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6. every election this issue is raised

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Sun Jun 24, 2018, 06:10 PM

Jun 2018

and every election, it is duly ignored in the wake of frequently "surprising" results.
yet somehow we're supposed to pretend we have a chance to get it right this year.

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I Think we Should Be Extremely Concerned about the Evil that Brought us Trump: Election Fraud [View all] Time for change Jun 2018 OP

And 2016 only emboldened them. sandensea Jun 2018 #1

The fact that Donnie is acting with complete contempt for the majority is a big clue unblock Jun 2018 #2

I try not to say it too often... Hekate Jun 2018 #3

I'm cringing, too.. I don't want to jinx it.. but, this was encouraging Cha Jun 2018 #28

Understood Hekate Jun 2018 #46

I just replied to it.. Cha Jun 2018 #51

K and R for an excellent post pandr32 Jun 2018 #4

I agree padfun Jun 2018 #5

One would think Time for change Jun 2018 #10

ty for ur op questionseverything Jun 2018 #42

more info questionseverything Jun 2018 #43

every election this issue is raised 0rganism Jun 2018 #6

It's ignored because volstork Jun 2018 #17

It's also ignored because we don't do KPN Jun 2018 #25

I know! What is being done about this? I am so frustrated. smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #30

Not sure what the country has done other than make money available to the states. pazzyanne Jun 2018 #35

Thanks for the link! I trust my own state (MA) to do something about it. And most of smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #36

Sadly agree about the red states. pazzyanne Jun 2018 #37

It's ignored because it's nonsense mythology Jun 2018 #55

Please see my Critique of Nate Silver's baseless statements on exit polls Time for change Jun 2018 #86

It is also important to notice that for years repubs have focused on obtaining as many elected or unitedwethrive Jun 2018 #7

I am sure the 'red wave' of which trump speaks includes putin! angstlessk Jun 2018 #8

Thank you. nt PufPuf23 Jun 2018 #9

Good post - thank you. And true to form it is the rethuglicans who cry voter fraud. You know c-rational Jun 2018 #11

K&R G_j Jun 2018 #12

GOTV won't work very well if we don't solve this -- RandomAccess Jun 2018 #13

I voted by paper the last few times. Have not trusted Eva since George Bush. We've burn getting notdarkyet Jun 2018 #16

That's a great start! Time for change Jun 2018 #20

Yes and RandomAccess Jun 2018 #22

Absolutely Time for change Jun 2018 #80

+1000! KPN Jun 2018 #21

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2018 #34

Yep Meowmee Jun 2018 #14

Thanks for this awesome info FakeNoose Jun 2018 #15

K & R Excellent report on a PRIORITY ISSUE, very disturbing esp. appalachiablue Jun 2018 #18

I thoroughly agree with your post. Lonestarblue Jun 2018 #19

Trust Me: The Repukes Stole Ohio and the Election in 2004 ... DoctorJoJo Jun 2018 #23

California law mandates that at least one electronic voting device be available Mr.Bill Jun 2018 #24

Good to see your post Time for change, as always. Ellipsis Jun 2018 #26

Thank you Time for change Jun 2018 #85

The question I keep asking is Perseus Jun 2018 #27

Wouldn't we all like to know! smirkymonkey Jun 2018 #31

Great question. I have long tried to figure out an answer to it. Time for change Jun 2018 #38

Because 🍊💩 and his band of crooks and traitors etc Meowmee Jun 2018 #97

Do you have proof of #2? fallout87 Jun 2018 #29

By # 2 do you mean my claim that the voting machine companies are owned by right wingers? Time for change Jun 2018 #49

also - watch what he gives away to Putin KT2000 Jun 2018 #32

Or if Putin gives him advance details of how the 2018 Midterms Golden Raisin Jun 2018 #54

As a relatively newcomer to the USA - legal citizen - I find the system of elections appalling. BSdetect Jun 2018 #33

Too late. Wednesdays Jun 2018 #77

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2018 #39

Important post. JoeOtterbein Jun 2018 #40

Hmmmm grantcart Jun 2018 #41

This is a really well-researched and well thought out post. I'm glad you took the time... Hekate Jun 2018 #44

I did not claim to present evidence for massive election theft in this post Time for change Jun 2018 #45

In reference to your last sentence: your admiration for Greenwald and Snowden is amazing... Hekate Jun 2018 #47

we are not going to have a discussion because you don't know what a fact is grantcart Jun 2018 #58

I'll repeat it again Time for change Jun 2018 #67

ridiculous assertion, do you even bother to check the numbers for the postulates you make? grantcart Jun 2018 #72

The OP's source doesn't look trustworthy with all that praising of putin Cha Jun 2018 #50

obama's team made a point to count the vote ahead of time questionseverything Jun 2018 #90

As long as the elections are tilted to the right so Grammy23 Jun 2018 #48

exactly; not sure what can be done about it AlexSFCA Jun 2018 #52

K&R for visibility. lunamagica Jun 2018 #53

We should have been concerned about it in 2000 (and many of us were) dflprincess Jun 2018 #56

Without diminishing other urgent national problems and issues Golden Raisin Jun 2018 #57

We have to take care of this. PatrickforO Jun 2018 #59

Then why have the 2017 elections tilted Democratic? Bradshaw3 Jun 2018 #60

Currently the capacity for vote theft is not infinite Time for change Jun 2018 #61

That doesn't really explain the nationwide wins by Democrats Bradshaw3 Jun 2018 #65

Our political climate has been shifted so far right that it is very difficult to tell what elections Time for change Jun 2018 #82

You've made a lot of allegations Bradshaw3 Jun 2018 #83

This OP is an introduction to the series I'm doing at WNT Time for change Jun 2018 #84

i think the reason dems do so well in the current special elections questionseverything Jun 2018 #89

You continue to avoid the fundamental premise. grantcart Jun 2018 #68

I'm talking about exit polls Time for change Jun 2018 #71

lol, you obviously never studied political science grantcart Jun 2018 #73

Repeating corportate media's dismissal of the value of exit polls Time for change Jun 2018 #79

Great Questions grantcart Jun 2018 #63

I think there are issues regarding our voting methods Bradshaw3 Jun 2018 #66

Scientific study on election fraud Time for change Jun 2018 #70

While interesting, that is not an independent, peer-reviewed study Bradshaw3 Jun 2018 #74

On what basis do you say it's not independent or peer reviewed? Time for change Jun 2018 #78

On what basis do you say it is? Bradshaw3 Jun 2018 #81

It was accepted for publication and published in a journal Time for change Jun 2018 #87

I understand the peer review process Bradshaw3 Jun 2018 #88

here are a couple of studies questionseverything Jun 2018 #91

Those aren't peer-reviewed studies Bradshaw3 Jun 2018 #92

Have those results really changed anything? RhodeIslandOne Jun 2018 #93

They could very well be important Bradshaw3 Jun 2018 #94

I was more relieved than happy RhodeIslandOne Jun 2018 #96

Putin wants to make Trump sweat? seriously, just because elections are hackable doesn't mean TheFrenchRazor Jun 2018 #95

RIGHT....ON!! Crutchez_CuiBono Jun 2018 #62

K & R Blue Owl Jun 2018 #64

Election officials will swear their systems are ironclad. lpbk2713 Jun 2018 #69

Each party has the right to observe the testing and clearing of these machines Gothmog Jul 2018 #99

The GOP has hacked DREs for years. Sancho Jun 2018 #75

a lot of dems are in denial about this, and obviously repugs don't care. they'll fight tooth and nai TheFrenchRazor Jun 2018 #76

There are procedures in place in the real world to protect these machines Gothmog Jul 2018 #98