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In reply to the discussion: How Karl Rove fixed the FBI investigation of his theft of the 2004 Presidential election in Ohio [View all]Cliff Arnebeck
(305 posts)Rove also orchestrated, out of SmarTech, the theft of the 2000 election.
FSOS Katherine Harris knowingly purged tens of thousands of fully qualified and registered black voters from the rolls. I was told of this tactic by a Republican lawyer in Columbus, Ohio the week before the election, and Greg Palast documented it.
Punch card ballots were deliberately manipulated to create under-votes/over-votes on ballots cast for Gore.
Electronic voting machines were manipulated by malicious software.
Criminal six-point red-shifting prejudices the ability of progressive independent candidates to play their most constructive role in the election process. On election day of the 2012 election, Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein was was not seeking votes. She, with Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman, were working to block the application of malicious software in 25 Ohio counties administered by ES&S.
In 2004 Green Party Presidential Candidate David Cobb and the Libertarian Party candidate led the Ohio Recount effort.
See: http://ElectionProtectionAction.org for video of the 2012 election day press conference and litigation in that regard.