05/a29a_BR OWVOTE_1105.html

NC: 11,823 "extra" votes cast for Bush http://www.newbernsj.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details .cfm&StoryID=18297&Section=Local

Calif. settles electronic voting suit against Diebold for $2.6M http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10148189.htm

Major bugs found in Diebold vote systems http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041112-112037-7263r.htm

Fiasco in North Carolina http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/nation/10173652.htm

***What can you do?***

Green and Libertarian parties are financing their recount in Ohio and seeking volunteers. Donate or volunteer here: http://www.votecobb.org/

Black Box Voting is investigating the election. Donate here: http://www.blackboxvoting.org

Sign Common Cause petition to keep Ohio recount nonpartisan! http://www.commoncause.org/DemandPureOhioRecount

A Petition to Congress requesting an investigation into the 2004 Presidential Election http://www.petitiononline.com/uselect/petition.html

Contact your Congressperson and Senators. Tell them to sign on to the request by John Conyers and others to have the GAO investigate the election fraud. Demand action on Republican owned and controlled voting and tabulating machines as well as corrupt Republican Secretaries of State like Ken "Katharine Harris" Blackwell.

To contact your Congressperson:

http://www.house.gov/

You will need Zip+4 to find your represenative. You can get that here:

http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp

To contact your Senator:

http://www.senate.gov/

 

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