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In reply to the discussion: If Anonymous has definitive proof that Rove tried to hack the vote, present it. [View all]Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)I wish we could have had this exchange prior to the election. You have no idea how many hours I spent worrying about this.
I live in Palm Beach County, FL, the land of the hanging chad. My personal belief is that the whole thing was just a smoke screen for the real tampering that went on. While everyone in the nation was focused on hanging chads the mysteriously purged voter rolls were ignored. As were the polling precincts that were moved without prior notice and in many cases no information was provided as to where those registered in that precinct should go in order to vote. Complaints were filed, to no avail in a republican administration led by Jeb Bush. Because of that bit of misdirection, I was afraid that all the focus on the lines in FL would shift focus away from Ohio and its voting machines.
I have become so paranoid about politics here in FL I don't trust the mail-in approach. We do have a paper trail now which is good. However, during the Allen West v Patrick Murphy recount in St. Lucie County, a box containing 306 uncounted ballots showed up after the
initial totals had been sent to Tallahassee. The recount ended up giving Murphy an even wider margin of victory, which would seem to indicate sloppy procedure rather than an attempt to game the vote, but sloppy procedure is inexcusable IMHO.
Again, thanks for answering my questions. I really do appreciate that you took the time to do so.