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Kucinich Insists on Paper Ballots, Drops Support for Holt Bill
BradBlog has the story here:
PETER B. COLLINS: You have recently removed yourself as a co-sponsor of 811, am I correct?
KUCINICH: I have. Rush Holt's a fine person and I really enjoy serving with him. But I have to say, the bill does not address the concerns that Americans have, to do something about electronic voting, and to make sure that we protect ourselves from the kind of manipulation of an election that can occur with the insufficient controls on software and hardware in this era of electronic voting.
That's why I've advocated paper ballots in all federal elections. That's the paper trail. That's that old time religion in politics where at least you had a chance for a fair count. Every American deserves to know that his or her vote counts and is going to be counted.
And you may remember that in the last election, when it came to the Electoral College, I was one of the few members who challenged the election in the Electoral College and voted against certification of the election based on what happened in Ohio. As did, by the way, Senator [Barbara] Boxer [D-CA], she was one of the leaders on that.
PBC: Indeed, yes...
KUCINICH: And so, we have to stand up and be counted. I'm hopeful that Congressman Holt will modify his bill before he pushes for passage of it.
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This really is the most inportant issue.
E-Voting machines must be abolished.
A mere "paper-trail" is irrelevant if the margin of victory (cheating) exceeds 1 percent, and, there will be no public suspicion if the margin of victory is less than 5%. It cannot protect against a rigged election. We have also seen that there is no such thing as an after-the-fact remedy by our wonderful Court system. The cheaters will win every time.
We must support Dennis Kucinich on this important issue (right again!) and return back to the only true end-to-end way of monitoring elections as they unfold (as well as after the fact).
The Paper Ballot!
You Kuchinich supporters should contact Dennis and ...
hsbr him look into Oregon's vote by mail. Paper ballots and no polling place lines or manipulation. Republicans in Oregon hate vote by mail. Why? We have honest elections.
One would have thought that Dennis would have been jumping up and down on his desk after the last Ohio fiasco--he did not. Ohio is the Diebold state.
A mind once expanded can never return to its original dimensions.
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