Touch-Screens Failing Already as Election Meltdown Begins in Earnest...

[BradBlog]

Must hit the road to head to Santa Barbara to speak at this evening's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner (along with Wes Clark). Looking forward to seeing several of you there!

For now, a very quick rundown of some recently notable BRAD BLOG stories... - Brad

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Touch-Screen Votes Reportedly Hopping to Republicans During Early Voting in Texas, Missouri and Arkansas…
NOTE: Please Bring a Video Camera to the Polls To Document These Things This Year!!!
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3675

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Hart Intercivic Voting Machine Screen Displays in Texas Fail Like The Ones In Virginia
Candidate Names Truncated on 'eSlate' Review Screens…
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3671

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Bush's U.S. Elections Assistance Commission is Hopelessly Compromised, Misleading America and Has Utterly Failed in Their Job of Overseeing U.S. Elections
Current Chairman Paul DeGregorio Now Running a Desperate Misinformational Propaganda Campaign Just Days Before Election…
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3677

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Clint Curtis Makes the Cover of Bush's 'Hometown' Paper, Says He Plans to File Lawsuit Against Tom Feeney
The Vote-Rigging Whistleblower Turned Congressional Opponent to Alleged Vote-Rigger Creeps Closer and Closer to the Bush's…
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3674

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WaPo Reveals Hidden Work by Diebold in Maryland as Thousands of System Boards Were Replaced in Secret!
The November Train Wreck Begins To Pick-Up Steam…
EXCLUSIVE UPDATE: Multi-Partisan Group of Maryland Candidates Call for Use of Emergency Paper Ballots instead of the Machines in Wake of 'Lack of Confidence' After Latest Reports of Diebold Touch-Screen Chaos!
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3670

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VIDEO - CNN's Lou Dobbs: 'It's a Case of Special Interest Over The National Interest'
In what may be the most revealing of all of the "Democracy At Risk" series Lou and Kitty discuss the broken system of certifying electronic voting systems for use by the voter.
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3673

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VIDEO - CNN's Lou Dobbs: Maryland Trains Poll Workers So Diebold Can't Blame Them For Diebold's Failures
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3666

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NPR Reports a 'Dramatic Shift' to Democrats Among Rural Voters
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3676

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VIDEO - Video the Vote 2006
Citizen Journalists Needed…Don't Let Them Fool You Again…
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3668

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[annabanana]

1. Needed: a NEW Election Day. . .

Say, The day after Thansgiving..
ALL PAPER! HAND COUNTED!!

very simple

[mom cat]

3. Or even the same day --- all paper ... hand counted!

[leftchick]

2. Thank you Brad!

hopefully they will not get away with it this time. The key will be the polling right before the election and the turnout.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. K&R

[cascadiance]

5. I'm going to take election day off and try to bring a camera too...

But the question is, what should be our protocol in trying to film this event. We don't want to get kicked out, and I want to respect voters' rights to privacy when they don't want to have themselves filmed voting. On the other hand, it would be nice perhaps to have buttons perhaps that we could put up on Cafepress.com now for every videographer on election day to wear that says "Ask me if you would like me to film you vote!" or something to that effect, so that we can get more people give their consent to actually document their process of voting to help us be more apt to document these sort of things when it happens. Any ideas out there? I'll put up a cafepress.com site for t-shirts or buttons if someone feels this might be useful and enough of us go to polls to video what's going on.

Might also be helpful if we have an online guide to videographers that describes what sort of things we should focus on filming that lawyers can use, etc. when we do film people voting too that could help things be more admissable in court.

[BeFree]

6. Before anyone posts here

...saying this means nothing more than "gloom and doom" I would ask you to stop and think for one moment.

If it sounds to you like "doom and gloom" ask yourself: Why? What is it about the messed up machines that makes you think "doom and gloom"?

Is it because they stole the 2000 and 2004 elections? Is it because the computerized vote grabbers are going to count nearly 80% of the vote?

Of course the answer is yes. So what can you do to stop it? Get smart and be ready. Read up on the type of voting machine that will grab your vote and be ready to fight the mistakes that will become evident on the days after Nov. 7.

[City Lights]

8. They stole the 2002 election too.

Max Cleland wuz robbed. :mad:

[texpatriot2004]

7. K & R for Transparent Democracy nm

[Lindacooks]

9. I WANT U.N. OVERSIGHT OF THE ELECTIONS!!

Damn it, this is now a third world country. We need oversight, because the corrupt assholes in power want to be dictators. They'll do anything, ANYTHING to win.

[Wilms]

10. As the unfolding continues. n/t