2008 Stolen Election

What If McCain "Wins" the Election But Can't Remember What Office He Was Running For?

davidswanson — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:17:40 -0400

Florida Dems Trash Touchscreens

Bob Fertik — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:03:32 -0400

Here's an awesome TV ad by Florida's Broward County Democrats, who are celebrating the trashing of all touchscreens in Florida.

See if you catch the joke about the name of the machine :)

Speak Live Tonight With Brad Friedman

davidswanson — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:20:41 -0400

By David Swanson

Tonight, Wednesday, May 7, from 8-9 p.m. ET, I'll have the pleasure of interviewing, with your help, the single most serious, dedicated, and inspiring journalist focused on the integrity of our elections in the United States today, Brad Friedman, the creator of http://www.BradBlog.com

Go to: http://thepeoplespeakradio.net to learn more. Go to http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.net/listen-live to listen live. You'll find instructions there to enter a paltalk chat room where you can post questions. You can also phone in and ask Brad your questions on the air. Call in tollfree from anywhere in the United States or Canada at 888-228-4494 or anywhere else in the world at 877-489-6350. Following the show, the audio file will be posted at http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.net/audio/2008 and you can find there now the recordings of numerous shows with amazing guests.

Who Will Stop "Lamont Williams" from Stealing The Election?

Bob Fertik — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:07:29 -0400

On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed states to reinstate an anti-democratic poll tax in the form of a state-issued ID. The justification was Republican charges of "voter fraud" which occurs about as often as Haley's Comet visits the earth.

But here's a real case of fraud, courtesy of Shaun Dakin:

According to NC public radio, someone named Lamont Williams is robocalling into Black neighborhoods with mis-information (Click here for the entire article as well as Audio).

He also called into Ohio in November.

According to Democracy NC and others, some guy named “Lamont Williams” is making robo-calls to black neighborhoods.

"Hello, this is Lamont Williams. In the next few days, you will receive a voter registration packet in the mail. All you need to do is fill it out, sign it, date and return your application. Then you will be able to vote and make your voice heard. Please return your registration form when it arrives. Thank you.”

The problem, of course, is that the April 11th mail-in registration deadline was long past by the time this April 24th call went out. So any would-be voter who takes Lamont’s advice instead of going to a one-stop site will miss out on his or her chance to vote in the primary.

This is clear-cut fraud. But right now it's impossible for citizens to trace robocalls and report them to prosecutors.

Update 1: Mystery solved. The calls were made by Women's Voices, Women Vote, a nonpartisan group trying to register 1 million unmarried women in 24 states, including NC. Apparently they screwed up royally in NC and got the deadline wrong. Now they're trying to fix the problem:

"In an attempt to prevent further confusion surrounding our voter registration efforts prior to the North Carolina primary, Women’s Voices. Women Vote took the extra step of attempting to stop the remaining mail from being delivered to homes. In total, 20 postal trucks are carrying Women’s Voices. Women Vote registration applications. Four of the trucks have already delivered, but Women’s Voices. Women Vote is making every attempt to delay the delivery of the remaining sixteen trucks.

Clearly someone needs to lose their job...